[council] Friendly Amendments to the VI Charter

[Stéphane Van Gelder]

Thanks Tim.

I have submitted your FAs to the DT and am awaiting feedback.

Stéphane

Le 5 mars 2010 à 14:03, Tim Ruiz a écrit :

> 
> I would like to request two friendly amendments to the Vertical
> Integration Charter that we will be voting on during the upcoming
> Council meeting. It's understood that the definitions were intended to
> be a work in progress, but I feel it's important that we have a common
> and clear understanding of what's intended at the outset as well as
> ongoing. 
> 
> 1. Friendly amendment to definition of "Vertical Integration"
> 
> Based on the current Registry Agreements and the one proposed in the
> current version of the Draft Applicant Guidebook, the term Registry
> Operator refers to the entity under contract to ICANN. Therefore, in the
> definition of "Vertial Integration" replace the phrase "domain name
> supplier" with "Registry Operator" and the phrase "independent firms"
> with "non-affiliated registrars." The term "Registry Operator" would use
> upper case letters as shown. The definition would then read:
> 
> "Vertical Integration" (VI) is defined as a business structure in which
> there is no separation between the Registry Operator and the registrar
> in relation to a particular gTLD. They are either owned or controlled by
> the same company or have another contractual affiliation that controls
> the specific gTLD, and the Registry Operator is not required to provide
> equivalent access and non-discriminatory access to non-affiliated
> registrars to sell names under its gTLD.
> 
> 2. Friendly amendment to the section titled "Changes to this Charter"
> 
> Council should emphasize that substantive changes to the Charter,
> including the working defninitions and milestones, need to be approved
> by the Council. Therefore, this section would be replaced with the
> following:
> 
> The Chair of the WG will submit requests for substantive changes to this
> charter, including working definitions and milestones, to the GNSO
> Council for approval. The Chair may, at any time, refer questions or
> requests for clarification on any of the objectives or definitions
> contained in this charter to the GNSO Council. Such requests may be
> relayed through the Council Liaison.
> 
> 
> Tim
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