[ga] working group to design a better RAA

[Joop Teernstra <terastra@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 04:19 a.m. 5/04/2007, Hugh Dierker wrote:
> There is the RAA which is somewhat standardized by ICANN. It needs to be 
> brought up to date with this century.
>
> Then there is the registrant agreement side of the Registrar. Transfers 
> and drops are not very uniform and the policies in place do very little 
> for the consumer, be them B2B, Business to Individual or just plain for fun.
>
> It seems to me that the resulting registrant agreements and inextricably 
> entwined with the RAAs.
>
> Therefor I would suggest we put together a working group to make our input 
> on the RAAs known and heard.
>
> If volunteers are not forthcoming I will beg and cajole and threaten 
> people to head the wg. It is my understanding I have about 205 to chose from.

I take this as a Motion from the Chair and I second it.

Such a working group can do a great deal of good for registrants.

Hopefully Sotiris will volunteer to chair it and a good number of typical 
registrants here will join.

The agenda of the WG should be the drafting, from the ground up, of an 
registrant-focused agreement that registrars can elect to adopt in the name 
of genuine competition.


-joop-