ALAC Survey 2008 (initiated by Wendy Seltzer)
Show your support for these issues (as many as 10), by putting "+" marks at the end of each item.
Issues for the At-Large Community
- Representation, not unrepresented "participation" in ICANN - in relation to ALAC External Review/GNSO Review +
- Stability and privacy in domain name identifiers: WHOIS privacy
- Stability and privacy in domain name identifiers: data escrow as contracted
- Internationalized domain names
- Competition in domain name registration, ability to leave an uncooperative registrar +
- Recognition of the public's role in contract enforcement, as intended beneficiary
- Opening of additional, better avenues for the public's comments and concerns to be heard
- Competition in domain name availability: new gTLDs, including IDN TLDs
From the ALAC list:
- Domain registants rights and the RAA revision process +
- Expired Domain takeover by registrars. +
- Whois privacy ++
- Add Grace Period abuse and unethical domain tasting activities. +
- Users' participation in IDN policy-making process +
Internal Issues for ALAC/RALO:
- Internal Procedure for ALAC +
- ALS certification procedures (per Ombudsman recommendations) +
- Coordination/Integreation of RALO/ALSes ++
- Outreach - Communication (Web, wiki, mailing list etc.) +
Existing Suggestions and Work Agreed Collected from Dec 2006 - March 2007
From Agenda-Open - Previously Proposed and Agreed but Unscheduled
- Self Review Follow Up - Self Review available at:
- Facilitating Transparency in Policy Development
- Facilitating Engagement of ALS Community in Policy Development
- Roles and Responsibilities of Committee Officers
- Selection Criteria of Committee Officers and Liaisons
- Maintenance of www.icannalac.org
- User Surveys on Various Topics
- IGF 2007 - ALAC Involvement Programme +
- Preparing for the External Review
Please also see theaction items* from previous teleconferences to get a complete picture of the work in process of the Committee*
COMMENTS/SUGGESTIONS FROM THE COMMUNITY
Competition in redemption grace period services (so that registrants may select their own competitively-priced redeeming registrar)
contributed by guest@socialtext.net on 2007-04-03 17:49:11 GMT
short grace periods are an issue (often with term length unspecified in the registrar's TOS agreement)
contributed by guest@socialtext.net on 2007-04-03 22:15:45 GMT
ICANN's Mike Zupke has stated: "ICANN is proposing that changes be made to make whois privacy services more safe, but ultimately, for there to be a change in policy, it must be made through a bottom-up community-based policy development process." The ALAC should invoke the Annex A Advisory Committee Initiation process so that a PDP on privacy services may begin. The upcoming monthly meeting would be a good time to get this done.
contributed by guest@socialtext.net on 2007-04-04 01:03:46 GMT
The conduct of registrars is abysmal. It should be easier to leave a registrar and registrars should not be able to engage in domain speculation or takeover of expired domains.
contributed by guest@socialtext.net on 2007-04-04 05:53:59 GMT
Hi
The GNSO is starting a 120 day working group on WhoIS, in which the ALAC will participate. Maybe it might make sense to see what comes of that before we request the PDP. The ALAC is starting a PDP request on domain tasting and the add grace period. Our internal deadline for the request is April 30th.
contributed by jam@jacquelinemorris.com on 2007-04-05 11:13:22 GMT
The above list seems very thorough, here are some additional issues.
-Registrar involvement in expired/expiring/dropped domains
-ICANN relationship with ALSs
-ALS participation in processes
-Dispute resolution without UDRP process (registrant support)
-Historical records of domian transactions
-Security of WHOIS data
-Monopolistic practices among registrars/registries
-ICANN fees
-The domain aftermarket
-DNS reliability in cases of registrar malfunctions (ie: directNic knocked offline due to hurricane)
-Security of registrar data
-IPv6 implementation
-Domain transfers among registrars
aloha,
Randy Glass
A@L
contributed by guest@socialtext.net on 2007-04-05 19:49:48 GMT
from Vanda Scartezini
I am not seeing topics related to IGF as part of ALAC work, though I probably am not looking at the right place. Considering IGF has already an agenda and this agenda has a lot of issues: Critical Resources; Access; diversity; openness; development/capacity building;security and the way they may be presented as far as I know, may be not aligned with general ICANN's interest, I would like to see more clearly how ALAC is dealing with those themes, which are the role/ participation of ALAC at IGF, how the community can contribute with ALAC re these topics.
contributed by vanda@uol.com.br on 2007-07-24 19:09:17 GMT
