[ICANN-EU] ICANN and ccTLD registries

[Alexander Svensson <svensson@icannchannel.de>]

Jefsey,

I suppose Alf Hansen (NORID, CENTR) or Stefano Trumpy (IT-NIC,
CENTR) could give us more in-depth information on the CENTR
position. If you are interested in ICANN's position towards 
the ccTLD registries, you can find a draft status quo agreement
that was prepared by ICANN staff for the Yokohama meeting at
http://www.icann.org/yokohama/draft-cctld-status-quo-agreement-05jul00.htm

About authority: One of CENTR's points is that no authority is 
conceded to ICANN by any CENTR member *on the management of any 
ccTLD*. In the ICANN draft, ICANN (re)affirms the "delegation
of the responsibility for management and operation" of the ccTLD.

It's not that the CENTR ccTLDs want to boycott ICANN in general;
it seems to me that they don't want to create a precedent by
accepting the invoice without contract. And there are a number
of issues to be resolved (ccTLD re-delegation and government 
involvement, terms of service etc.). I also heard that some
people from ccTLDs are unhappy with the way DNSO is working and
the role of the ccTLDs there, but maybe it's better to ask people
from ccTLDs themselves.

Best regards,
/// Alexander

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> Alexander,
> tour response to Vittorio is very interesting. You seem to be
> well aware of the ccTLD situation: could you tell us what the
> ICANN wants to bill the ccTLD for.  This description would
> probably help everyone in better understanding how the
> ICANN sees itself.
>
> I am quite interested by the point made by the CENTR (the
> european ccTLD at large) that the ccTLD have not delegated
> yet any authority to the ICANN. This seems to be a key issue.
>
> If you consider the DNS: the "autority" is with the fellow user.
> a-root, ccTLD, ISP, etc.. are just telling which nameserver has
> autority. IMHO (cf. Jon Postel's RFC) the ICANN *service* is to
> manage the public TLD set. Why virtual authority would not
> show the lead to real authority? I wander.
> Jefsey