Re: [ga] Did .biz/info/org registries respond to public comments before October 10th?

[Danny Younger <dannyyounger@xxxxxxxxx>]

George,

Just in.  see
http://forum.icann.org/lists/pdp-pcceg-feb06/msg00305.html

--- George Kirikos <gkirikos@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> In the minutes of the last Board meeting, it was
> written that:
> 
>
http://www.icann.org/minutes/prelim-report-25sep06.htm
> 
> "The Board discussed a "sense of the board" that
> additional information
> was required for the Board to fully consider the
> agreements, and the
> Board specifically expressed a desire to see
> communications from each
> of the registries responding to the public comments
> that had been
> received during the public comment period. The Board
> agreed that if
> they received the responses before October 10th,
> that they would
> discuss the pending agreements again during their
> next scheduled board
> meeting on 18 October 2006."
> 
> It is now October 12th, and yet nothing has been
> posted by the
> registries either in the ICANN Correspondences page,
> http://www.icann.org/correspondence/ , or on the
> public comments
> mailing lists,
>
http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-2-28jul06.htm
> . 
> 
> Given that is now 6 days before the next Board
> meeting, and no agenda
> has yet been posted (the Bylaws specify that it is
> desirable to post an
> agenda 7 days before, when practicable), is it right
> to assume that
> they did not submit comments? In my prior post at:
> 
>
http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/ga/msg04840.html
> 
> I expressed the view that the public deserves to see
> their responses if
> they submitted them, in keeping with an open and
> transparent ICANN.
> 
> Alternatively, if the registries and ICANN Board
> plan to heed the call
> by the GNSO Council not to make any decision until
> after the Sao Paulo
> meeting:
> 
>
http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg02870.html
> 
> "To request the Board to delay any decision on the
> .biz .info and .org
> agreements until the ICANN Board meeting after the
> Sao Paolo ICANN
> meetings 2006 and to take into account the current
> outcome of the
> PDPFeb06 task force at that time."
> 
> and the registries plan to submit their responses by
> that meeting, I
> trust that the responses will be made available in
> advance of the Sao
> Paolo meetings.
> 
> If the registries were smart and have produced new
> draft contracts for
> discussion and public comments to reflect the
> obvious consensus
> opposition to the existing draft contracts, that
> would be even better.
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> George Kirikos
> http://www.kirikos.com/
> 


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