Exactly my point Stéphane! Adrian From: owner-council@gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of Stéphane Van Gelder Sent: Tuesday, 9 December 2008 7:26 AM To: Alan Greenberg; Council GNSO' Subject: Re: [council] GNSO Council Restructuring - a wrinkle in the two houses approach Just a question: if resellers have a contract with ICANN, don't they then become ICANN-accredited registrars? Thanks. Stéphane Van Gelder Directeur Général / General manager +33 1 48 01 86 17 INDOM - Noms de domaine / Domain names 124-126, rue de Provence 75008 Paris. France 0820 77 7000 (Prix d'un appel local) De l'étranger (calling from outside France): + 33 1 76 70 05 67 http://www.indom.com/ Daily domain name industry news: http://www.domaines.info/ Mon blog/My blog : http://www.domaines.info/ Le 08/12/08 17:19, « Alan Greenberg » <alan.greenberg@mcgill.ca> a écrit : At 08/12/2008 10:32 AM, Philip Sheppard wrote: Can you provide an example of a new constituency for the contract parties house (that is not a splinter group) ? One that I would like to see, although it is not without some possible conflicts, is registrar reseller constituency. Just as a current registrar is bound by both a contacts with ICANN and with a Registry, I would like to see resellers bound by a contract with ICANN and with a Registrar. That would give ICANN direct recourse to deal with them, and make them a contracted party. Alan