Hi Mikey, Thank you for your message. Mike is taking a much-needed vacation. I promised him I would not call or email him during the month of October, so I am not entirely sure how he is. My hope, though, is that he is relaxing and staying away from his work emails. I appreciate you taking the time to address your concerns. Our team has essentially been working at 3/5 or 4/5 capacity since February, and a few pressing items moved to the top of the to-do list, e.g., 2013 RAA outreach and 2013 RAA process implementation, at the expense of other work. That being said, Tim (and co.) have interviewed several candidates for this staff opening. Since I am unable to give you a definitive timeline of hiring dates, I will propose this: I will take on the role of facilitating group phone calls every other week (or every week, if needed) and begin the process of drafting a work plan and coordinating what needs to get done in the interim. Marika has graciously offered to assist with subject matter expertise, as I do not have the institutional and historical knowledge that Mike brought to the table. I will do my best to keep up and do what needs to get done to move this forward. I have attached a copy of Mike's proposed work plan for this project. As you will see, this will need to be updated to account for new timelines and staff assignments. I look forward to working with the group on this project. I will send around a Doodle Poll shortly so that we can find a phone conference time that works for the majority of the team. Please let me know if I can be of further assistance. Kind regards, Caitlin From: Mike O'Connor <mike@haven2.com> Date: Wednesday, October 16, 2013 4:16 PM To: "James M. Bladel" <jbladel@godaddy.com> Cc: Caitlin Tubergen <caitlin.tubergen@icann.org>, "gnso-impl-irtpc-rt@icann.org" <gnso-impl-irtpc-rt@icann.org> Subject: Re: [gnso-impl-irtpc-rt] IRTP Part C Update hi all, several questions. first, is Mike OK? please pass along my hopes that all is well. on the policy/implementation matter. as a member of all the working groups you mentioned Caitlin, i'd like to add my voice to the chorus that is calling for expediting this process. while ICANN spends millions reinventing various social media under the banner of "Digital Engagement" and ferrying Spectacular Resumes around to various strategic planning groups, registrants and ISPs are seeing significant issues with the security and stability of the DNS. the recommendations of these working groups are not made just for fun -- they are aimed at improving the functioning of the DNS for all. so please provide something a bit more concrete in terms of a timeline. is this person going to be hired in a week, a month, a quarter, a year? are they going to be the project manager who oversees the implementation projects that need to take place? who's responsible for getting this work under way in the interim? where's the project charter and workplan that was promised at that meeting sooo long ago? can we get in the habit of providing weekly or biweekly updates to this group as to status? i agree with James that the contracted parties have a lot on their plates -- but one thing that would help them, along with the non-contracted parties, would be some plans in place to give them some predictability as to when changes are coming. sorry to be such a grouch, but we really need to bear down and get some focus on this stuff. soon. mikey On Oct 16, 2013, at 3:43 PM, "James M. Bladel" <jbladel@godaddy.com> wrote:
Hi Catilin. Thanks for the update. Agree that Registrars have (more than) enough on their plates at the moment. Even large organizations are struggling to keep up, and we are very wary of the potential confusion for Registrants.
If there is one major change resulting from IRTP-C, it was the change of Registrant (COR) process. Like many registrars, Go Daddy already offers this service internally. But I can ask if we have any descriptions or flowcharts that are shareable with the group that might help guide our work on this recommendation. I'll try to post this in the next few weeks.
Thanks--
J.
From: Caitlin Tubergen <caitlin.tubergen@icann.org> Date: Wednesday, October 16, 2013 3:12 PM To: "gnso-impl-irtpc-rt@ican.org" <gnso-impl-irtpc-rt@ican.org>, "gnso-impl-irtpc-rt@icann.org" <gnso-impl-irtpc-rt@icann.org> Subject: [gnso-impl-irtpc-rt] IRTP Part C Update
Dear Colleagues,
Thank you for volunteering to participate in the IRTP Part C IRT. I wanted to give you a quick update on where things stand.
The IRT met once on 3 July to go over the project plan drafted by Mike Zupke. Thank you again to all who participated in the call. ICANN 47 in Durban took place shortly after this call, and members of the registrar community expressed some concern about all of the new contractual and policy implementation efforts that were coming down the pipeline, including but not limited to, the 2013 RAA, the Expired Registration Recovery Policy (PEDNR/ERRP), IRTP Part B Recommendations 8 and 9 and IRTP Part C Recommendations 1, 2 and 3. To that end, we plan to work with the registrar community on an implementation roll-out plan, designed to make policy implementation cycles more predictable and thereby more manageable for registrars to incorporate into their business models.
In addition to putting together a more predictable policy implementation cycle, the Registrar Services Team is in the process of interviewing candidates for a new position within the team. This new ICANN staff member will be responsible for liaising with the ICANN Policy Team, Working Groups, and Implementation Review Teams on issues that involve the registrar community.
The board approval of the 2013 RAA and related outreach and education efforts as well as resource limitations in the Registrar Services Team has caused delays in the IRTP Part C IRT meeting planning. While we appreciate that members of the community were hoping for an earlier implementation plan, I wanted to provide you with an explanation of what has been going on during this period. We are also aware that there may be concerns about keeping fresh the WG discussions and original intent. In short, we have not forgotten about the work of this team, and we are confident that adding another staff member and having a thought-out policy implementation cycle will mitigate these types of delays in the future. If the group believes that some work could be done in the interim, please let us know so we can provide the resources for the IRT to discuss on a call.
Mike Zupke, who was previously responsible for leading this group, is on an extended leave until early November. Accordingly, if you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to reach out to me directly.
Kind regards,
Caitlin Tubergen Registrar Relations and Contracts Manager ICANN
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