[To: council[at]gnso.icann.org; liaison6c[at]gnso.icann.org] [To: ga[at]gnso.icann.org; announce[at]gnso.icann.org] [To: regional-liaisons[at]icann.org] http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-17mar08.htm GNSO Initial Report on Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy: Clarification of Reasons for Denial 17 March 2008 The GNSO Initial Report on Inter/Registrar Transfer Policy: Clarification of Reasons for Denial [PDF, 229K] has been posted for comment. http://www.icann.org/public_comment/#transfer-policy-2008 In September 2007, a report into the Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy (the rules for transfer of domain names between registrars) asked ICANN to draw up an Issues Report to review possible changes. Four clauses in the policy were identified as being unclear when it came to denying a transfer, something that had led to a variation in practices between registrars. The Issues Report [pdf] http://gnso.icann.org/issues/transfers/issues-report-transfer-denial-clarifi cations-19oct07.pdf went into greater overall detail and was then put out for comment to the GNSO's constituencies. That process is captured in an Initial Report http://gnso.icann.org/issues/transfers/gnso-initial-report-on-irt-policy-17m ar08.pdf which is now being put out for public comment as the first step in a Policy Development Process (PDP) per ICANN's bylaws, see: http://www.icann.org/general/bylaws.htm#AnnexA The report concludes that there is general support for more work being done on clarifying the language in the policy. Some suggested wording for those changes is contained in the constituency comments in an appendix at the end of the Initial Report. http://gnso.icann.org/issues/transfers/gnso-initial-report-on-irt-policy-17m ar08.pdf Comments are sought specifically on the interpretation and phrasing of the four reasons for transfer denials, as further elaborated in the report. A summary/analysis of comments to this public comment period will form part of a final report to the GNSO Council near the end of April. The Final Report will then form the basis of discussion by the GNSO Council toward possible changes. The comment period will be from 18 March 2008 to 7 April 2008. Comments may be submitted by email to: <transfer-policy-2008@icann.org> Comments may be viewed at: http://forum.icann.org/lists/transfer-policy-2008/. -- Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat - ICANN gnso.secretariat[at]gnso.icann.org http://gnso.icann.org