Re: [ga] working group to design a better RAA

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joop Teernstra" <terastra@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Hugh Dierker" <hdierker2204@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Danny Younger" <dannyyounger@xxxxxxxxx>; "Bashar Al-Abdulhadi" 
<bashar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2007 8:42 PM
Subject: [ga] working group to design a better RAA


> 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-