[council] Final version of RAA amendment/motion

Wed Mar 4 14:27:04 UTC 2009

The latest version of the language is preferred by the BC, as the first
version could be read as limiting wrt topics of next discussion.  I believe
our collective intent was to open discussion on any topic within the RAA,
not just topics that are subject of current proposed amendments, right? 

Mike Rodenbaugh
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-----Original Message-----
From: owner-council at gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council at gnso.icann.org] On
Behalf Of Alan Greenberg
Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 5:56 AM
To: William Drake; Tim Ruiz
Cc: council at gnso.icann.org
Subject: Re: [council] Final version of RAA amendment/motion

As does ALAC.  Alan

At 04/03/2009 07:57 AM, William Drake wrote:

	Hi Tim,

	This is news to us.  NCUC much prefers the language we agreed on
Sunday.

	Bill

	On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 5:20 PM, Tim Ruiz <tim at godaddy.com> wrote:

		Thought I should point out that the only change from the
version that

		was circulated Sunday afternoon is in the last paragraph of
the resolve.

		The Sunday afternoon version read:

		Within 30 days of Board approval of the set of amendments,
the GNSO

		Council will form a Drafting Team to discuss the amendments
further and

		identify those that the community believes could be further
revised

		through PDP processes or through additional changes to the
RAA that may

		not fall within scope of a formal PDP process. The Drafting
Team should

		endeavor to provide its advice to the Council and ICANN
staff no later

		then July 31, 2009.

		It has been changed to:

		Within 30 days of Board approval of the set of amendments,
the GNSO

		Council will form a Drafting Team to discuss further
amendments to the

		RAA.

		The Drafting Team should endeavor to provide its advice to
the Council

		and

		ICANN staff no later then July 31, 2009.

		Tim

		-------- Original Message --------

		Subject: [council] Final version of RAA amendment/motion

		From: "Tim Ruiz" <tim at godaddy.com>

		Date: Tue, March 03, 2009 3:40 pm

		To: council at gnso.icann.org

		The attached, also copied below, is the final version of the
motion many

		of us have worked on. It reflects all the changes that we've
discussed.

		Not completely sure of the best way to frame it for voting,
but would

		like to suggest that we consider it the only motion on this
subject that

		we vote on tomorrow.

		Tim

		----------------

		Whereas, the Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) has not
been

		amended since May 2001, and ICANN has undertaken a lengthy
consultative

		process related to amending the RAA, including several
public comment

		periods and consultations;

		Whereas, the proposed changes to the RAA include important
compliance

		and enforcement tools for ICANN; The Council wishes to
approve the set

		of proposed amendments as quickly as possible so that the
ICANN Board

		may review them, and if approved then implement them as
quickly as

		possible; and

		Whereas,

		The Council would like to proceed on the drafting of a
charter

		identifying registrant rights that registrars would be
obliged to link

		to, as contemplated in the set of amendments;

		The Council would like a specific process and timeline to
move forward

		with additional potential amendments to the RAA; and

		The Registrar Constituency is supportive of these efforts
and is willing

		to participate on a good faith basis on anticipated next
steps.

		Resolved:

		The GNSO Council supports the RAA amendments as documented
in

http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/current-list-proposed-raa-amendments-16dec08.pd
f
<http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/current-list-proposed-raa-amendments-16dec08.p
df>  

		and recommends to the Board that they be adopted at its
meeting of March

		6, 2009;

		Within 30 days of Board approval of the set of amendments,

		representatives from the GNSO community and the ALAC shall
be identified

		to participate in drafting a registrant rights charter, as
contemplated

		by the amendments and the current GNSO Council discussions,
with support

		from ICANN staff. A draft charter shall be completed no
later then July

		31; and

		Within 30 days of Board approval of the set of amendments,
the GNSO

		Council will form a Drafting Team to discuss further
amendments to the

		RAA.

		The Drafting Team should endeavor to provide its advice to
the Council

		and

		ICANN staff no later then July 31, 2009.

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	Centre for International Governance
	Graduate Institute for International and
	 Development Studies
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