Greetings. Since we skipped the RAA discussion this morning, I decided to write this down for your consideration. I will be pushing for time in Brussels to discuss it. Those of you who attended the meeting Monday evening from 5:30 to 7 in the main conference room may have heard me saying, in the comments period, that in retrospect, I do not believe the interests of the public were served in the process used to create the final output of the RAA drafting. As co-chair of the group, I accept responsibility for this. The result was the creation of a weak document with a ridiculous title "Aspirational Registrant Rights Charter" (appended below). I'm happy to discuss the details and background further offline. What I would like to propose is that the ALAC set aside the "Aspirational Registrant Rights Charter" and vote to put its full support behind one of the other documents that came forth from the meeting. (Those in the group may recall I co-chaired "group A" from which the aspirational rights charter emerged; Steve Metalitz chaired group B, from which the second document I am referring to emerged). THIS IS THE ASPIRATIONAL RIGHTS DOCUMENT I BELIEVE WE SHOULD SET ASIDE: Aspirational Registrant Rights 1. have accurate, current and complete contact and locative information regarding their registrar 2. be the sole entity capable of asserting and changing ownership information for their domain 3. have ample opportunity to renew their existing domain(s) at the same rates as new domains 4. protect their trade name against unauthorized use 5. refuse the transfer of their personal information to unauthorized bodies 6. expect ICANN to enforce its agreements with registrars THE DOCUMENT (group B) I BELIEVE WE SHOULD BACK UP AND ENDORSE can be found on pages 18-19 of the attached PDF. Let me know if you have questions -- I will try to bring this up later in the week.