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color=#0000ff size=2>hi tim</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2>could you point me to that section?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2>thanks</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2>bhavin</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> owner-registrars@gnso.icann.org
[mailto:owner-registrars@gnso.icann.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Tim
Ruiz<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, July 11, 2005 5:15 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Rob
Hall<BR><B>Cc:</B> Bruce Tonkin; registrars@dnso.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE:
[registrars] Statement regarding .net<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV>Rob,</DIV>
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<DIV>I think the part of the agreement you are refering to was in the draft
agreement that was up for public comment. So I don't think we'll have the same
leverage to change it. I also don't think it will have the same level of
agreement among registrars. I think it is best left out of this effort at
this point.</DIV>
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<DIV>Tim</DIV>
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Original Message --------<BR>Subject: RE: [registrars] Statement regarding
.net<BR>From: "Rob Hall" <rob@momentous.com><BR>Date: Mon, July 11,
2005 9:53 am<BR>To: "Bruce Tonkin"
<Bruce.Tonkin@melbourneit.com.au>,<BR>registrars@dnso.org<BR><BR>Bruce,<BR><BR>I
would suggest adding the fact that the new contract allows verisign
to<BR>treat Registrars differently, rather than with equality or
equivalence.<BR><BR>Rob<BR><BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From:
owner-registrars@gnso.icann.org<BR>[mailto:owner-registrars@gnso.icann.org]On
Behalf Of Bruce Tonkin<BR>Sent: Monday, July 11, 2005 9:39 AM<BR>To:
registrars@dnso.org<BR>Subject: [registrars] Statement regarding
.net<BR><BR><BR>Hello All,<BR><BR>As agreed here is a possible statement for
presentation by Bhavin to the<BR>Board during the public forum in
Luxembourg.<BR><BR>"Registrars trusted the ICANN Board and ICANN staff to
act on behalf of<BR>the ICANN community in negotiating a new contract with
Verisign for<BR>.net.<BR><BR>Registrars consider there to be a breach of
trust by the ICANN Board and<BR>the ICANN staff in approving a contract with
Verisign regarding .net<BR>that contains significant changes from the draft
.net agreement posted<BR>on the ICANN website, without public consultation.
We believe this is<BR>a breach of the intent of the transparency
provision (Article III) of<BR>the ICANN bylaws that states that ICANN
shall operate to the extent<BR>feasible in an open and transparent manner
and consistent with<BR>procedures designed to ensure fairness.<BR><BR>This
is not the first time this has happened. When the new
transfers<BR>policy was implemented, Verisign negotiated a change in
the<BR>registry-registrar agreement with the ICANN staff, which was approved
by<BR>the ICANN Board, to accommodate the transfers policy that
contained<BR>changes beyond purely for the purposes of the transfers policy
without<BR>any public consultation. ICANN staff gave an undertaking
to registrars<BR>that this would not happen again. It is the
registrars view that this<BR>verbal undertaking was breached.<BR><BR>The
changes to the .net agreement that specifically concern
registrars<BR>are:<BR>- the maximum price ($4.25 including the ICANN
registry fee) put forward<BR>by Verisign in the .net application only
applies for the first 18 months<BR>of the new agreement. After that
Verisign is free is set any price.<BR>Registrars want the maximum price
fixed for the duration of the<BR>agreement.<BR>- Verisign is excluded from
new consensus policies that relate to the<BR>introduction of new registry
services other than what is in the new .net<BR>agreement. Registrars
want Verisign to continue to be subject to<BR>consensus policies in this
area.<BR>- ICANN may not change the above terms in a renewal of the
agreement.<BR>Registrars want ICANN to have the ability to negotiate a lower
maximum<BR>price at the time of contract renewal."
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