[council] FW: A way forward on the Specification 13 question

[Jonathan Robinson]

All,

A reminder of the background information prepared by Philip Sheppard and
previously forwarded by Glen to the Council list.

For reference, Philip is now working for the BRG but has long history of
involvement in GNSO policy including a time as GNSO Council Chair.

Jonathan 

-----Original Message-----
From: BRG [mailto:philip at brandregistrygroup.org] 
Sent: 28 April 2014 08:26
To: jrobinson at afilias.info
Subject: A way forward on the Specification 13 question

Jeff, Jonathan, et al
The essence of the current GNSO discussion seems to be focusing on the
letter of recommendation 19 as it appeared in the final report.
That was after various draft reports and 2 years of discussion.
I had previously circulated the attached to Council to provide background on
those 2 years.
 
The essence is that it was ICANN staff not Council that introduced phrasing
on non-discrimination.
Compare the final report to the last draft report.
 
Feb 2007: 
"Registries will be required to use ICANN accredited registrars."
 
August 2007:
"Registries must use only ICANN accredited registrars in registering domain
names and may not discriminate among such accredited registrars."

And Registries wanted to discuss the issue of use of exclusive registrars
but did not so in time.

Spec 13 is thus NOT inconsistent with Council's deliberation over those 2
years. Focusing on the letter of rec. 19 in the final report is insufficient
to judge Council's perspective at that time.

Did this backgrounder get discussed?

Philip

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