Hello Dennis and PreIRT Team – I made two comments to the Google doc: First, I think we should be clear on when each Stage begins and ends, and that (especially for Stage 2) the pace of transitioning from Temp Spec to the RDS policy is at the discretion of the Contracted Party. Secondly, I believe we should explicitly state that Stage 3 means that the new RDS policy becomes operative, and the Interim Policy is no longer in force. I know that this is implied in the language, but this should be as clear as possible to avoid any confusion. Thanks- J. ------------- James Bladel GoDaddy From: "RegDataPolicy.PreIRT" <regdatapolicy.preirt-bounces@icann.org> on behalf of Dennis Chang <dennis.chang@icann.org> Date: Monday, April 29, 2019 at 13:27 To: "regdatapolicy.preirt@icann.org" <regdatapolicy.preirt@icann.org> Subject: [RegDataPolicy.PreIRT] draft Interim RegDataPolicy Dear Pre-IRT, IPT has drafted the Interim Registration Data Policy for gTLDs, which is expected to go into effect when the Temporary Specification expires on 20 May 2019 here in the pre-IRT team drive: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oBGjh86oxCt5XHV0uxBXg1P6smomKjBC2Fe5yb7hmck/edit#<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oBGjh86oxCt5XHV0uxBXg1P6smomKjBC2Fe5yb7hmck/edit> The draft Interim Policy incorporates many of the suggestions from the pre-IRT and, previously, by the EPDP Team in Kobe. The draft Interim Policy is, essentially, a timeline that points to applicable requirements in other documents rather than a description of substantive requirements. This is drafted as a Policy, rather than a notice or advisory, to ensure that the applicable requirements are clearly identified in a formal document that is binding on contracted parties pursuant to their relevant agreements with ICANN org. We did not incorporate the language that was suggested that “Failure to respond within 30 days of this notice shall be considered acceptance of the terms herein will be considered acceptance,” for a variety of reasons, including that contracted parties are required to follow this recommended carryover of the Temp Spec as a matter of Policy-there is not an option to reject the requirements. We believe this is a straightforward implementation of Recommendation 28 and aligned with the recommendation. Please let us know if you note any inconsistency with the recommendation in the EPDP Phase 1 final report. — Kind Regards, Dennis S. Chang GDD Services & Engagement Program Director Telephone: +1 213 293 7889 Skype: dennisSchang www.icann.org<http://www.icann.org>