Hello PPSAI Small Team,
I have updated the PPSAI Small Team Responses to Threshold Questions in line with the discussion at the 29 October Council Meeting. First, I have fixed the typo on TQ K Issue 1. Most crucially the language has been updated in response to the registrar addition to TQ B as follows.
ANSWER TQ B:
The GNSO Council PPSAI Small Team recommends that Council confirm that none of the 3 original accreditation models be precluded as infeasible. The Small Team would like Council to offer some non-binding guidance based on the Small Team’s discussions on the practicalities of each model. Consensus emerged that there would be no foreseeable issues with model 2 or model 3 as written as they comply with the policy recommendations as written. Most believe model 4 calls for no accreditation program and is inconsistent with the policy and is not fit for purpose, but registrars disagree and believe this would be accreditation by association. Model 1 received mixed reviews amongst the Small Team as some were adamantly opposed to it, while others recognized perhaps its future utility for a possible unaffiliated P/P provider business model to arise that could need policy work. Implementing model 1 over models 2 or 3 seems less efficient and the IRT could reasonably favor those models over model 1.
Please voice any objections to the revised language by EOB Wednesday 4 November 2025.
Thank you,
John R. Emery, Ph.D.
Policy Development Support Senior Specialist
Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO)
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
www.icann.org<http://www.icann.org>
