One comment, and I am copying Mike on this. I find the wording regarding educational materials curious.
Obviously, the consultation with ALAC, registrars, and other stakeholders will require more time than would have been required were we to develop materials in house, but this is the course the GNSO and the Board recommended, and I think it will result in a better final product.
I presume that what is meant is that the process will take longer than if the materials were "developed in house without any community involvement". The intent of the recommendation was always for ICANN to develop the materials (possibly contracted out of course), but that this be done with input from the designated communities, and pre-deployment verification. I would like to think that going forward, ICANN would never consider developing this kind of material would some involvement of the concerned parties. Alan At 14/02/2013 11:29 AM, Marika Konings wrote:
Dear All,
As requested on today's GNSO Council meeting, please find below an update on the status of implementation of the PEDNR recommendations from Mike Zupke, Director Registrar Programs:
We are pleased to inform the Council that we plan to announce implementation of the Expired Registration Recovery Policy (ERRP) within the next 10 days. I understand there might be some frustration over the time it has taken to get here, but in light of the many parallel projects currently underway, such as RAA negotiations & registrant bill of rights, several significant amendments to the IRTP, and our new gTLD operational readiness initiatives, I think the state of progress is about where we might have expected it to be, and is in fact, more or less on target with our original project plan.
The one last bit we need to do before rollout of the ERRP is get input from affected parties (registries, registrars) about the amount of time they will reasonably need to implement the policy changes. The PEDNR implementation review team can expect to hear from me about that tomorrow. With regard to PEDNR's recommendation to create educational materials, we are scheduled to join ALAC on its 26 February call to initiate the recommended consultative process. We will also need to engage registrars and other stakeholders and are in the process of determining what might be appropriate for the Beijing meeting. Obviously, the consultation with ALAC, registrars, and other stakeholders will require more time than would have been required were we to develop materials in house, but this is the course the GNSO and the Board recommended, and I think it will result in a better final product.
I hope this information is helpful. Please let me know if I can be of further assistance. And as always, I'm available to councilors off list if they have questions they'd prefer to ask directly.
With best regards,
Marika
Sr. Policy Director ICANN