Dear TPR WG members,

Please find below the proposed agenda for the next call on Tuesday, 19 September 2023.

Support Staff had an action item to propose some options re: full portfolio transfers (ICANN-approved transfers) for the WG to consider based on the group’s discussions to date.

We thought it could be helpful to reverse engineer the discussions by proposing draft policy language from different threads of the group’s discussions. The idea would be to review the current language (in the yellow box) and then review the four options (in the blue boxes) and consider the pros and cons of each option.

In short, there are four options in the Draft Options Document, though WG members are welcome to suggest alternatives:

1. Remove the reference to fees entirely
2. Remove price ceiling (but allow for reasonable fee)
3. Retain price ceiling + add language for apportionment of fees
4. Remove price ceiling + add algorithm based on number of names transferred

We hope this will be helpful, but please let us know if you think it would be helpful to see the information presented in a different way. Please review the language in advance of Tuesday’s meeting.

Best regards,

Julie, Christian, Berry, and Marika

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Transfer Policy Review - Meeting #104

Proposed Agenda

19 September 2023

1. Welcome and Chair updates

2. Continue discussion of Charter Question i1 (Full Portfolio Transfers AKA Bulk Transfers) and Charter Question i2 (Change of Sponsorship AKA Partial 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?

• Review Draft Options for Policy Language
  • Remove the reference to fees entirely
  • Remove price ceiling (but allow for reasonable fee)
  • Retain price ceiling + Include language for apportionment of fees
  • Remove price ceiling + algorithm based on number of names transferred
  • Other?

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?

Should proposed BTAPPA updates apply to:

1. all registry operators (via an update to the Transfer Policy),

OR

2. all registry operators who offer the BTAPPA (via recommended updates to the BTAPPA)

3. AOB