my deep apollgies for not being able to focus on this issue. I am co-organizing the IGF USA and am absolutely drowning in work related to attendance, name badges, and speakers for that event. I know that sometimes comments are filed late, and in the past, when the BC was going to file late, we sometimes submitted a placeholder noting that. I see a point in Mr. Palage's draft below that I believe would have strong endorsement from BC members -- the importance of accurate WHOIS data. Count me in to offer edits by tomorrow a.m. if I see any needed to Mr.Palage's draft. I know that this can't be voted in less than 14 days .. do we have that much time? Marilyn
From: michael@palage.com To: bc-gnso@icann.org Subject: RE: [bc-gnso] PEDNAR (post expiration domain name recovery) PDP needs a constituency statement from us Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:52:03 -0400
Philip/Mike R,
In the interest of preserving the BC position on this topic, I can also report that the registry constituency will be submitting a comment after the close of the formal comment period. Therefore, if we did submit a late response we would not be alone.
I would like to submit the following statement for consideration to the group, friendly amendments welcomed.
While the Business Constituency supports competition and innovation within the marketplace, these principles should not compromise the rights of registrants with regard to open, transparent and predicable practices concerning expiring domain names. The Business Constituency would like to thank ICANN staff for their support of the PEDNR Working Group to date. Two staff members that have provided critical support to date are Marika Konings, who will be overseeing a registrar survey to provide a more accurate picture of the expiring domain name market and William McKelligott, an Auditor from the ICANN Contractual Compliance Team, for his work in accessing registrar compliance with regard to the Expired Domain Deletion Policy (EDDP).
While the BC will await these survey results and other additional fact finding prior to formulating a more detailed position statement, there is one important point that the BC would like to make at this time in connection with the accuracy of Whois data. The BC has long advocated in support of increased accuracy of whois data. The preliminary work of the Work Group appears to indicate that registrar practices in connection with the transfer of domain names post expiration may result in inaccurate whois data that may materially impact a trademark owners right to enforce their rights through the UDRP.
The BC apologizes for the untimely submission of this comment, but its members and leadership look forward to meaningfully participating in the upcoming forum at the ICANN annual meeting in Seoul.
Best regards,
Michael
-----Original Message----- From: owner-bc-gnso@icann.org [mailto:owner-bc-gnso@icann.org] On Behalf Of Philip Sheppard Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2009 8:41 AM To: 'BC gnso' Subject: RE: [bc-gnso] PEDNAR (post expiration domain name recovery) PDP needs a constituency statement from us
Michael, you are I agree. I believe it IS an issue but regret the inaction to date by other BC members.
Why could you not have spent the time writing your last e-mail by drafting a BC position?
Philip