Dear WG members, Attached please find a document prepared by our Registrar Services Team colleagues, Mike Zupke and Amy Bivins, that builds on the discussion they had with the WG a few weeks ago. The document depicts three existing contracting models that are used by ICANN today (registrar accreditation, reseller, and escrow agent/third party provider-RDE); it shows how these processes function and identifies how these contracting models might be applied in the privacy/proxy accreditation context. Do note that the document is basically a pre-implementation overview of the three contracting models, and is offered as background for the WG¹s preliminary feedback - as they mentioned during the PPSAI WG call a few weeks ago, no decisions have been made as to a specific implementation option yet. Mike and Amy plan to take the group through this document at their scheduled session during the WG¹s face to face facilitated session in Los Angeles this Friday, and look forward to your feedback. Thanks and cheers Mary Mary Wong Senior Policy Director Internet Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers (ICANN) Telephone: +1 603 574 4892 Email: mary.wong@icann.org