Month: October 2002

Louis Touton, in his function as ICANN’s General Counsel, has just published a legal briefing concerning implementation of policies by registrars and registry operators. The briefing was apparently caused by concerns raised in response to the latest Transfers and WHOIS Task Force reports. It gives an analysis on how policies must be developed in order to be actually binding for registries and registrars.

This Wired article about a possibly pending deletion of .SU has caused a highly interesting thread on the GA mailing list. You should read it.

Alexander Svensson has prepared a redlined version of ITU resolution 102 which compares this year’s version with the one from 1998.

The aggregator is running. If you have any more blogs it should include, please let me know.

Credits go to Abel Wisman who is sponsoring the hosting of this.

While this is not the prettiest report we have ever done, the WHOIS task force’s interim report is finally out. You should read it, since there are a lot of questions included with the text. Comments are, of course, archived.

For the record: .org goes to ISOC, the board votes 11 : 1 : 3, with Robert Blokzijl not participating in that part of the meeting.

ICANN has published a Fourth Status Report from the ERC: The Evolution and Reform Committee is carefully reviewing the details of the RIR proposal, as well as the reactions to the proposal from all segments of the Internet community. The Committee invites detailed and thoughtful discussion of the proposal.

The ERC has published a Supplemental Implementation Report. That report specifically addresses Vittorio Bertola’s comment on the ALAC’s steady-state future, and promises a revised bylaw draft concerning that point. Also, one of the core values is replaced, and elaborates on the planned terms of ICANN board members.

The RIRs have published their version of a blueprint for reform. For a quick overview, I recommend you take a look at Alexander Svensson’s latest charts.

Louis Touton has sent a notice on ccTLD root zone updates to the Names Council, and promises further updates.