[RAA-WG] [Fwd: [At-Large] Consultation Open on the RAA]

[Vittorio Bertola]

All,

ICANN has officially announced the consultation (see 
http://www.icann.org/topics/raa/ ), though the announcement was 
published with deadlines in blank (see the very bottom of that page). I 
am asking staff directly to know about dates, but it looks that we have 
at least until the third week of August.

I must confess that I am now in the middle of my holidays and with very 
limited connectivity, so pardon me for not being very active. I have 
started working on a first draft to summarize all the substantive 
discussions that have happened on the list and the suggestions that the 
ALAC had previously put forwards, but I would expect to concentrate the 
work from August 5 afterwards.

Regards,


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Oggetto: 	[At-Large] Consultation Open on the RAA
Data: 	Fri, 27 Jul 2007 19:39:59 +0100
Da: 	Nick Ashton-Hart <nick.ashton-hart at icann.org>
A: 	Europe Discuss <euro-discuss at atlarge-lists.icann.org>, Asia-Pacific
Discuss <apac-discuss at atlarge-lists.icann.org>, Africa Discuss
<afri-discuss at atlarge-lists.icann.org>, At-Large Worldwide
<alac at atlarge-lists.icann.org>, NA Discuss
<na-discuss at atlarge-lists.icann.org>, LAC Discuss
<lac-discuss at atlarge-lists.icann.org>



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
<http://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 <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
<http://www.icann.org/>.


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Regards,

Nick Ashton-Hart
Director, At-Large
ICANN
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