The latest version of the language is preferred by the BC, as the first version could be read as limiting wrt topics of next discussion. I believe our collective intent was to open discussion on any topic within the RAA, not just topics that are subject of current proposed amendments, right? Mike Rodenbaugh Rodenbaugh Law 548 Market Street San Francisco, CA 94104 +1.415.738.8087 www.rodenbaugh.com -----Original Message----- From: owner-council@gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of Alan Greenberg Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 5:56 AM To: William Drake; Tim Ruiz Cc: council@gnso.icann.org Subject: Re: [council] Final version of RAA amendment/motion As does ALAC. Alan At 04/03/2009 07:57 AM, William Drake wrote: Hi Tim, This is news to us. NCUC much prefers the language we agreed on Sunday. Bill On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 5:20 PM, Tim Ruiz <tim@godaddy.com> wrote: Thought I should point out that the only change from the version that was circulated Sunday afternoon is in the last paragraph of the resolve. The Sunday afternoon version read: Within 30 days of Board approval of the set of amendments, the GNSO Council will form a Drafting Team to discuss the amendments further and identify those that the community believes could be further revised through PDP processes or through additional changes to the RAA that may not fall within scope of a formal PDP process. The Drafting Team should endeavor to provide its advice to the Council and ICANN staff no later then July 31, 2009. It has been changed to: Within 30 days of Board approval of the set of amendments, the GNSO Council will form a Drafting Team to discuss further amendments to the RAA. The Drafting Team should endeavor to provide its advice to the Council and ICANN staff no later then July 31, 2009. Tim -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [council] Final version of RAA amendment/motion From: "Tim Ruiz" <tim@godaddy.com> Date: Tue, March 03, 2009 3:40 pm To: council@gnso.icann.org The attached, also copied below, is the final version of the motion many of us have worked on. It reflects all the changes that we've discussed. Not completely sure of the best way to frame it for voting, but would like to suggest that we consider it the only motion on this subject that we vote on tomorrow. Tim ---------------- Whereas, the Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) has not been amended since May 2001, and ICANN has undertaken a lengthy consultative process related to amending the RAA, including several public comment periods and consultations; Whereas, the proposed changes to the RAA include important compliance and enforcement tools for ICANN; The Council wishes to approve the set of proposed amendments as quickly as possible so that the ICANN Board may review them, and if approved then implement them as quickly as possible; and Whereas, The Council would like to proceed on the drafting of a charter identifying registrant rights that registrars would be obliged to link to, as contemplated in the set of amendments; The Council would like a specific process and timeline to move forward with additional potential amendments to the RAA; and The Registrar Constituency is supportive of these efforts and is willing to participate on a good faith basis on anticipated next steps. Resolved: The GNSO Council supports the RAA amendments as documented in http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/current-list-proposed-raa-amendments-16dec08.pd f <http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/current-list-proposed-raa-amendments-16dec08.p df> and recommends to the Board that they be adopted at its meeting of March 6, 2009; Within 30 days of Board approval of the set of amendments, representatives from the GNSO community and the ALAC shall be identified to participate in drafting a registrant rights charter, as contemplated by the amendments and the current GNSO Council discussions, with support from ICANN staff. A draft charter shall be completed no later then July 31; and Within 30 days of Board approval of the set of amendments, the GNSO Council will form a Drafting Team to discuss further amendments to the RAA. The Drafting Team should endeavor to provide its advice to the Council and ICANN staff no later then July 31, 2009. -- *********************************************************** William J. Drake Senior Associate Centre for International Governance Graduate Institute for International and Development Studies Geneva, Switzerland william.drake@graduateinstitute.ch New book: Governing Global Electronic Networks, http://tinyurl.com/5mh9jj ***********************************************************