Glad to hear: "On a positive note, CEO Paul Twomey recognized the need for a comprehensive review of registrar accreditation processes as a valid operational concern." This is good leverage for the forthcoming meeting with registrars in Cairo on the RAA. ________________________________________ From: na-discuss-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org [na-discuss-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org] On Behalf Of Danny Younger [dannyyounger@yahoo.com] Sent: Friday, October 03, 2008 5:38 PM To: NA Discuss Subject: [NA-Discuss] Report on the Washington IIC Session Wendy and I were in attendance at ICANN's Washington session on Improving Institutional Confidence. My assessment of the collective view: the level of confidence in ICANN is now substantially lower than it has been in several years: 1. Participants cast doubts on ICANN's willingness to be accountable. 2. Concerns were raised regarding the lack of sufficient compliance measures. 3. The sentiment was expressed that contracting parties have captured the ICANN policy process. 4. The business community spoke to domain registration system abuses and expressed fears pertaining to the launch of new gTLDs 5. Several complaints regarding the GNSO restructuring plan were heard On a positive note, CEO Paul Twomey recognized the need for a comprehensive review of registrar accreditation processes as a valid operational concern. The audiocast of the session may be found on ICANN's home page. About 175 people attended the event. ------ NA-Discuss mailing list NA-Discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/na-discuss_atlarge-lists.ica... Visit the NARALO online at http://www.naralo.org ------ *** Scanned ** This e-mail message is intended only for the designated recipient(s) named above. The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments may be confidential or legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you may not review, retain, copy, redistribute or use this e-mail or any attachment for any purpose, or disclose all or any part of its contents. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify the sender by reply e-mail and permanently delete this e-mail and any attachments from your computer system.