[NA-Discuss] Consultation Open on the RAA

[Danny Younger]

Nick, 

the URL provided isn't operative --
http://forum.icann.org/lists/raa-consultation


--- Nick Ashton-Hart <nick.ashton-hart at icann.org>
wrote:

> Dear All:
> 
> Today the official consultation opens on the
> registrar accreditation  
> agreement. You can see the announcement below and
> also at http:// 
>
www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-27jul07.htm.
> 
> NOTE: There is a new section at www.alac.icann.org
> for open public  
> consultations and this will show up there very soon.
> 
> ICANN Starts Consultation on How to Protect
> Registrants
> Public, stakeholder comments sought on changes to
> Registrar  
> Accreditation Agreement
> 
> 27 July 2007
> 
> MARINA DEL REY, Calif.: Increased protection for
> those registering  
> domain names is ICANN’s goal as it launches
> consultations on its  
> Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) and the
> accreditation process  
> for companies who register domains.
> 
> “I called for the review of RAA and the
> accreditation back in March,  
> and I’m pleased to be moving into the active
> consultation phase,”  
> said Dr Paul Twomey, ICANN’s CEO and President. “The
> need for this  
> review is clear. The current RAA is more than six
> years old. We’ve  
> seen the number of accredited registrars grow to
> more than 900. And  
> we’ve seen the incredible difficulties that can be
> unleashed with the  
> collapse of a Registrar.”
> 
> The RAA is the contract that governs the
> relationship between ICANN  
> and its accredited registrars. The current version
> was put in place  
> in May 2001. The same contract is in place between
> ICANN and each of  
> the more than 900 accredited registrars (a directory
> of which can be  
> found at http://www.internic.net/regist.html ).
> 
> The consultation is looking for ideas and input on
> amendments to the  
> RAA and the registrar accreditation process in order
> to provide  
> additional protection to registrants. Previous
> discussions in the  
> ICANN community has already helped create a number
> of suggestions for  
> discussion, which are:
> 
> Incorporating provisions to govern the terms under
> which a registrar  
> can be sold and continue to retain its ICANN
> accreditation.
> Including additional contract enforcement tools
> offering more options  
> than the current one option – terminating
> accreditation.
> Addressing the responsibilities of a parent
> owner/manager when one or  
> more of a “family” of registrars fails to comply
> with ICANN  
> requirements.
> Requiring registrars to escrow contact information
> for customers who  
> register domain names using Whois privacy and Whois
> proxy services.
> Augmenting the responsibilities placed on registrars
> with regard to  
> their relationships with resellers.
> Requiring operator skills training and testing for
> all ICANN- 
> accredited Registrars.
> Details of these proposals, as well as the
> consultation process, are  
> available on ICANN”s website at
> http://www.icann.org/topics/raa/.
> 
> The consultation stems from ICANN board resolutions
> made at the San  
> Juan 29th International Public meeting held in June
> 2007. Those  
> resolutions call for ICANN staff to solicit and
> consider the input of  
> the Internet community regarding proposed changes to
> the RAA,  
> registrar accreditation process, and related
> policies.
> 
> A complete summary and analysis of community
> feedback will be made  
> available at the end of the comment period and
> suggested amendments  
> to the RAA will be posted for further comment. There
> will be a  
> publicly available assessment of the impact that the
> input and  
> comment had on the development of the amendments.
> 
> “These consultations will make sure we have input
> from the wider  
> community, and help us make the changes needed to
> protect  
> registrants,” added Dr Twomey.
> 
> About ICANN:
> 
> ICANN is responsible for the global coordination of
> the Internet's  
> system of unique identifiers like domain names (like
> .org, .museum  
> and country codes like .uk) and the addresses used
> in a variety of  
> Internet protocols that help computers reach each
> other over the  
> Internet. Careful management of these resources is
> vital to the  
> Internet's operation, so ICANN's global stakeholders
> meet regularly  
> to develop policies that ensure the Internet's
> ongoing security and  
> stability. ICANN is an internationally organized,
> public benefit non- 
> profit company. For more information please visit:
> www.icann.org.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Regards,
> 
> Nick Ashton-Hart
> Director, At-Large
> ICANN
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