[registrars] Ballot Request: Adopt as Constituency Position

[John Berryhill]

I second Jay's motion to keep the expiration date field in the registry
data.

The word "expire" has taken on somewhat variant meanings, as it may refer to
expiration of the registrant's contract with the registrar, or expiration of
the domain name registration term with the registry.  Those two
"expirations" have become de-coupled under the current registration
contracts used by several registrars, which purport to obtain the
registrant's consent to transfer the domain name to another party after
expiration of the registration contract term.

(Query the validity of defining a contract term, and then obtaining consent
to post-term actions)


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-registrars at gnso.icann.org
[mailto:owner-registrars at gnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of Jay Westerdal
Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 1:25 PM
To: 'Tim Ruiz'
Cc: registrars at dnso.org
Subject: RE: [registrars] Ballot Request: Adopt as Constituency Position

Tim,
That is correct, the first part is the motion. The second part is for
considering and discussing separately. There are other ideas then just
yanking a field. I hope that clarifies my motion. I would urge that we don't
implement too drastic of a change I rather see wider support for the orginal
motion.

Jay Westerdal
Name Intelligence, Inc.
http://www.nameintelligence.com  

 

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-registrars at gnso.icann.org
[mailto:owner-registrars at gnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of Tim Ruiz
Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 6:08 AM
To: Jay Westerdal
Cc: registrars at dnso.org
Subject: RE: [registrars] Ballot Request: Adopt as Constituency Position

Jay,

Is the proposed amendment to the motion only the part about keeping the
expiration date? And the second part you are proposing we
consider/discuss separately. Is that correct?
 
Tim

 
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: RE: [registrars] Ballot Request: Adopt as Constituency
Position
From: "Jay Westerdal" <jwesterdal at nameintel.com>
Date: Thu, October 06, 2005 12:49 am
To: <registrars at dnso.org>

I propose an amendment to the motion:

Keep Expiration Date in the registry output.

I propose Registries follow a documented procedure for showing
expiration
date since they are not authoritative instead of just hiding the field
flat
out:

On expiration:
A) if Auto-renewed by Registry
  1) Hide Expiration date with the words "Pending Registrar Action".
  2) After 45 days, set expiration date to be a year from initial
Expiration Date.
B) if Explicitly renewed by Registrar
  1) Show new date  

Thanks,

Jay Westerdal
Name Intelligence, Inc.
http://www.nameintelligence.com 

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-registrars at gnso.icann.org
[mailto:owner-registrars at gnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of Bruce Tonkin
Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 6:30 PM
To: registrars at dnso.org
Subject: RE: [registrars] Ballot Request: Adopt as Constituency Position

Hello All,

For the purposes of ensuring that we can eventually converge on an
agreed version of a position paper on WHOIS, I second this motion from
Ross Rader so that the formal discussion period can commence as per our
bylaws.

I am of course open to suggestions from the constituency to improve the
motion or make changes to ensure its support.

I think it is important at this stage to get registrars agreement around
the core purpose of WHOIS in the context of ICANN's mission.

Regards,
Bruce Tonkin

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-registrars at gnso.icann.org 
> [mailto:owner-registrars at gnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of Ross Rader
> Sent: Wednesday, 5 October 2005 3:37 AM
> To: registrars at dnso.org
> Subject: [registrars] Ballot Request: Adopt as Constituency Position
> 
> Registrars;
> 
> Per Whois Task Force 123's Terms of Reference, we are 
> required to adopt a position concerning the purpose of the 
> Whois service and the purpose of the Registered Name Holder, 
> Technical and Administrative contacts (see below for an 
> excerpt of the terms of reference for the task force).
> 
> As a representative to this task force and with the input and 
> assistance of the other representatives to this task force, I 
> have prepared a policy position that I seek to have adopted 
> by the constituency. This position statement is attached.
> 
> I therefore would like to make a motion as follows;
> 
> ***MOTION
> Whereas, the Registrar Constituency has considered a range of 
> issues related to the intended and appropriate purpose of the 
> gTLD Whois System, and;
> 
> Whereas, the Registrar Constituency has considered a range of 
> issues related to the intended and appropriate purpose of the 
> Registered Name Holder, Administrative and Technical Contacts, and;
> 
> Whereas, the Registrar Constituency seeks timely resolution 
> of these matters in a consensus-based manner that takes into 
> account the needs of all stakeholders including individual 
> and corporate domain name registrants, the internetworking 
> community and gTLD Registries and Registrars, therefore;
> 
> Be it resolved that the Registrar formally adopts the 
> position statement entitled "The Purpose of the gTLD Whois 
> System and Specific Contact Records" and require its task 
> force representatives to advocate these positions within the 
> Task Force and other ICANN fora as appropriate.
> ***ENDofMOTION
> 
> I have attached both Word and PDF versions of this document 
> to this message. I will also be forwarding this draft 
> document to the Task Force
>   as a heads up concerning our deliberations.
> 
> If you have any questions, please let me know. Your support 
> for this motion would be sincerely appreciated.
> 
> -ross
> 
> 
> Excerpt from WhoisTF123 Terms of Reference;
> (1) ...the purpose of the WHOIS service in the context of 
> ICANN's mission and relevant core values, international and 
> national laws protecting privacy of natural persons, 
> international and national laws that relate specifically to 
> the WHOIS service, and the changing nature of Registered Name Holders.
> 
> (2) ...the purpose of the Registered Name Holder, technical, 
> and administrative contacts, in the context of the purpose of 
> WHOIS, and the purpose for which the data was collected. Use 
> the relevant definitions from Exhibit C of the Transfers Task 
> force report as a starting point (from 
> http://www.icann.org/gnso/transfers-tf/report-exhc-12feb03.htm):
> 
> "Contact: Contacts are individuals or entities associated 
> with domain name records. Typically, third parties with 
> specific inquiries or concerns will use contact records to 
> determine who should act upon specific issues related to a 
> domain name record. There are typically three of these 
> contact types associated with a domain name record, the 
> Administrative contact, the Billing contact and the Technical contact.
> 
> Contact, Administrative: The administrative contact is an 
> individual, role or organization authorized to interact with 
> the Registry or Registrar on behalf of the Domain Holder. The 
> administrative contact should be able to answer non-technical 
> questions about the domain name's registration and the Domain 
> Holder. In all cases, the Administrative Contact is viewed as 
> the authoritative point of contact for the domain name, 
> second only to the Domain Holder.
> 
> Contact, Billing: The billing contact is the individual, role 
> or organization designated to receive the invoice for domain 
> name registration and re-registration fees.
> 
> Contact, Technical: The technical contact is the individual, 
> role or organization that is responsible for the technical 
> operations of the delegated zone. This contact likely 
> maintains the domain name server(s) for the domain. The 
> technical contact should be able to answer technical 
> questions about the domain name, the delegated zone and work 
> with technically oriented people in other zones to solve 
> technical problems that affect the domain name and/or zone.
> 
> Domain Holder: The individual or organization that registers 
> a specific domain name. This individual or organization holds 
> the right to use that specific domain name for a specified 
> period of time, provided certain conditions are met and the 
> registration fees are paid. This person or organization is 
> the "legal entity" bound by the terms of the relevant service 
> agreement with the Registry operator for the TLD in question."
>