At 16/04/2009 02:48 PM, Sivasubramanian Muthusamy wrote:

Hello Alan,

At 16/04/2009 06:59 AM, Sivasubramanian Muthusamy wrote: Do we have separate gTLD Registrar constituency, a ccTLD Registrar constituency and an IDN Registrar constituency within ICANN or one single constituency for Registrars ?

ccTLD registrars do not come into this discussion, because they do not necessarily have contracts with ICANN, and if they did, it would be under the auspices of the ccNSO. An IDN Registrar Constituency? One does not exist today, but it is quite possible that one could form and be part of the Registrar Stakeholders Group under the reformed GNSO.

The essence of what I said seems to be missed. I was saying that Registrars as as an example of a business group are present within the ICANN structure in unison, whereas the users are demarcated...

Sivasubramanian Muthusamy.

I think it is exactly the opposite! Registrars are demarcated - that is limited to specific areas, in the case of ICANN, they are limited to issues related to gTLDs and thus the GNSO. Users have a MUCH broader scope, limited only by our own ability to participate. Alan