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

["Jordi Hinojosa" <hinojosa@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Nominalia will sign also

Regards

Jordi Hinojosa

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+34 93 507 43 60

www.nominalia.com
 
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De: owner-registrars@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-registrars@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
En nombre de Bruce Tonkin
Enviado el: viernes, 28 de octubre de 2005 4:33
Para: registrars@xxxxxxxx
Asunto: [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