The PSO has considered the proposal only with regard to potential protocol-related technical issues as a result of splitting .com, .net and .org into three registries, and can see no problems with this approach providing that the stability of the DNS resolution is protected. Best regards, Livia Rosu PSO Secretary http://www.pso.icann.org/ PSO-Discuss mailing list: mailto:PSO-Discuss@pso.icann.org http://list.etsi.org/archives/pso-discuss.html -----Original Message----- From: Louis Touton [mailto:touton@icann.org] Sent: 01 March 2001 14:46 To: smb@research.att.com; Fabio.Bigi@itu.int; leslie@thinkingcat.com; ph@w3.org; bridget.cosgrave@etsi.fr; gerry.lawrence@marconi.com; brian@bwmc.demon.co.uk; djweitzner@w3.org Cc: Livia Rosu Subject: Additional Melbourne Meeting Topic: Proposed Revisions to Agreements with VeriSign To the Protocol Council: Today ICANN posted on its web site <http://www.icann.org/melbourne/proposed-verisign-agreements-topic.htm> a proposal for revision of the registry agreement for the .com/net/.org registry. Details of the proposal are explained in the topic paper at the URL set forth above. One aspect of the proposal is to separate the contractual arrangements for the three TLDs; the topic paper provides links to proposed registry agreements for each of them. The proposed revision will be discussed at the 12 March 2001 Public Forum in Melbourne. The Board expects to consider the matter at Melbourne, but to take action on this topic in the weeks after the Melbourne meeting. In connection with the Board's consideration of this revision, the Protocol Supporting Organiation is requested to provide any comments and recommendations it chooses to offer. Best regards, Louis Touton ICANN Secretary =========================================================================