Dear Colleagues with APRALO and special Attention to all ALS: We would like to consolidate some feedback from you on what you think about Verisign's proposed agreement for renewal of the .com Please reach out to your various At Large Structures and start consolidating feedback and revert to this list on say 15th April, 2012. I have asked the Staff to also translate into the various UN Languages for non English speakers. Once the material and feedback comes in, we will consolidate the comments coming into a single document (page(s)) before we finalise. *Message from Alan Greenberg to ALAC* .com Registry Agreement Renewal http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-27mar12-en.htm Executive Summary ICANN is posting today for public comment Verisign's proposed agreement for renewal of the 2006 .com Registry Agreement between ICANN and Verisign. This proposal is a result of discussions between ICANN and VeriSign, and will be considered by the ICANN Board after public comment. The current agreement will expire on 30 November 2012. Public comment may be submitted through April 26, 2012 and viewed at: http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/com-renewal-27mar12-en.htm This summary describes important aspects of the registry agreement renewal process, the content of the proposed agreement renewal, and certain background to the proposed agreement. This summary is accompanied by the "red line" version of the agreement and several documents that describe and summarize the proposal. Upcoming agreements due to be renewed in 2012 such as .biz, .info, .name and .org will follow a similar process. -- Salanieta Tamanikaiwaimaro aka Sala Tweeter: @SalanietaT Skype:Salanieta.Tamanikaiwaimaro Cell: +679 998 2851