Fwd: [gtld-council] GNSO PDP Dec 05: Draft Recommendations Summary

[Mawaki Chango]

Danny,

Point well taken, and will follow through in the council discussions,
thanks, Mawaki

--- Danny Younger <dannyyounger at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Mawaki,
>
> I have concerns regarding section 4.4 reprinted below:
>
> 4.4	There should be renewal expectancy.  A contract
> would be renewed provided that the license holder is
> not in material breach of the contract, or has not
> been found in repeated non-performance of the
> contract, and provided the license holder agrees to
> the any new framework contract conditions that are
> reasonably acceptable.    Any new framework contract
> would take into account the consensus policies in
> place at that time.
>
> I do not favor presumptive renewal having noted the
> benefits of re-bids (that served to significantly
> lower the .net registry fees).
>
> There are registries (such as .pro) that are neither
> in material breach of their contracts nor are engaged
> in repeated contract non-performance that nevertheless
> should be re-bid in that the current sponsoring
> organization has not properly served its respective
> community -- .pro for example has only 4628 domains
> under management; see
>
http://www.icann.org/tlds/monthly-reports/pro/registrypro-200605.pdf
>
> The broader community, in thousands of comments
> tendered on the .com, .biz, .info and .org registry
> contract proposals, has signaled overwhelming
> opposition to the concept of presumptive renewal.
>
> I would appreciate hearing the views of the
> constituency on this topic.  In my view the community
> gains when contracts are put out for re-bid.  I
> believe in the merits of the competition and would
> argue that they outweigh presumptive rights for
> incumbent registries.
>
> best regards,
> Danny
>
> --- Mawaki Chango <ki_chango at YAHOO.COM> wrote:
>
> > Attached, the "Amsterdam report" in progress from
> > the staff.
> > Constructive and focused comments are welcome.
> >
> > Mawaki
> >
> > --- Liz Williams <liz.williams at icann.org> wrote:
> >
> > > To: gtld-council at gnso.icann.org
> > > From: Liz Williams <liz.williams at icann.org>
> > > Subject: [gtld-council] GNSO PDP Dec 05:  Draft
> > Recommendations
> > > Summary
> > > Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 15:31:51 +0200
> > >
> > >
> > > Colleagues
> > >
> > > Please find attached a DRAFT Recommendations
> > Summary.  It is a
> > > working document which will be refined and
> > completed as the
> > > Committee's Final Report is prepared.
> > >
> > > If you have comments or questions, please come
> > back to me.  I would
> > >
> > > appreciate very much specific editing or
> > contextual changes --
> > > please
> > > identify the recommendation number you are
> > referring to send me
> > > specific text.  I will collate all the comments
> > from the group and
> > >
> > > work out the best way forward.  I have read all
> > the comments which
> > >
> > > have been circulating on the many lists and will
> > work towards
> > > incorporating those where there is majority
> > agreement.
> > >
> > > I will have this document posted as a working
> > document on the GNSO
> > >
> > > website.
> > >
> > > Kind regards and, of course, any questions please
> > ask.
> > >
> > > Liz
> > >
> > > >
> >
> .....................................................
> > >
> > > Liz Williams
> > > Senior Policy Counselor
> > > ICANN - Brussels
> > > +32 2 234 7874 tel
> > > +32 2 234 7848 fax
> > > +32 497 07 4243 mob
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>
>
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