Dear Working Group Members,

Please find below the draft agenda for the next meeting on Tuesday, 1 August at 16:00 UTC.

Thank you.

Best regards,

Emily, Julie, Berry, and Caitlin

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Transfer Policy Review - Meeting #98

Proposed Agenda

1 August 2023

1. Welcome and Chair updates

2. Continue discussion of Charter Question i1 ICANN-Approved Transfer (Bulk Transfers):

i1) In light of these challenges described in section 3.1.7.2 of the Final Issue Report, should the required fee in Section I.B.2 of the Transfer Policy be revisited or removed in certain circumstances?

a. Recap of overarching themes from last call

• The WG noted that in the case of an ICANN-approved bulk transfer, the involved registry/ies MAY charge a fee for executing the bulk transfer. (Some noted that there may be instances where the registry chooses to waive the fee, so it should not be mandatory as it currently is in the policy.)
• The WG noted the entity requesting the voluntary bulk transfer (typically the current registrar of record) should be responsible for any fee charged by the Registry.
• In the case of an involuntary bulk transfer resulting from an involuntary RAA or RRA termination, the WG recommends that the relevant registry/ies must waive any required fee. [This is in recognition of the difficulty in procuring a gaining registrar to take on a failing or unresponsive registrar’s domain name portfolio.]
• To enhance the predictability around the fees for bulk transfers, some working group members noted that the Registry should publish fees associated with bulk transfers.
• The WG expressed concern with a cost recovery model for bulk transfer fees, but the WG noted that there should be an upper bound on a registry’s mandatory fee (if any) for the sake of predictability.

2. Continued discussion of preliminary agreements and proposals

3. Introduction to Charter Question i2

i2) Should the scope of voluntary bulk transfers, including partial bulk transfers, be expanded

and/or made uniform across all registry operators? If so, what types of rules and

considerations should govern voluntary bulk transfers and partial bulk transfers?

1. Recap of question origin
2. Discussion

4. AOB