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<p>I regard Sarah's suggested amendments as "friendly" and want to give them full review in the morning.</p>
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<p>However, I'm somewhat reluctant to excise any reference to "contracts" at this early stage (when we are just trying<a></a> to get ICANN's<a></a><a></a><a></a> attention and get a discussion initiated) because contracts are the standard means by which ICANN<a></a><a></a><a></a>
establishes a continuing relationship with accredited parties. I don't think such a contract necessarily extinguishes independence -- it doesn't seem to have<a></a> constrained<a></a> registries or registrars all that much, except when they are in egregious
breach. One might even contend that the lack of contract gives ICANN<a></a><a></a><a></a> more potential influence, since it is not bound by any standard for cancelling a UDRP<a></a><a></a><a></a> provider's accreditation.</p>
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<p>In any event, the present language does not insist on<a></a> contracts<a></a> but is flexible --</p>
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<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><font size="3">The Business Constituency (BC) cannot support approval of this or any other UDRP<a></a><a></a> accreditation application
<u>at this time</u> on the grounds that no new UDRP<a></a><a></a> providers should be accredited until ICANN<a></a><a></a> implements a standard contract with all accredited providers
<strong>or develops some other mechanism </strong>for establishing uniform rules and procedures and flexible means of delineating and enforcing arbitration provider responsibilities. (emphasis added)</font><br style="mso-special-character: line-break">
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<p>As for the approval process for accrediting<a></a> new UDRP<a></a> providers, it's good as far as it goes (and to the<a></a> extent it is rigorous) but it's a one-time event and so far as I am aware there is no regular oversight of UDRP<a></a><a></a><a></a>
providers once accreditation is granted.</p>
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<p>But, again, I want to review all her suggested changes in the clear light of morning.</p>
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<div style="DIRECTION: ltr" id="divRpF47071"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Tahoma"><b>From:</b> Deutsch, Sarah B [sarah.b.deutsch@verizon.com]<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, October 19, 2010 6:17 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Phil Corwin; bc-gnso@icann.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: Revised Draft BC Position on Establishing Standard Contract for UDRP Providers<br>
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<div><span class="297290822-19102010"><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Arial">All,</font></span></div>
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<div><span class="297290822-19102010"><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Arial">I just spoke to Phil about this. I don't disagree with the premise that UDRP providers should be subject to uniform standards especially with respect to experience, expertise,
quality, etc, but I have serious concerns with our BC document calling for a "contract" with ICANN since I believe it's important that dispute resolution providers maintain their independence from ICANN and not be subject to regulation from ICANN. My attached
edits primarily address this point.</font></span></div>
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<font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Arial">Note today that providers are approved by ICANN<span class="297290822-19102010"> with the
</span>Approval Process information located at </font><a title="http://www.icann.org/en/dndr/udrp/provider-approval-process.htm" href="http://www.icann.org/en/dndr/udrp/provider-approval-process.htm" target="_blank"><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Arial">http://www.icann.org/en/dndr/udrp/provider-approval-process.htm</font></a><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Arial">
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<span class="297290822-19102010"><font color="#0000ff" size="2" face="Arial">I believe it would be useful to do a deeper dive into what we'd like to see beefed up in the approval process perhaps using the form above as a start.</font></span></div>
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<font face="Arial"><font size="2"><font color="#000080">Sarah B. Deutsch <br>
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Verizon Communications <br>
Phone: 703-351-3044 <br>
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<font size="2" face="Tahoma"><b>From:</b> owner-bc-gnso@icann.org [mailto:owner-bc-gnso@icann.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Phil Corwin<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, October 18, 2010 6:16 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> bc-gnso@icann.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [bc-gnso] Revised Draft BC Position on Establishing Standard Contract for UDRP Providers<br>
<b>Importance:</b> High<br>
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<p>Last week our Chair, Marilyn Cade, circulated a marked up version of the draft position statement on this issue that was originally drafted by me and subsequently edited by Mike Rodenbaugh<a></a><a></a>. This morning, Berry Cobb suggested that the position
statement should<a></a><a></a> be cross-reference one of the pending recommendations of the RAPWG<a></a><a></a>.</p>
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<p>I regards these suggestions as "friendly amendments" and have revised the draft statement to take account of them. Two versions of an updated draft are attached -- one is a redline markup of what Marilyn<a></a><a></a> forwarded, and the other is a clean
version of same.</p>
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<p>Marilyn also inquired whether there would be a cut off date at which the draft would be locked down for final consideration by BC members. As the comment must be filed by Thursday, October 28, i<a></a>I would suggest that we lock down the draft no later
than this Thursday or Friday, if that is in compliance with BC administrative rules.</p>
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<p>Thanks again to all who have voiced support for this position staement and have suggested improvements.</p>
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