Both readers of my recent post on the registry-registrar split must have called up ICANN to demand action, because lo and behold ICANN has scheduled two impromptu meetings to discuss the matter.

I quote from their page:

On 24 October 2008, ICANN posted the CRA International report titled, “Revisiting Vertical Separation of Registries and Registrars.” This paper has generated significant discussion in the community as it discusses the potential easing of the requirement for the separation of gTLD registries and registrars.

To advance community discussions on this issue, ICANN will be convening two open meetings with the first scheduled in Washington, DC on Thursday, 11 December from 2-5pm, and the second in Marina del Rey, CA on Friday, 19 December from 10am-1pm. The purpose of the consultations are to explore CRAI’s recommendations regarding the relationship between registries and registrars as well as other potential models that would be acceptable to a consensus of the Internet community.

If you plan to participate in these meetings, please RSVP to crai-report-consultation@icann.org and further information will be emailed to you.

Those who dwell on ICANN lists, and have something better to do on those two days, are howling about the short notice, with some justification. As yet there has been no announcement of methods of remote participation, if any.

I’ve RSVP’d to the address given but received nothing back yet.

Tags: CRAI report, registry-registrar split, vertical separation of registries and registrars, CRA International, ICANN

Posted by Antony in: Domains, Internet Governance