[bc-gnso] ALERTS from the Secretariat: Proposed Final 2013 RAA - Comment period open

Tue Apr 23 13:40:33 UTC 2013

Dear BC Members, 

Please find below the Proposed Final 2013 RAA open comment period link.

Thank you,

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Kind Regards,

Benedetta Rossi

BC Secretariat

bc-secretariat at icann.org

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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

 <http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-22apr13-en.htm>
Public Comment Announcement

 <mailto:comments-proposed-raa-22apr13 at icann.org> To Submit Your Comments
(Forum)

 <http://forum.icann.org/lists/comments-proposed-raa-22apr13/> 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

<mailto:samantha.eisner at icann.org?subject=More%20information%20on%20the%20Pr
oposed%20Final%202013%20RAA%20public%20comment%20period> 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
<http://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/memo-22apr13-en.pdf>
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 at
https://community.icann.org/display/RAA/Negotiations+Between+ICANN+and+Regis
trars+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
<http://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/memo-22apr13-en.pdf>
ICANN's RAA Posting Memorandum [PDF, 65 KB]. A
<http://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/le-recommendations-22apr13
-en.pdf> 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
<http://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-agreement-22apr13
-en.pdf>  [PDF, 311 KB]
*
<http://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-agreement-07mar13
-redline-22apr13-en.pdf> Redline Showing Changes Between Proposed 2013 RAA
and 7 March 2013 RAA Posting [PDF, 293 KB]
*
<http://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-agreement-21may09
-redline-22apr13-en.pdf> Redline Showing Changes Between Proposed 2013 RAA
and the 2009 RAA [PDF, 343 KB]
*	A
<http://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-agreement-summary
-changes-22apr13-en.pdf> Summary of Changes from the 2009 RAA [PDF, 496 KB]
is also available.

The Proposed Specifications and Addendums:

Consensus and Temporary Policy Specification
<http://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-consensus-tempora
ry-policy-22apr13-en.pdf>  [PDF, 90 KB] 

Redline Showing Changes from June 2012 Posting
<http://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-consensus-tempora
ry-policy-03jun12-redline-22apr13-en.pdf>  [PDF, 145 KB] 

Redline Showing Changes from March 2013 Posting
<http://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-consensus-tempora
ry-policy-07mar13-redline-22apr13-en.pdf>  [PDF, 161 KB] 

Data Retention Specification
<http://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-data-retention-22
apr13-en.pdf>  [PDF, 77 KB] 

Redline Showing Changes from June 2012 Posting
<http://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-data-retention-03
jun12-redline-22apr13-en.pdf>  [PDF, 113 KB] 

Redline Showing Changes from March 2013 Posting
<http://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-data-retention-07
mar13-redline-22apr13-en.pdf>  [PDF, 120 KB] 

Whois Accuracy Program Specification
<http://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-whois-accuracy-22
apr13-en.pdf>  [PDF, 86 KB] 

Redline Showing Changes from June 2012 Posting
<http://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-whois-accuracy-03
jun12-redline-22apr13-en.pdf>  [PDF, 121 KB] 

Redline Showing Changes from March 2013 Posting
<http://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-whois-accuracy-07
mar13-redline-22apr13-en.pdf>  [PDF, 115 KB] 

Whois SLA
<http://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-whois-22apr13-en.
pdf>  [PDF, 93 KB] 

Redline Showing Changes from March 2013 Posting
<http://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-whois-07mar13-red
line-22apr13-en.pdf>  [PDF, 169 KB] 

Specification on Proxy/Privacy Services
<http://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-privacy-proxy-22a
pr13-en.pdf>  [PDF, 57 KB] 

Redline Showing Changes from March 2013 Posting
<http://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-privacy-proxy-07m
ar13-redline-22apr13-en.pdf>  [PDF, 110 KB] 

Registrant Rights and Responsibilities Specification
<http://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-registrant-rights
-responsibilities-22apr13-en.pdf>  [PDF, 50 KB] 

No changes since March 2013 posting

Additional Registrar Operation Specification
<http://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-additional-operat
ion-22apr13-en.pdf>  [PDF, 73 KB] 

No changes since March 2013 posting

Registrar Information Specification
<http://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-registrar-informa
tion-22apr13-en.pdf>  [PDF, 64 KB] 

Redline Showing Changes from March 2013 Posting
<http://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-registrar-informa
tion-07mar13-redline-22apr13-en.pdf>  [PDF, 128 KB] 

Compliance Certificate
<http://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-compliance-certif
icate-22apr13-en.pdf>  [PDF, 55 KB] 

Redline Showing Changes from March 2013 Posting
<http://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-compliance-certif
icate-07mar13-redline-22apr13-en.pdf>  [PDF, 92 KB] 

Transition Addendum
<http://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-transition-addend
um-22apr13-en.pdf>  [PDF, 61 KB] 

Redline Showing Changes from March 2013 Posting
<http://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-transition-addend
um-07mar13-redline-22apr13-en.pdf>  [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
<http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/report-comments-proposed-raa-22
apr13-en.pdf> here [PDF, 178 KB].

  _____  

Glen de Saint Géry
GNSO Secretariat
gnso.secretariat at gnso.icann.org
http://gnso.icann.org <http://gnso.icann.org/> 

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