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    Dear BC Members,<br>
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    Please find below an ICANN announcement regarding the call for
    volunteers for PDP Working Group members for IRTP part D.<br>
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      Thank you,<br>
      <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Kind Regards,

Benedetta Rossi
BC Secretariat
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        <p class="Default"><b><span lang="EN-US">Call for Volunteers:
              Policy Development Process (PDP) Working Group Members -
              Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy (IRTP) Part D</span></b><span
            lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="Default"><b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
        <p class="Default"><b><span lang="EN-US">In Brief </span></b><span
            lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="Default"><span lang="EN-US">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 <a moz-do-not-send="true"
              href="http://archive.icann.org/en/transfers/policy-12jul04.htm">Inter-Registrar
              Transfer Policy</a> (a consensus policy adopted in 2004).
            <o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="Default"><b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
        <p class="Default"><b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
        <p class="Default"><b><span lang="EN-US">What This Group Will Do
            </span></b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="Default"><span lang="EN-US">The initial tasks of the
            group will be to consider the following six questions<a
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                class="MsoFootnoteReference">[1]</span></a> and make
            relevant recommendations to the GNSO Council: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black"
            lang="EN-US"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">a)<span
                style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;">      </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span
style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black"
            lang="EN-US">Whether reporting requirements for registries
            and dispute providers should be </span><span
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</span><span
style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black"
            lang="EN-US">developed, in order to make precedent and trend
            information available to the </span><span
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            lang="EN-US">
</span><span
style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black"
            lang="EN-US">community and allow reference to past cases in
            dispute submissions;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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          style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:18.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black"
            lang="EN-US"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">b)<span
                style="font:7.0pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;">      </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span
style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black"
            lang="EN-US">Whether additional provisions should be
            included in the TDRP (Transfer Dispute Resolution Policy) on
            how to handle disputes when multiple transfers have </span><span
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            lang="EN-US">
</span><span
style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black"
            lang="EN-US">occurred;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black"
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style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black"
            lang="EN-US">Whether dispute options for registrants should
            be developed and implemented as</span><span
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</span><span
style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black"
            lang="EN-US">part of the policy (registrants currently
            depend on registrars to initiate a dispute on </span><span
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            lang="EN-US">
</span><span
style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black"
            lang="EN-US">their behalf);<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black"
            lang="EN-US">Whether requirements or best practices should
            be put into place for registrars to make information on
            transfer dispute resolution options available to
            registrants;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle"
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black"
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style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black"
            lang="EN-US">Whether existing penalties for policy
            violations are sufficient or if additional
            provisions/penalties for specific violations should be added
            into the policy;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"
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style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black"
            lang="EN-US">Whether the universal adoption and
            implementation of EPP AuthInfo codes has eliminated the need
            of FOAs. </span><b><span
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              lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
        <p class="Default"><b><span lang="EN-US">How This Group Will
              Work <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
        <p class="Default"><span lang="EN-US">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 <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="../../Library/Caches/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/Outlook%20Temp/gnso.icann.org/council/annex-1-gnso-wg-guidelines-07apr11-en.pdf">GNSO
              Working Group Guidelines</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="Default"><b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
        <p class="Default"><b><span lang="EN-US">How to Join </span></b><span
            lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="Default"><span lang="EN-US">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 <a
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href="mailto:gnso.secretariat@icann.org?subject=Application%20to%20Join%20IRTP%20Part%20C%20Working%20Group">GNSO
              secretariat</a> (<a moz-do-not-send="true"
              href="mailto:gnso.secretariat@icann.org">gnso.secretariat@icann.org</a>).
            This WG is already forming; please apply promptly. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="Default" style="page-break-before:always"><b><span
              lang="EN-US">Background </span></b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
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            lang="EN-US">The <span style="color:blue"><a
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href="http://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/transfers/policy-01jun12.htm"><span
                  style="text-decoration:none">Inter‐Registrar Transfer
                  Policy</span></a></span> (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”. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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          </span><span
style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US">Glen de Saint Géry </span><span
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            lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;mso-fareast-language:FR"
            lang="EN-US">GNSO Secretariat <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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            lang="EN-US"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
              href="mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org">gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org</a>
            <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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href="http://gnso.icann.org/en/issues/issue-report-irtp-d-08jan13-en.pdf">Issue
                Report on the IRTP Part D</a> for further details on
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