FYI. We will be speaking briefly about this during our ALAC conference call next Tuesday, in the section "Policy Advice Development Calendar". Although the ExCom has concluded that we neither have the bandwidth nor the immediate knowledge to comment in the current public process ending 22 Dec 2011, I encourage members who have the knowledge and interest of such matters to participate actively. Seeing that the message contains a call for volunteers to participate in the group and that the attached file contains questions to our community, I shall be asking if there are any volunteers to collate our response in time to submit it by 6th January 2012. Kind regards, Olivier -------- Message original -------- Sujet: Message from the GNSO IRTP Part C Working Group Date : Fri, 16 Dec 2011 02:51:45 -0800 De : Glen de Saint Géry <Glen@icann.org> Pour : ocl@gih.com <ocl@gih.com> Copie à : James M. Bladel <jbladel@godaddy.com>, Avri Doria <avri@acm.org>, Marika Konings <marika.konings@icann.org>, gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org <gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org>, Heidi Ullrich <Heidi.Ullrich@icann.org> Dear Olivier, The GNSO Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy (IRTP) Part C Policy Development Process has begun and the Working Group formed to do the work is requesting your group's input to help inform its deliberations. As required by the ICANN Bylaws an ICANN Public Comment period <http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/irtp-c-charter-21nov11-en.htm> is currently open until 22 December. As recommended by the new GNSO Policy Development Process which was adopted by the ICANN Board on 8 December, the WG is making direct outreach to several Advisory Committees and to the ccNSO. The IRTP Part C Working Group has been charged with responding to three charter issues: * "Change of Control" function, including an investigation of how this function is currently achieved, if there are any applicable models in the country-code name space that can be used as a best practice for the gTLD space, and any associated security concerns. It should also include a review of locking procedures, as described in Reasons for Denial #8 and #9, with an aim to balance legitimate transfer activity and security. * Whether provisions on time-limiting Form Of Authorization (FOA)s should be implemented to avoid fraudulent transfers out. For example, if a Gaining Registrar sends and receives an FOA back from a transfer contact, but the name is locked, the registrar may hold the FOA pending adjustment to the domain name status, during which time the registrant or other registration information may have changed. * Whether the process could be streamlined by a requirement that registries use IANA IDs for registrars rather than proprietary IDs. To assist the GNSO Constituencies and Stakeholder Groups with producing their comments, an input template has been created. The WG has decided to forward you copy of this template with the request that your group consider using it as a basis for comment on the issues being discussed by the WG. The template is attached to this email. While the template was created specifically for the GNSO Stakeholder Groups and Constituencies, it is hoped that it might also be useful in any comments your group might decide to submit to the IRTP Part C WG. However, should you decide to submit your comments in a different way that would be welcome too. The WG membership would also like your group to know that the IRTP Part C WG is open to participation by members of the ICANN Community either as representatives of a group, such as an AC, or as individuals participating in their own capacity. We encourage your members to participate in the IRTP Part C WG if they are concerned by the issues in the WG's charter and wish to have a direct voice into the bottom-up formation of the WG recommendations. The WG also would welcome a designated observer or participant in the group, which can be designated using the template or via email. If possible, we would appreciate your feedback by 6 January 2012 at the latest. Best Regards, James Bladel and Avri Doria, co-chairs of the IRTP Part C Working Group