[NCSG-PC] Proposed comment on .NET RA

Wed May 31 16:01:28 EEST 2017

Hello Rafik,

Agreed, great work indeed to all those that contributed.

Kind Regards

Poncelet

On 31 May 2017 at 12:58, Milan, Stefania <Stefania.Milan at eui.eu> wrote:

> Thanks Rafik. Consensus on my side, sorry for not being able to contribute
> meaningful content in due time. Stefania
>
> ________________________________________
> Da: NCSG-PC <ncsg-pc-bounces at lists.ncsg.is> per conto di Rafik Dammak <
> rafik.dammak at gmail.com>
> Inviato: mercoledì 31 maggio 2017 06:14:07
> A: Ayden Férdeline
> Cc: ncsg-pc
> Oggetto: Re: [NCSG-PC] Proposed comment on .NET RA
>
> Hi all,
>
> deadline already passed a few hours ago, with no objections heard, I think
> we can submit the comment (latest version attached). so I will send the
> comment.
> Thanks.
>
> Best,
>
> Rafik
>
>
> 2017-05-30 17:50 GMT+09:00 Rafik Dammak <rafik.dammak at gmail.com<mailto:
> rafik.dammak at gmail.com>>:
> Thanks Ayden, the deadline for submission is in 15hours and we need to
> wrap-up this. if I don't hear objection by Today 23:59UTC I would submit
> the comment
> @Ed can you please share the latest version.
>
> Best,
>
> Rafik
>
> 2017-05-30 17:47 GMT+09:00 Ayden Férdeline <icann at ferdeline.com<mailto:ic
> ann at ferdeline.com>>:
> Hi Rafik,
>
> Yes, I did express support for the comment with two revisions (both of
> which have since been resolved in the Google Doc). I hope we will be able
> to submit this comment, if there is support.
>
> Best wishes, Ayden
>
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [NCSG-PC] Proposed comment on .NET RA
> Local Time: May 30, 2017 9:45 AM
> UTC Time: May 30, 2017 8:45 AM
> From: rafik.dammak at gmail.com<mailto:rafik.dammak at gmail.com>
> To: Edward Morris <egmorris1 at toast.net<mailto:egmorris1 at toast.net>>
> Ayden Férdeline <icann at ferdeline.com<mailto:icann at ferdeline.com>>,
> Poncelet Ileleji <pileleji at ymca.gm<mailto:pileleji at ymca.gm>>, ncsg-pc <
> ncsg-pc at lists.ncsg.is<mailto:ncsg-pc at lists.ncsg.is>>
>
> Hi all,
>
> this is a reminder about reviewing and endorsing the comment on .net
> agreement renewal.
> I think Ayden expressed support for the comment. I reviewed the comment
> and agreed with the removal of BC mention. waiting for others to share
> their thoughts.
>
> Best,
>
> Rafik
>
> 2017-05-28 11:13 GMT+09:00 Edward Morris <egmorris1 at toast.net<mailto:eg
> morris1 at toast.net>>:
> Hi everybody,
>
> During our most recent Policy Committee meeting we decided that we were
> not going to submit a comment on the .NET Renewal Agreement. For the first
> time in years ICANN was presenting a legacy gTLD renewal agreement that
> wasn’t noxious. Specifically, there was no effort to expand the URS and
> PDDP into the legacy gTLDs thus creating de facto consensus policy by staff
> negotiated contract. This is an issue the NCSG has been very vocal about in
> the past. In fact, we did a joint comment on it with the Business
> Constituency (BC) that created a bit of a stir in the industry press (
> http://domainincite.com/19450-odd-couple-coalition-
> wants-urs-deleted-from-legacy-gtld-contracts ).
>
> Well, I now think we should submit a public comment on the Agreement. To
> support it. The IPC has rallied its troops to try to convince the Board to
> require the inclusion of the URS and PDDP in the RA. (http://mm.icann.org/
> pipermail/comments-net-renewal-20apr17/attachments/20170521/d67e3bb5/
> INTAdotNETRenewalFINAL05-21-17-0001.pdf ). I don’t think we need to have
> an elaborate comment but I do think we need to show the flag. When ICANN
> finally does something we’ve been pressing them to do for a few years we
> should acknowledge it.
>
> I’ve started a Google Doc here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Et_
> G0aHmhgYlHu8gC95RkXrJ6LeJeaBTReGExS_T2kg/edit
>
> I’ve restricted the initial comment to two items:
>
> 1. Commending ICANN and Verisign for agreeing to let Consensus Policies
> dictate IP protection requirements rather than imposing the staff created
> new gTLD RPM’s on .NET, and
>
> 2. Supporting creation of a special fund using proceeds from the
> Registry-Level Transaction Fees to support developing country stakeholders
> participation at ICANN ( as the funds aren’t segregated I have suggested we
> ask the Board to annually report on the use of these monies – to ensure
> they are being spent as intended) .
>
> These are both traditional NCSG positions and I hope we can quickly reach
> agreement on them. Overall, I believe it’s a good agreement and it is
> certainly much better than the last few RA’s. I have a few quibbles about
> some of the pricing arrangements but in an effort to keep the comment short
> and focused on the IP issue, and to quickly get consensus here, I thought
> it best to forgo commenting on them.
>
> Comment is due in Tuesday midnight. I hope we can get PC sign off by then.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ed
>
>
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