ISPs and Connectivity Providers Constituency: Difference between revisions
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==ISPCP Statements on ICANN Policy Issues== | ==ISPCP Statements on ICANN Policy Issues== | ||
The Constituency regularly provides comments or statements on ICANN Policy Issues by building and gathering internal consensus among its members. ISPCP statements on ICANN Policy Issues include: | The Constituency regularly provides comments or statements on ICANN Policy Issues by building and gathering internal consensus among its members. ISPCP statements on ICANN Policy Issues include: | ||
* The Constituency's response regarding the | * The Constituency's response regarding the "Staff Report on the [[Whois]] Implementation", whereby the ISP community expressed their concern regarding the Operational Point of Contact ([[OPOC]]) proposal to reform the Whois. ISPCP pointed out that potential changes to the Whois will possibly hinder the activities and effective, efficient performance of the ISP community.<ref>[http://www.ispcp.info/stmt-whois2.pdf Statement on WHOis Staff Report]</ref> | ||
* Comments to the | * Comments to the [[DOC|US Department of Commerce]] on ICANN Contract Renewal wherein the Constituency expressed their continued support of ICANN. They believed that the guiding principles of ICANN's DNS management such as stability, competition, private sector participation, bottom-up coordination and multi-stakeholder representation are relevant and critical for the global Internet community. According to them, the recent re-organization of ICANN demonstrated progress and it was able to meet the goals set forth by the [[White Paper]]. ICANN satisfactorily met its primary tasks and milestones based on the [[MoU]] with the Department of Commerce. The Internet has grown rapidly and [[IANA]]'s services have improved and became more professional. Furthermore, the ISP community recommended the establishment of a new and clear timetable for ICANN"s systematic and orderly transition towards private sector management and they also emphasized that effective staffing of IANA and ICANN's [[ccTLD]] liaisons is important, and that they believed the focus on technology tools to address the root management is often over emphasized.<ref>[http://www.ispcp.info/stmt-doc.pdf Department of Commerce NTIA Docket 06051936-6136-01]</ref> | ||
* Position on New [[gTLD]] Expansion- The Constituency emphasized that an informed discussion is required regarding new gTLDs and the establishment of guidelines for the implementation of new gTLDs.<ref>[http://www.ispcp.info/stmt-ntd.pdf ISPCP Position on New gTLD Expansion]</ref> | * Position on New [[gTLD]] Expansion- The Constituency emphasized that an informed discussion is required regarding new gTLDs and the establishment of guidelines for the implementation of new gTLDs.<ref>[http://www.ispcp.info/stmt-ntd.pdf ISPCP Position on New gTLD Expansion]</ref> | ||