Notes from the afternoon session of ICANN's public forum are now posted at:
http://www.domainhandbook.com/icann110399.html which includes the morning
session, too.
The afternoon session had fewer attendees but much more agitation that
evidenced in the morning. Concerns focused on inoperative registry-level
WHOIS, on NSI veto power over ICANN's implementation of fees, on the four
month window ICANN has not to invoke a prepayment requirement inconsistent
with impositions on other accredited registrars, and the absence of a
Service Level Agreements (performance and functional standards for NSI).
The Chair of the registrar constituency presented to ICANN a list of seven
points of concern that all the registrars in the room, save NSI, agreed
with (but NSI had not seen the seven points until the meeting and had no
opportunity to review the points). The points were not prioritized, but
there was palpable concern from the audience of registrars about having
ICANN acknowledge their issues.
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