Recap of BC discussion and review of our comments on .net renewal:

21-Apr member call: BC members our approach for this comment, and there was universal support to request Verisign to have a "Thick WHOIS" service in .NET This was 21 days before the comment due date of 10-May.

3-May: we circulated draft written comment by Rapporteurs Elisa Cooper and Mikey O'Connor. (8 days before deadline). This draft proposed two additional requests based on new gTLD registry contract requirements:

- Add TM Claims Service once the TM Clearinghouse is operating.

- Add URS (Uniform Rapid Suspension)

4-May: Philip Sheppard offered a general principle: "The ICANN contract renewal process should be the opportunity to upgrade older contracts to the new standards." Rapporteurs accepted this proposal.

8-May: Phil Corwin questioned the rationale for requiring URS and TM Claims. I advised Phil that the BC charter calls for discussion and/or vote only when 10% of membership (5 members) object to a proposed position.

Phil also pointed out that the URS and TM Claims proposals were circulated with 8 days of review period, which is less than the 14 days required per charter.

Recommendation of vice chair for policy coordination:

Today, I asked Elisa and Mikey to consider revising the draft comment to stick with Thick Whois, which was appropriately noticed (21 days) and for which no opposition was noted.

Response from BC Rapporteurs Elisa Cooper and Mikey O'Connor:

Elisa and Mikey quickly responded with the attached version 3, adding Philip Sheppard's principle, retaining the recommendation for Thick Whois, and dropping recommendations for URS and TM Claims Service in .net

Next steps:

Please review version 3 (attached) since this will be submitted 10-May unless 10% of members object.

I also invite BC members to examine new gTLD registry contract requirements once the guidebook is finalized, so the BC can determine which requirements should apply when existing gTLD contracts are up for renewal.

I encourage any BC member to submit their own individual / corporate views on this and all ICANN public comment items.

Thanks to all members for conducting such a civil and practical discussion with due attention to the BC charter.

Thanks especially to Elisa and Mikey for their work as our rapporteurs.

--Steve

From: Steve DelBianco
Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2011 5:12 PM
To: 'bc-GNSO@icann.org GNSO list'
Subject: [bc-gnso] Draft BC comment on proposed .NET Renewal

ICANN is gathering responses to the proposed renewal of .NET registry contract.

Attached is a discussion draft for BC response prepared by Elisa Cooper (with edits by Mikey O'Connor and Steve DelBianco)

On our 21-April BC member call, we discussed our approach for this comment, and there was universal support to request Verisign to have a "Thick WHOIS" service in .NET

Elise and Mikey added two additional requests based on new gTLD registry contract requirements:

- Add TM Claims Service once the TM Clearinghouse is operating.

- Add URS (Uniform Rapid Suspension)

ICANN's Comment period closes 10-May. Our member call on 21-Apr was 21 days before deadline, and today's draft is circulated 8 days before deadline.

We can submit this response later if members feel they need the entire 14-day review and discussion period.

Please review and post your suggestions/edits as soon as possible. If there are no disagreements noted by 10-May, this response will be adopted without a voting period, and posted to ICANN.