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Comment / Reply Periods (*)
Comment Open Date:
7 March 2013
Comment Close Date:
28 March 2013 - 23:59 UTC
Reply Open Date:
29 March 2013
Reply Close Date:
19 April 2013 - 23:59 UTC
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Brief Overview
Originating Organization:
ICANN
Categories/Tags:
Purpose
(Brief):
ICANN is seeking public comments on a Proposed
2013 Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA), particularly
on areas where ICANN and the Registrar Negotiating Team have
not been able to reach agreement in principle. This
represents the first time in the nearly 18 months of
negotiations that community comment is formally sought on
this document.
Current Status:
ICANN and the Registrar Negotiating Team
commenced negotiation on amendments to the RAA in October
2011. While the documents posted today show many areas of
agreement, there are differences between the ICANN and
Registrar positions are highlighted. In addition, further
discussion is still ongoing regarding some of the
specifications to the agreement.
Next Steps:
After review of the comment received, the
proposed 2013 RAA will be reviewed to determine if further
changes are warranted. In addition, ICANN and the Registrar
NT are likely to continue discussions regarding the areas
where the specifications remain open. The ultimate goal is
to have a 2013 RAA completed and approved in the near
future.
Staff Contact:
Samantha Eisner, Senior Counsel
Detailed Information
Section I: Description, Explanation, and
Purpose:
After nearly 18 months of negotiations, ICANN
is posting a new version of the proposed 2013 Registrar
Accreditation Agreement (RAA) for public comment.
The Registrar Negotiating Team (NT) has
continued to engage in good faith negotiations to understand
ICANN's perspective with respect to the outstanding issues,
and to share the often divergent positions within the
Registrar Stakeholder Group. Recently, additional revisions
were proposed by ICANN's Negotiating Team stemming from the
call by ICANN's CEO, Fadi Chehadé, to work to improve the
image of the domain industry and to protect registrants
through a further updated contractual framework. The
Registrar NT considered each of these new issues, and worked
towards finding solutions where appropriate. The RAA posted
today reflects hard-fought concessions on many of key issues
raised throughout the negotiations, and highlights issues
remaining in order for the final 2013 RAA agreement to be
reached.
Throughout the RAA and its Specifications,
there are portions where two versions of draft text appear
side by side. These highlight areas where ICANN and the
Registrars have not been able to reach agreement in
principle on an issue, therefore both positions are provided
for comment. Unless otherwise noted, the remainder of the
document reflects agreements in principle among ICANN and
the Registrar NT.
A fuller discussion of the status of
negotiations and areas of difference is available in ICANN's RAA Posting Memorandum [PDF, 66 KB].
Section II: Background:
The current round of negotiations over the RAA
began in October 2011. ICANN and the Registrar Negotiation
Team have presented updates to the community at each of
ICANN's public meetings since that time. Information on the
history of the negotiations, including previously released
documentation, is available at the community wiki at https://community.icann.org/display/RAA/Negotiations+Between+ICANN+and+Registrars+to+Amend+the+Registrar+Accreditation+Agreement. This includes the group of documents posted
in June 2012, which demonstrated the progress to date in the
negotiations.
Section III: Document and Resource Links:
There are multiple documents for review as part
of this posting. The new RAA is anticipated to be a base
document with a series of specifications attached. This
posting includes all documents that are currently
anticipated to be part of the 2013 a. As noted above, a
fuller discussion of the status of negotiations and areas of
difference is available in ICANN's RAA Posting Memorandum [PDF, 66 KB].
The
base RAA documents:
The Specifications and Addendums:
For the Consensus and Temporary Policy
Specification, the Data Retention Specification, and the
Whois Accuracy Program Specification, each is available in
annotated format to show where differences remain with the
registrars, as well as redlines showing the differences in
the documents from the 2012 posting.
For the remaining specifications to the RAA,
the versions below are provided as ICANN's latest proposal.
The Registrar Negotiation Team is still considering each of
these specifications:
Section
IV: Additional Information:
None
(*) Comments submitted after the posted Close
Date/Time are not guaranteed to be considered in any final
summary, analysis, reporting, or decision-making that takes
place once this period lapses.
Glen
de Saint Géry
GNSO
Secretariat
gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org