GNSO chair Bruce Tonkin has posted updated terms of reference for the GNSO’s policy-development on a Procedure for use by ICANN in considering requests for consent and related contractual amendments to allow changes in the architecture or operation of a gTLD registry.Explicitly out of scope: Additional obligations on registry operators or gTLD sponsors beyond what is already specified in their existing agreements.Later: Susan Crawford is concerned and confused about this process, and asks about the relation between this process and consensus policy. How is “none” as an answer?
GNSO on New Registry Services: Terms of Reference posted.
GNSO chair Bruce Tonkin has posted updated terms of reference for the GNSO’s policy-development on a Procedure for use by ICANN in considering requests for consent and related contractual amendments to allow changes in the architecture or operatio…