[council] Registry Operators

[Adrian Kinderis]

Quick question;

Where do Registry Operators fit in the "new" GNSO? That is, those that perform back end Registry Services for new gTLD  Applicants (or Registries) and potentially ccTLD Managers...

Are they able to form a Constituency under the Commercial Stakeholder Group? Clearly they are not able to be under the "Contracted" Party House as they have no contract with ICANN.

I note from the proposed BC charter;

3.2. Specificity*
In keeping with the selective membership criteria of other GNSO constituencies, the Business Constituency represents the interests of a specific sector of Internet users. The purpose of the Constituency is to represent the interests of businesses using the Internet for, in its broad sense, electronic commerce with customers.
To avoid conflicts of interest, this typically excludes for-profit entities whose primary relationship with ICANN is as a domain name service provider, such as a registry or registrar, as well as from other groups whose interests may not be aligned with business users.

Thoughts?

Adrian Kinderis


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