Begin forwarded message: > From: Glen de Saint Géry <[log in to unmask]> > Date: April 23, 2013 3:02:37 AM PDT > To: liaison6c <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: [liaison6c] Proposed Final 2013 RAA - Comment period open > > > http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-22apr13-en.htm > Proposed Final 2013 RAA > > Comment / Reply Periods (*) > Comment Open Date: > 22 April 2013 > Comment Close Date: > 13 May 2013 - 23:59 UTC > Reply Open Date: > 14 May 2013 > Reply Close Date: > 4 June 2013 - 23:59 UTC > Important Information Links > Public Comment Announcement > To Submit Your Comments (Forum) > View Comments Submitted > Brief Overview > Originating Organization: > ICANN > Categories/Tags: > Contracted Party Agreements > Purpose (Brief): > ICANN is seeking public comments on the Proposed Final 2013 > Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA). This is the culmination of > 18 months of intensive negotiations. > > Current Status: > ICANN and the Registrar Negotiating Team commenced negotiation on > amendments to the RAA in October 2011. Since the 7 March 2013 > version was posted, ICANN and the Registrars (through the Registrar > Negotiating Team) continued to reach agreement on the proposed text > of the 2013 RAA, which is now posted for community comment. > > Next Steps: > After review of the comment received, the Proposed Final 2013 RAA > will be reviewed to determine if further changes are warranted. > Input on the areas that have changed since the 7 March 2013 posting > will be of particular help. > > Staff Contact: > Samantha Eisner, Senior Counsel > Email Staff Contact > Detailed Information > Section I: Description, Explanation, and Purpose: > After an extended period of negotiations, ICANN is posting a > proposed 2013 Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) for public > comment. > > On 7 March 2013, ICANN posted its version of the 2013 RAA for > public comment, noting some areas of disagreement between ICANN and > the Registrar Negotiating Team (NT). In addition, some of the > specifications posted for comment were ICANN versions only. Since > the 7 March posting, the Registrar NT has engaged in frequent > negotiation sessions with ICANN in order to bring to closure to all > of the open negotiation topics and to consider the community > comments received from the 7 March posting. As a result, at ICANN's > public meeting in Beijing, ICANN and the Registrar NT announced > that they had reached agreement in principle on each of the > outstanding items highlighted in the March posting version. The > documents posted today reflect ICANN and the Registrar NT's > agreements and are the Proposed Final 2013 RAA. This proposed 2013 > RAA is a cornerstone of ICANN's efforts to work to improve the > image of the domain industry and to protect registrants through a > further updated contractual framework. It is ICANN's intention to > have the 2013 RAA completed and approved in the near future for use > in the New gTLD Program. > > To allow for transparency into the proposed final version of the > 2013 RAA and community input on the changes from the 7 March > posting, ICANN is opening a full comment forum. > > ICANN thanks the Registrar Negotiating Team (NT) for its continued > engagement in good faith negotiations on the RAA. The RAA posted > today reflects hard-fought concessions on many of key issues raised > throughout the negotiations. > > A fuller discussion of the status of negotiations and areas of > difference is available in ICANN's RAA Posting Memorandum [PDF, 65 > KB]. > > Section II: Background: > The current round of negotiations over the RAA began in October > 2011. ICANN and the Registrar Negotiation Team have presented > updates to the community at each of ICANN’s public meetings since > that time. Information on the history of the negotiations, > including previously released documentation, is available at the > community wiki athttps://community.icann.org/display/RAA/ > Negotiations+Between+ICANN+and+Registrars+to+Amend+the+Registrar > +Accreditation+Agreement. This includes the group of documents > posted in June 2012, which demonstrated the progress to date in the > negotiations. > > Section III: Document and Resource Links: > There are multiple documents for review as part of this posting. > The new RAA is anticipated to be a base document with a series of > specifications attached. Each specification is an integral, > enforceable component of the RAA. This posting includes all > documents that are currently anticipated to be part of the 2013 > RAA. As noted above, a fuller discussion of the status of > negotiations and areas of difference is available in ICANN's RAA > Posting Memorandum [PDF, 65 KB]. A summary [PDF, 59 KB] of how the > 12 law enforcement recommendations are incorporated into the RAA is > also provided. > > The base RAA documents: > > Proposed 2013 RAA [PDF, 311 KB] > Redline Showing Changes Between Proposed 2013 RAA and 7 March 2013 > RAA Posting [PDF, 293 KB] > Redline Showing Changes Between Proposed 2013 RAA and the 2009 RAA > [PDF, 343 KB] > A Summary of Changes from the 2009 RAA [PDF, 496 KB] is also > available. > The Proposed Specifications and Addendums: > > Consensus and Temporary Policy Specification [PDF, 90 KB] > Redline Showing Changes from June 2012 Posting [PDF, 145 KB] > Redline Showing Changes from March 2013 Posting [PDF, 161 KB] > Data Retention Specification [PDF, 77 KB] > Redline Showing Changes from June 2012 Posting [PDF, 113 KB] > Redline Showing Changes from March 2013 Posting [PDF, 120 KB] > Whois Accuracy Program Specification [PDF, 86 KB] > Redline Showing Changes from June 2012 Posting [PDF, 121 KB] > Redline Showing Changes from March 2013 Posting [PDF, 115 KB] > Whois SLA [PDF, 93 KB] > Redline Showing Changes from March 2013 Posting [PDF, 169 KB] > Specification on Proxy/Privacy Services [PDF, 57 KB] > Redline Showing Changes from March 2013 Posting [PDF, 110 KB] > Registrant Rights and Responsibilities Specification [PDF, 50 KB] > No changes since March 2013 posting > Additional Registrar Operation Specification [PDF, 73 KB] > No changes since March 2013 posting > Registrar Information Specification [PDF, 64 KB] > Redline Showing Changes from March 2013 Posting [PDF, 128 KB] > Compliance Certificate [PDF, 55 KB] > Redline Showing Changes from March 2013 Posting [PDF, 92 KB] > Transition Addendum [PDF, 61 KB] > Redline Showing Changes from March 2013 Posting [PDF, 105 KB] > Section IV: Additional Information: > A Report of the Public Comments submitted in response to the 7 > March 2013 posting of the RAA is available here [PDF, 178 KB]. > > Glen de Saint Géry > GNSO Secretariat > [log in to unmask] > http://gnso.icann.org > 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]