Mary and all,

You are right that the issue of a Registrants' Rights Charter is of  
significant interest to the constituency, and has been something we  
have been calling for for quite awhile, so I'm glad to see the GNSO  
is taking some positive action on this issue.

It looks like a Drafting Team will be created within 30 days of the  
Board approving the RAA Amendments.  Has that happened yet?  (When is  
it expected to happen?)

We will need several volunteers to participate on the Drafting Team  
once it is established, so I hope people will consider becoming  
involved in this initiative and contributing their time and energy to  
the DT.

It would also be good to get some discussion going on the list as to  
what we (as the noncommercial users) would like to see in this  
Charter.  Surely every constituency will come to the Drafting Team  
with a few key elements each would like to see in the Charter.

Any ideas or suggestions from anyone as to what ought to belong in an  
ICANN Registrants' Rights Charter?   Should we consider parameters or  
other guidance for criteria to include in such a Charter?   This is a  
very big and open-ended question at this point -- let's try to flesh  
it out and give it some definition.

Thank you,
Robin


On Mar 23, 2009, at 2:38 PM, Mary Wong wrote:

> [...]

> ** The action to be implemented that I think will be of interest to  
> NCUC members relates to the motion passed in March on the Registrar  
> Accreditation Agreement (RAA). This requires a Drafting Team to be  
> formed to draft a Registrants' Rights Charter by July 31 - as the  
> proposed Charter was a primary reason why the 3 NCUC Councillors  
> voted in favor of the RAA amendments, we believe this is an Action  
> Item that NCUC members should get involved in. Please let us know  
> if you are interested.
>
> The Thursday meeting agenda and further details can be found here:  
> http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/agenda-26mar09.shtml
>
>

Item 6 Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) Motion Action Items  
(Council) (10 mins)

Resolution approved on 4 March:
http://gnso.icann.org/resolutions/
Resolved:

The GNSO Council supports the RAA amendments as documented in
http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/current-list-proposed-raa- 
amendments-16dec08.pdf
and recommends to the Board that they be adopted at its meeting of  
March 6, 2009;

http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-06mar09.htm#09

Within 30 days of Board approval of the set of amendments,  
representatives from the GNSO community and the ALAC shall be  
identified to participate in drafting a registrant rights charter, as  
contemplated by the amendments and the current GNSO Council  
discussions, with support from ICANN staff. A draft charter shall be  
completed no later than July 31 2009; and

Within 30 days of Board approval of the set of amendments, the GNSO  
Council will form a Drafting Team to discuss further amendments to  
the RAA and to identify those on which further action may be  
desirable. The Drafting Team should endeavor to provide its advice to  
the Council and ICANN staff no later than July 31, 2009.




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