Re: [ga] Reminder/Notice: Effective Dates for New Consensus Policies

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Richard and all former DNSO GA members or other interested
stakeholders/users,

  Lets face the truth yet again, ICANN, in particular it's BoD, staff
and executive
management is NOT interested in consensus in any real sense.  Consensus
can
only be adequately determined if stakeholders/users have free and
unfettered
access to participate and they have a voice and vote on any proposed
policy
being considered.  At present, such does not exist within the ICANN
structure.

Richard Henderson wrote:

>    Are Consensus policies *mandatory* for all ICANN-accredited
> registrars? Or are they only voluntary?
>
> Because ICANN had already stated its clear opposition to the
> stockpiling of domains by registrars, at the time of the .info and
> .biz launches (indeed Vint stated this specifically in an e-mail at
> the time - no "warehousing" of domains)...
>
> ...and yet, there were clearly-recorded incidents of
> mass-registrations by registrars for themselves, in the rush to
> acquire the more valuable domain names (not to mention the
> exploitation of their own lists in the Round Robins processes...
>
> ...and these registrars, who simply chose to ignore the 'consensus
> policy' of the time, faced no sanctions and remain ICANN-accredited
> registrars to this day.
>
> The term "consensus policy" should be replaced by "terms and
> conditions", and failure to adhere to these terms and conditions
> should result in removal of accreditation or even denial of the right
> to trade through the Registries.
>
> The reason for this approach is *the protection of the consumer* -
> that faraway entity, which ICANN seems to marginalise, which was once
> the free and elected At Large
>
> Yrs,
>
> Richard Henderson
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Hugh Dierker
>   To: ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>   Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2004 4:29 PM
>   Subject: Re: [ga] Reminder/Notice: Effective Dates for New Consensus
> Policies
>
>
>   Once again I take notice of this "NOTICE". Why here and why the
> language of;
>   "This announcement serves as a notice and reminder"?
>   And in this notice in particular, what is consensus all about and
> why is it important?
>   In this case it appears to be like throwing the Olympic Games but
> without any participants, only the organizers.
>   Eric
>
>   GNSO SECRETARIAT <gnso.secretariat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>     [To: ga[at]gnso.icann.org; announce[at]gnso.icann.org]
>     [To: liaison6c[at]gnso.icann.org; council[at]gnso.icann.org]
>
>     Please note:
>
>     http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-20aug04.htm
>
>     This announcement serves as a notice and reminder regarding the
> effective
>     dates and details of several new Consensus Policies. ICANN
> announced these
>     policies previously to accredited registrars and gTLD Registry
> Operators (as
>     applicable).
>
>     The notice provides an overview of the new consensus policies that
> currently
>     are being implemented by registries and registrars. All of these
> are
>     effective per 12 November 2004.
>
>
>
>     1. The Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy
>     - Policy documents are available at
> http://www.icann.org/transfers/.
>     - Effective date is 12 November 2004.
>     - The policy is applicable to all ICANN accredited registrars and
>     unsponsored gTLD registries.
>
>     2. Whois Marketing Restriction Policy
>     - Policy documentation is available at
>     http://www.icann.org/registrars/wmrp.htm.
>     - Effective date is 12 November 2004.
>     - The policy is applicable to all ICANN accredited registrars.
>
>     3 Restored Names Accuracy Policy
>     - Policy documentation is available at
>     http://www.icann.org/registrars/rnap.htm.
>     - Effective date is 12 November 2004.
>     - The policy is applicable to all ICANN accredited registrars.
>
>     Please also note that a complete overview of Consensus Policies
> applicable
>     to ICANN accredited registrars can be found at
>     http://www.icann.org/general/consensus-policies.htm.
>
>
>     GNSO Secretariat
>
>
>
>
>
>

Regards,

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Jeffrey A. Williams
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