proposed NCUC response to the ICANN-VeriSign settlement

[Eric S Johnson]

Hi Milton (from Bangkok),
Doesn't seem too controviersial to me :-)
Best wishes,
Eric

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Non-Commercial User Constituency
> [mailto:NCUC-DISCUSS at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Milton Mueller
> Sent: Friday, November 11, 2005 7:09 AM
> To: NCUC-DISCUSS at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
> Subject: [NCUC-DISCUSS] proposed NCUC response to the
> ICANN-VeriSign settlement
>
> Have fun with this one, folks. This should generate
> discussion. If it does not, you are all dead. ;-)

> 1. We would like to see the "no criticism of ICANN"
> provisions stricken from the settlement agreement.

> 2. We would like to see ICANN's GNSO initiate a policy
> development process of the issue of registry renewal
> expectancy, and produce and adopt a uniform policy that would
> apply equally to all registries

> 3. We would like to see a policy development process on the
> issue of price caps for registries.

> 4. As a general principle, we support the transfer of DNS
> root zone signing authority from VeriSign to ICANN, but
> believe that ICANN's legitimacy, independence and
> representational structures need improvement, and hope that
> ICANN and the US government will respond to appropriate
> reforms coming out of the WSIS process.
>