RE: [registrars] ICANN RAA Review

["Nevett, Jonathon" <jnevett@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I suggest that we ask ICANN staff to provide a draft of their proposed
new RAA prior to the meeting in Argentina.  The ICANN staff has been
working on a draft for a number of months and it would help to structure
the Constituency's discussions and advance the ball a great deal if we
had the benefit of knowing the changes that staff supports prior to the
meeting.  Ideally, we would be able to discuss the affirmative changes
that the Constituency we may want to make, as well as respond to any
changes ICANN staff proposes.  Thanks.

Regards,

Jon

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-registrars@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:owner-registrars@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Thomas Keller
Sent: Monday, March 07, 2005 9:32 AM
To: Bhavin Turakhia
Cc: registrars@xxxxxxxx; cole@xxxxxxxxx; dam@xxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [registrars] ICANN RAA Review

Bhavin,

since this issue is already highlighted by ICANN:

* there have been a few circumstances highlighted in the ICANN contracts
which conflict with local law in other countries such as Germany. There
maybe possible changes that could be made to the RAA to circumvent those

(Schlund would be able to present a current problem at the next ICANN
meeting.)

We should have a look at this from a Constituency point of view and
discuss possible solutions. A look at the recommendation about
"conflicts 
with national law" 

http://gnso.icann.org/issues/whois-privacy/whois-tf-conflict-30nov04.pdf

which is under discussion in the Whois TF might be a good starting
point.

So please add to your list:

international legal diversity and its problems.

Best,

tom


Am 18.02.2005 schrieb Bhavin Turakhia:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> ICANN is currently reviewing the RAA and intends to make changes and
come up
> with a new RAA by June. This is very important to all of us from the
> following perspectives -
> 
> ICANNS Objectives
> =================
> 
> * to merge some of the consensus policies into the RAA
> 
> * to come up with alternative options to enforce compliance for
registrars
> who are not currently in compliance with their RAA (such as for
instance a
> contractual provision that would allow ICANN to temporarily suspend
ADDs of
> a Registrar if they are not in compliance)
> 
> * there have been a few circumstances highlighted in the ICANN
contracts
> which conflict with local law in other countries such as Germany.
There
> maybe possible changes that could be made to the RAA to circumvent
those
> 
> 
> Our Objectives
> ==============
> I would ask everyone in the Registrars Constituency to sit with a copy
of
> the RAA and a marker and highlighting other areas that ICANN should
review,
> this maybe an opportunity for us to give feedback on certain
contractual
> modifications that the RAA should have which would benefit us as a
> community. Couple of areas that we could look at are -
> 
> - Budget ;)
> - Compliance
> 
> Any feedback that you may have on suggestions in the RAA review
process -
> send them out to the list. If you wish to send them directly to ICANN
- feel
> free to send them to Tim Cole (cole AT icann . org)
> 
> 
> Best Regards
> Bhavin Turakhia
> Chairman & CEO
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> 

Gruss,

tom

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