RE: [registrars] Request to extend the 24 day comment period on the proposed Verisign agreement

[Steinar Grøtterød <Steinar.Grotterod@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Active 24 ASA will sign in.

Best

Steinar Grøtterød
Director Business Unit Domain
Active 24 ASA



-----Original Message-----
From: owner-registrars@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-registrars@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bruce Tonkin
Sent: 28. oktober 2005 04.33
To: registrars@xxxxxxxx
Subject: [registrars] Request to extend the 24 day comment period on the proposed Verisign agreement

Hello All,

ICANN has opened at 24 day comment period, which I assume starts on 24 October 2005, and finishes on Friday 18 Nov 2005.

I note from the ICANN bylaws - Article III, Section 6, paragraph 2:

"Where both practically feasible and consistent with the relevant policy development process, an in-person public forum shall also be held for discussion of any proposed policies as described in Section 6(1)(b) of this Article, prior to any final Board action."

(see: http://www.icann.org/general/bylaws.htm#III)

Now I realize we can argue whether this is a policy issue or not, but I think the spirit of the bylaws is that a major decision like this should allow for an in-person meeting.

I also note that Verisign and ICANN have been discussing this for about a year.

I think it is reasonable that registrars and other members of the GNSO community have the opportunity to discuss the proposed agreement in an "in-person public Forum".,  The most practical time to do this would be the upcoming ICANN meeting from the 30 Nov to 4 Dec 05.

I therefore propose to send the following statement to the ICANN Board.
I would like registrars to sign-up to this statement as individual registrars (not enough time to run the formal registrars constituency voting process).  The more people that sign-on to this, the more weight the statement will hold.

Please advise via the mailing list, or via email to me if you would like to be added as a signatory.


STATEMENT:

"We the undersigned registrars, request that the public comment period on the proposed agreement with Verisign be extended until Sunday 4 Dec
2005 so as to allow opportunities for in-person public discussions during the upcoming ICANN meeting in Vancouver.  This we believe is consistent with the spirit of Article III, Section 6, paragraph 2 of the ICANN bylaws, which states that: 
"Where both practically feasible and consistent with the relevant policy development process, an in-person public forum shall also be held for discussion of any proposed policies as described in Section 6(1)(b) of this Article, prior to any final Board action."


Regards,
Bruce Tonkin
Melbourne IT