Hello Everyone,

My apologies, but I failed to ask this question on our call yesterday: Has the IRT completed the review of the proposed Next Round Base RA, specifically for items 1-24 in the summary regarding updates made to reflect SubPro recommendations, ICANN Board Approved Community Recommendations, and Policy updates? And are all the comments or suggested edits made in a comment bubble in the RA?

I recognize that we have two remaining items to review (#49 and #50) that we will cover at the start of our next call. However, I don’t expect either to raise concerns with the IRT as they are not related to Policy updates.

The next step will be to begin addressing comments in the document and reviewing those in our next scheduled meetings.

Thank you,

Karla

From: Karla Hakansson <karla.hakansson@icann.org>
Date: Sunday, November 10, 2024 at 09:15
To: "subpro-irt@icann.org" <subpro-irt@icann.org>
Cc: Russ Weinstein <russ.weinstein@icann.org>, Elisa Busetto <elisa.busetto@icann.org>, Lars Hoffmann <lars.hoffmann@icann.org>, Marika Konings <marika.konings@icann.org>
Subject: Re: Next Round Base RA - Preliminary Working Draft

Hello Everyone,

Thank you for your time yesterday to review the Next Round Base RA.

Please provide your comments in the google doc by 22 November 2024. As a reminder, when you add a question or comment, please add the date and your initials before your comment, question, or suggested change (example: 04 Nov KH: comment). For now, please do not make redlines.

I look forward to speaking with you again at our next scheduled meeting on 03 December. If you have any questions in advance of that discussion, please let me know.

Thank you,

Karla

From: Karla Hakansson <karla.hakansson@icann.org>
Date: Monday, November 4, 2024 at 16:09
To: "subpro-irt@icann.org" <subpro-irt@icann.org>
Cc: Russ Weinstein <russ.weinstein@icann.org>, Elisa Busetto <elisa.busetto@icann.org>, Lars Hoffmann <lars.hoffmann@icann.org>, Marika Konings <marika.konings@icann.org>
Subject: Re: Next Round Base RA - Preliminary Working Draft

Hi Everyone,

The Word doc and PDF are now posted to the SubPro IRT Wiki and is also available as a google doc.

To keep track of questions and suggested updates please use the comment feature in the google doc only (not the Word version on the wiki page). When you add a question or comment, please add the date and your initials before your comment, question, or suggested change (example: 04 Nov KH: comment). For now, please do not make redlines as it will get confusing very quickly. I’ll manage the redlines during our reviews/discussions.

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out.

Thank you,

Karla

From: Karla Hakansson <karla.hakansson@icann.org>
Date: Saturday, November 2, 2024 at 03:37
To: "subpro-irt@icann.org" <subpro-irt@icann.org>
Cc: Russ Weinstein <russ.weinstein@icann.org>, Elisa Busetto <elisa.busetto@icann.org>, Lars Hoffmann <lars.hoffmann@icann.org>, Marika Konings <marika.konings@icann.org>
Subject: Next Round Base RA - Preliminary Working Draft

Hello SubPro IRT members,

Attached please find the preliminary working draft of the Next Round Base RA for your review.

Using the current Base RA as a template, this preliminary working draft in PDF contains many, though not all, of the proposed terms currently under discussion for the Next Round Base RA and is subject to additional review and comment by ICANN org. Some sections or provisions are still under consideration and will require further alignment before those proposed terms will be made available to the IRT. A Word version of the draft RA will be added to the Working Documents page by Tuesday, 05 November.

As communicated in our 19 September 2024 meeting, the proposed Next Round Base RA includes proposed terms that reflect recommendations from the Subsequent Procedures Final Report and opportunities the team identified to 1) incorporate recommendations or advice approved by the ICANN Board that have not yet been incorporated in the RA, 2) adjust for newly implemented Consensus Policy, and 3) update the agreement based on operational experience designed to lower the costs to operate for ICANN and the industry. The overall philosophy was to minimize changes unless a good reason existed to create a change, as ICANN and some registries will have to manage multiple versions of Base RAs for a period time, and consistency across these agreements will aid in both compliance and servicing the registries.

Also attached is a summary of the proposed provisions to aid in your review. This summary includes the source of the recommendation, topic area, reference in the RA, and the rationale or questions we have for the SubPro IRT. For the two meetings on 09 November 2024 at ICANN81 we will begin the review focusing on the proposed terms coming out of the SubPro Final Report (items #1-18). The current plan is to evaluate the proposed terms in the order they are listed in the summary during upcoming meetings.

I look forward to meeting with you in Istanbul. Until then, safe travels.

Karla Hakansson