[lac-discuss-en] Fwd: Discussion Paper - Producing a New Form of the RAA

[Carlton Samuels]

This is an important issue for advice so this heads-up is quite
appropriate..and useful.

It is in English but....

Thanks to Alan Greenberg, ALAC liaison to the GNSO, for this early warning.

Carlton

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On 14 October 2011 14:13, Alan Greenberg <alan.greenberg at mcgill.ca> wrote:
I am forwarding this note from Kurt Pritz related
to options for amending the Registrar Accreditation Agreement.

The discussion paper itself may be found at:
<http://gnso.icann.org/issues/final-raa-discussion-paper-13oct11-en.pdf>

Feel free to redistribute this to your RALOs if desired.

Alan

From: Kurt Pritz <kurt.pritz at icann.org>
To: "council at gnso.icann.org" <council at gnso.icann.org>
Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2011 11:36:41 -0700
Subject: [council] For consideration: RAA DIscussion Paper

Dear GNSO Council Members,

I would appreciate it if you could please review
the attached ?Discussion Paper on Next Steps to
Produce a New Form of the RAA?. This paper
suggests possible options for consideration by
the community to move the RAA amendment process
forward in a cooperative and timely manner.

This paper was prepared in response to a request
from the Board to categorize proposed amendment
topics and summarize possible options for next steps.

The recent efforts by the GNSO Council to
address some of the law enforcement
recommendations demonstrate progress and are
encouraging. There are many other proposals to
be addressed. We believe that this paper can be
useful in identifying additional alternative
paths. To be clear, this is not intended to
interrupt current work or advance ICANN Board or
staff opinion in the policy discussions. The
paper is meant to be responsive to requests for
information. It is also meant to signal that
there will be a high level of staff support to
facilitate the development of RAA amendments and any related
policy activities.

Two additional points:  You will find that the
categorization of topics is not as
straightforward as we all might prefer. As
described in the paper, it is difficult to
determine whether a proposal is a policy issue
or is within the picket fence without
considering specific amendment language.
Finally, the paper indicates a preference for
undertaking substantive discussion now, to
develop specific recommendations for amendments
through negotiation or policy development or both.

We hope that this Discussion Paper will
encourage further dialogue in Dakar with the
GNSO Council, the Registrar Stakeholder Group,
and the ICANN community with regard to
identifying an acceptable path forward. I am
sure this paper is likely to raise questions
also. I think an exchange of questions and
answers is important to realize the full benefit
of the thought that went into this ? a writing
does not always capture or describe all the
ideas generated. Please direct those questions
to Margie Milam, who will share them with the
cross-functional team that worked on this for your consideration.

Best regards,

Kurt


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