Danny Younger wrote:
Re: "I insist that ALAC's role is not to act as a consumer protection agency. And this is the key issue on which we have a disagreement."
Nice try at spin. Responding to those that contact your organizational Forum, and bringing those registrant concerns to the attention of the Board is hardly the totality that constitutes a consumer protection agency.
Danny, play nice with the other children. But seriously, your point is partly valid (or at least in my opinion). ALAC needs to be aware of issues, and possibly address, classes of issues from individuals, but not the individual details. To wit, we need to know about this type of situation, but not the parties, so that we can determine if this is an issue to address or not. We, ALAC, would not be solving the incident. We, as knowledgeable individuals, should offer some guidance as to where to go and who to talk to about the incident. If you think of our role similar to a Congressman. The Congressman's duties are to make laws in Washington DC. Also, an individual can ask for assistance from that Congressman for their own individual problem -- of the type of dealing with governmental red tape (ie. a problem with the immigration office). The two usually do not intersect -- you usually don't have an individual's problem with the immigration office creating new law.
So let me try to understand you correctly wit regard to Mr. Moore's issue, you are arguing that a registrar can choose not to renew a domain name that he has sponsored even if he has received payment for such a renewal, and that action does not violate the registrar's sponsorship obligations as set out in the RAA. Is that correct?
This is the type of question we should address as part of registrar's duties under the RAA -- not in relationship between Moore and Registerfly. And, what is the procedure for ICANN to follow in that sort of situation. ____________________________________________________________________________________ e360Insight sued for Spamming. Ain't irony wonderful? http://www.calspam.com