[CPWG] 'No ALAC Statement' recommendation for .AERO RA Renewal public comment proceedings

[Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond]

Thanks for a well documented response, Justine. "No Statement" recorded.
Kindest regards,

Olivier

On 24/07/2021 12:38, Justine Chew via CPWG wrote:
> All,
>
> In respect of the CPWG 28 July 2021 call 
> https://community.icann.org/x/rYQZCg 
> <https://community.icann.org/x/rYQZCg>, in particular, the agenda item 
> "Proposed Renewal of the .AERO Registry Agreement 
> <https://community.icann.org/display/alacpolicydev/At-Large+Workspace%3A+Proposed+Renewal+of+the+.AERO+Registry+Agreement>" 
> public comment for decision, my recommendation is that *_the ALAC does 
> NOT need to submit a statement_* in response to this particular call 
> for public comments.
>
> I am reminded that the ALAC has had a practice of not commenting on RA 
> renewals, unless the proposed renewal warrants such action and insofar 
> as end-user interests are distinctly affected.
>
> Thus, my recommendation no statement is premised on the mentioned 
> practice, which is further supported as follows:-
>
>   * First and foremost, .AERO is a legacy sponsored community TLD
>     which was initially approved in 2001 and introduced in 2002.
>   * Per the subsisting RA of 11 June 2009
>     <https://www.icann.org/en/registry-agreements/aero/aero-registry-agreement-11-6-2009-en>, which
>     will expire on 10 September 2021, .AERO is at present, operated by
>     SITA Information Networking Computing USA, Inc. (SITA) as the
>     registry and sponsor.
>   * As a sponsored community TLD, .AERO is intended to serve the
>     global aviation community, therefore second level domain name
>     registrations are restricted according to the .AERO Charter
>   * The proposed RA renewal for another 10 years neither involves any
>     change to the party contracting with ICANN nor change to the .AERO
>     Charter, therefore the sponsored community TLD status remains intact
>   * *What the proposed renewal does is to facilitate harmonization
>     (i.e. updating) of the 2009 .AERO RA with the Base RA of 31 July
>     2017
>     <https://newgtlds.icann.org/sites/default/files/agreements/agreement-approved-31jul17-en.pdf>,
>     but including necessary modifications to address certain SITA
>     'unique' operational aspects; which are as consistently summarized
>     in the At-Large Workspace: Proposed Renewal of the .AERO Registry
>     Agreement
>     <https://community.icann.org/display/alacpolicydev/At-Large+Workspace%3A+Proposed+Renewal+of+the+.AERO+Registry+Agreement>*
>
> In relation to a comment raised by John McCormac regarding "CZDS - 
> Centralised Zone Data Service" at an earlier CPWG call, John has since 
> clarified his comment bilaterally with me, and I believe with the 
> harmonization against the Base RA, in particular, the adoption in the 
> proposed renewal RA of the Base RA Specification 4 on Registration 
> Data Publication Services (with an added provision of an RDAP Global 
> Amendment), the concern in his original comment is resolved.
>
> Cheers,
> Justine
> ---
>
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Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond, PhD
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