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. 
>