In the Secretariat's absence, I am forwarding the recent public posting of the .com Registry Agreement Renewal for members awareness. If you have any requests to the Secretariat, she returns tomorrow. Marilyn Cade, BC Chair ============================================================================ http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-27mar12-en.htm .com Registry Agreement Renewal Executive SummaryICANN 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.htmThis 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.