I also support Kristina's formulation of objective 5. Thanks. Mike Rodenbaugh RODENBAUGH LAW tel/fax: +1 (415) 738-8087 http://rodenbaugh.com -----Original Message----- From: owner-bc-gnso@icann.org [mailto:owner-bc-gnso@icann.org] On Behalf Of philip.sheppard@aim.be Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2010 12:05 AM To: bc-gnso@icann.org Subject: [bc-gnso] Updated VI Charter for review by SG/Constituencies Importance: High Berry, AIM supports and urges BC support for the alternative objective 5 drafted by Christina Rosette namely: [ Objective 5: Using all information that has been collected by ICANN to date, determine the possible effects of potential changes to the current restrictions and/or practices concerning registry-registrar separation and equivalent, non-discriminatory access contained in the options set out in DAGv3 and changes considered by ICANN staff on (a) the retail and wholesale markets for domain names and (b) on consumers of domain names. ] Philip