Begin forwarded message: > From: Glen de Saint Géry <[log in to unmask]> > Date: January 25, 2013 3:25:48 PM PST > To: liaison6c <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: [liaison6c] Call for Volunteers: Policy Development > Process (PDP) Working Group Members - Inter-Registrar Transfer > Policy (IRTP) Part D > > > > http://gnso.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-25jan13-en.htm > Call for Volunteers: Policy Development Process (PDP) Working Group > Members - Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy (IRTP) Part D > > In Brief > The Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) Council seeks > volunteers to serve on a Working Group that will address issues > related to the transfer of domain names between registrars. After > investigating and considering specific issues (detailed below), the > Working Group is expected to recommend how to handle these issues, > which could include proposals for changes to the existing Inter- > Registrar Transfer Policy (a consensus policy adopted in 2004). > > > What This Group Will Do > The initial tasks of the group will be to consider the following > six questions[1] and make relevant recommendations to the GNSO > Council: > > a) Whether reporting requirements for registries and dispute > providers should be > developed, in order to make precedent and trend information > available to the > community and allow reference to past cases in dispute submissions; > > b) Whether additional provisions should be included in the > TDRP (Transfer Dispute Resolution Policy) on how to handle disputes > when multiple transfers have > occurred; > > c) Whether dispute options for registrants should be developed > and implemented as > part of the policy (registrants currently depend on registrars to > initiate a dispute on > their behalf); > > d) Whether requirements or best practices should be put into > place for registrars to make information on transfer dispute > resolution options available to registrants; > > e) Whether existing penalties for policy violations are > sufficient or if additional provisions/penalties for specific > violations should be added into the policy; > > f) Whether the universal adoption and implementation of EPP > AuthInfo codes has eliminated the need of FOAs. > > How This Group Will Work > ICANN Working Groups use transparent, open processes. The meetings > of this WG will be recorded, and the recordings will be available > to the public. The mailing list for the IRTP Part D WG will be > archived publicly. Working Group members are expected to submit > Statements of Interest (SOI). The group will collaborate using a > public workspace. The Working Group is expected to follow the GNSO > Working Group Guidelines. > > How to Join > The Council invites interested parties to provide names of expected > participants who can then be added to the WG mailing list. The GNSO > Council may also invite stakeholders and experts to join. > Participants in the Working Group that addressed IRTP Part C are > especially encouraged to apply. Community members who wish to be > invited to join the group should contact the GNSO secretariat > ([log in to unmask]). This WG is already forming; please > apply promptly. > Background > The Inter‐Registrar Transfer Policy (IRTP) is a consensus policy > adopted in 2004 to provide a straightforward procedure for domain > name holders to transfer domain names between registrars. An > overall review of this policy identified areas that require > clarification or improvement. At its meeting on 17 January 2013, > the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) Council passed a > resolution chartering a Policy Development Process (PDP) Working > Group (WG) to address the topic of Inter-Registrar Transfer > Policies (IRTP) Part D. Because the initial review identified a > wide range of issues related to transferring domain names, the > issues have been categorized into subsets. This Working Group will > tackle the issues referred to as “Part D”. > > Glen de Saint Géry > GNSO Secretariat > [log in to unmask] > http://gnso.icann.org > > > > [1] See the final Issue Report on the IRTP Part D for further > details on each of these issues. IP JUSTICE Robin Gross, Executive Director 1192 Haight Street, San Francisco, CA 94117 USA p: +1-415-553-6261 f: +1-415-462-6451 w: http://www.ipjustice.org e: [log in to unmask]