RAA

[Brendler, Beau]

Not sure I am allowed to post to this list but we'll give it a try, and if it doesn't work, perhaps Milton can forward. Yes, we are listening, in fact, after seeing Robin's earlier note about the RAA to Mary , I sent Robin the following note. Why don't I just open that note up to the group, since you asked, in all caps no less:
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Is there something we can do here to facilitate working together with the NCUC on this? The ALAC did a fair bit of work on the RAA amendments process (actually, mostly Danny Younger and I, about nine months ago). We put together a lot of resources and had some preliminary discussions with registrars as well. I think a joint NCUC/ALAC drafting team would carry some significant weight. In addition, there are a few people in ALAC (myself included, working for Consumer Reports) who have some experience creating consumer bills of rights and such.
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There's some brief background on our work here:
https://st.icann.org/raa-policy/index.cgi?raa_working_group_documents

And here:
http://www.atlarge.icann.org/announcements/announcement-02sep08-en.htm

What I am unsure of is next steps. ALAC, though not Danny, supported the most recent version of the RAA, with the specific wording that additional amendments could be added in the future as necessary. I'm not sure if Danny is up for working on this any more, but I will be happy to ask.

Perhaps Bill and I and any others who are interested can simply form a drafting team and set up a joint workspace, start a mailing list and try to get maximum participation. We should be able to get ICANN staff to assist us in this effort.

Beau Brendler

-----Original Message-----
From: Non-Commercial User Constituency [mailto:NCUC-DISCUSS at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Milton L Mueller
Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 10:35 AM
To: NCUC-DISCUSS at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: !RE: [NCUC-DISCUSS] RAA

Here's the short version of Bill's message, repeated for emphasis:
YO! DANNY! BEAU! YOU LISTENING?????!!!!

> -----Original Message-----
> All of which is to say:
> a) as a general matter, counselors really do need timely and
> reasonably action-oriented community feedback if we are supposed to be
> reflecting community sentiment in votes, and
> b) in the particular case of the RAA, we will really need such
> engagement if we're going to leverage the opportunity provided by the
> charter commitment, rather than ending up with something anodyne and
> meaningless.

And especially:

> I really hope Danny and others with concerns will raise these in as
> concrete a manner possible so that whomever represents noncomm on the
> drafting team can negotiate from a stronger position.

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