[lac-discuss-en] Fwd: ICANN News Alert -- RAA Negotiations - Update

Tue Jun 5 12:30:40 UTC 2012

FYI
Also of interest:
http://www.internetnews.me/2012/06/05/raa-negotiations-update-is-anyone-going-to-be-happy/

http://blog.blacknight.com/dont-make-us-treat-our-customers-like-criminals.html

Jacqueline A. Morris
Technology should be like oxygen: Ubiquitous, Necessary, Invisible and
Free. (after Chris Lehmann <http://twitter.com/chrislehmann> )

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Subject: ICANN News Alert -- RAA Negotiations - Update
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http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-7-04jun12-en.htm
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RAA Negotiations - Update

4 June 2012

In advance of the Prague Meeting, ICANN is posting a group of documents on
the status of negotiation of amendments to the Registrar Accreditation
Agreement (RAA). While ICANN and the Registrars have made progress in the
negotiations, the negotiations are not complete and there remain key areas
of difference. Of highest priority for ICANN are the areas of Whois
verification and data retention requirements, where ICANN and Registrars
are not able to agree on certain aspects of the law enforcement
recommendations. Because these two areas are so important, ICANN and the
registrars are not able to post consolidated, negotiated amendments in
advance of the Prague meeting. The memorandum described below explains this
more fully; the draft RAA posted reflects ICANN's most recent proposal.

   -

   In the *RAA Negotiations Summary
Memo<http://prague44.icann.org/meetings/prague2012/presentation-raa-negotiation-issues-04jun12-en.pdf>
   *, we provide detail on the status of the negotiations and provide some
   discussion on topics that we propose for discussion at the 25 June 2012
   public session in Prague on the negotiations. The companion *Summary
   Chart<http://prague44.icann.org/meetings/prague2012/presentation-raa-negotiations-summary-03jun12-en.pdf>
   * provides a short description of the status of negotiations on each of
   the 12 law enforcement recommendations as well as other negotiation topics.
   These documents each reflect ICANN's understanding of the status of
   negotiations.
    -

   The *Draft 2012
RAA<http://prague44.icann.org/meetings/prague2012/presentation-draft-2012-raa-03jun12-en.pdf>
   * is ICANN's most recent proposal for a new RAA, and is not a negotiated
   document. While the draft incorporates many terms that have been the
   subject of negotiations between the ICANN and Registrar Negotiation Teams,
   the draft also sets forth ICANN's current negotiating position on issues
   such as data retention, Whois verification, reseller relationships, and
   others. The Draft 2012 RAA is for discussion only, and does not reflect or
   incorporate finalized or approved language. ICANN is not posting a redline
   comparison of this Draft 2012 RAA to the 2009 RAA, as major portions of the
   document have been re-structured or re-organized, making a redline
   difficult to read. Instead, to help identify the changes proposed in the
   Draft 2012 RAA, we are providing a *Summary of
Changes<http://prague44.icann.org/meetings/prague2012/presentation-raa-summary-changes-04jun12-en.pdf>
   * document that discusses the changes from the 2009
RAA<http://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/ra-agreement-21may09-en.htm>
   .

   The Draft 2012 RAA is comprised ICANN's proposed language for many
   separate specifications that will be attached to the RAA, each attached
   here in ICANN's proposed draft form:
    - *Whois Specification<http://prague44.icann.org/meetings/prague2012/presentation-registration-data-directory-whois-03jun12-en.pdf>
      * – a proposed Whois SLA and other requirements
      - *Whois Accuracy Program
Specification<http://prague44.icann.org/meetings/prague2012/presentation-whois-accuracy-03jun12-en.pdf>
      * – a Whois validation/verification program
      - *Data Retention
Specification<http://prague44.icann.org/meetings/prague2012/presentation-data-retention-03jun12-en.pdf>
      * – registrar data retention obligations
      - *Additional Registrar Operation
Specification<http://prague44.icann.org/meetings/prague2012/presentation-registrar-op-03jun12-en.pdf>
      * – new requirements for DNSSEC, IPv4/IPv6, and IDNs
      - *Consensus Policy and Temporary Policy
Specification<http://prague44.icann.org/meetings/prague2012/presentation-consensus-temp-policy-03jun12-en.pdf>
      * – Clarifying and consolidating the allowed topics for new Consensus
      Policies
      - *Registrar Information
Specification<http://prague44.icann.org/meetings/prague2012/presentation-registrar-info-03jun12-en.pdf>
      * – the categories of information that Registrars must keep updated
      with ICANN, as well as public posting requirements for some of that
      information

Because the language is not finalized within the draft, ICANN is not at
this stage seeking comment on the specific terms and provisions within the
Draft 2012 RAA. We do, however, welcome feedback on the discussion topics
identified in the RAA Summary Negotiations Memo to help inform the
community discussion in Prague. If you have general feedback you'd like to
provide, please leave a comment on the RAA Negotiations Status
WIKI<https://community.icann.org/display/RAA/Negotiations+Between+ICANN+and+Registrars+to+Amend+the+Registrar+Accreditation+Agreement>
.

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