As we had lots of discussion of the Registrar Accreditation Agreement at
and surrounding this ICANN meeting, I wanted to share this resolution
from the ICANN Board transcript at
<http://domainincite.com/docs/board-meeting-one-dakar-oct-28-2011.txt>

Note particularly that the Board is initiating an Issue Report to the
GNSO Council, directing us to start a PDP on additional items.  It's
good to see that recognition of the GNSO's responsibility, and puts
plenty of work ahead of us to respond.

--Wendy

Registrar Accreditation Agreement Amendments.
Whereas, the GNSO Council resolved on 4 March 2009 to support registrar
accreditation agreements, RAA, amendments as documented in the following
link, recommend to the board that they be adopted and to form a drafting
team to discuss further amendments to the RAA and to identify those on
which further action may be desirable.
WHEREAS, the Council provided a report from that working group the
prioritized recommendations for RAA amendment topics.
WHEREAS, law enforcement representatives have met on several occasions
to develop and deliver recommendations for registrar accreditation
agreement amendment topics and those recommendations have been endorsed
by icann's governmental advisory committee.
WHEREAS, the GNSO has extensively debated the process for developing and
approving amendments to the raa.
whereas, continuing to evolve the RAA is an important element in a
program to protect registrants and safeguard the stability of a single
interoperable internet.
WHEREAS, the gTLD registrars and ICANN are entering into negotiations to
consider existing recommendations and deliver a proposed seat of
meaningful amendments in the global public interest with the twin goals
of registrant protection and stability in mind.
RESOLVED, 2011.10.28, following the number, the ICANN board directs
negotiations to commence immediately, resulting in proposed amendments
to be provided for consideration at ICANN's meeting in Costa Rica in
March 2012.
RESOLVED, the subject of the negotiations should include law enforcement
and GNSO working group recommendations as well as other topics that
would advance the twin goals of registrant protection and DNS stability.
RESOLVED, the board also requests the creation of an issues report to
undertake a GNSO policy development process as quickly as possible to
address remaining items suited for a PDP.



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Wendy Seltzer -- [log in to unmask]
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