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Dear BC Members,<br>
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Please find below an ICANN announcement regarding the Proposed 2013
RAA posted for Comment.<br>
<br>
Thank you,<br>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Kind Regards,
Benedetta Rossi
BC Secretariat
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Proposed 2013 RAA Posted for Comment<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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lang="EN-US">28 March 2013 - 23:59 UTC</span></span><span
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="date-display-single"><span
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lang="EN-US">29 March 2013</span></span><span
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level1 lfo1"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Contracted
Party Agreements<o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Purpose
(Brief): <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""
lang="EN-US">ICANN is seeking public comments on a Proposed
2013 Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA), particularly
on areas where ICANN and the Registrar Negotiating Team have
not been able to reach agreement in principle. This
represents the first time in the nearly 18 months of
negotiations that community comment is formally sought on
this document.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""
lang="EN-US">Current Status: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""
lang="EN-US">ICANN and the Registrar Negotiating Team
commenced negotiation on amendments to the RAA in October
2011. While the documents posted today show many areas of
agreement, there are differences between the ICANN and
Registrar positions are highlighted. In addition, further
discussion is still ongoing regarding some of the
specifications to the agreement.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""
lang="EN-US">Next Steps: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""
lang="EN-US">After review of the comment received, the
proposed 2013 RAA will be reviewed to determine if further
changes are warranted. In addition, ICANN and the Registrar
NT are likely to continue discussions regarding the areas
where the specifications remain open. The ultimate goal is
to have a 2013 RAA completed and approved in the near
future.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""
lang="EN-US">Staff Contact: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""
lang="EN-US">Samantha Eisner, Senior Counsel<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:samantha.eisner@icann.org?subject=More%20information%20on%20the%20Proposed%202013%20RAA%20Posted%20for%20Comment%20public%20comment%20period"><span
lang="EN-US">Email Staff Contact</span></a></span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""
lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="fieldset-legend"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""
lang="EN-US">Detailed Information</span></span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""
lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""
lang="EN-US">Section I: Description, Explanation, and
Purpose: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""
lang="EN-US">After nearly 18 months of negotiations, ICANN
is posting a new version of the proposed 2013 Registrar
Accreditation Agreement (RAA) for public comment.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""
lang="EN-US">The Registrar Negotiating Team (NT) has
continued to engage in good faith negotiations to understand
ICANN's perspective with respect to the outstanding issues,
and to share the often divergent positions within the
Registrar Stakeholder Group. Recently, additional revisions
were proposed by ICANN's Negotiating Team stemming from the
call by ICANN's CEO, Fadi Chehadé, to work to improve the
image of the domain industry and to protect registrants
through a further updated contractual framework. The
Registrar NT considered each of these new issues, and worked
towards finding solutions where appropriate. The RAA posted
today reflects hard-fought concessions on many of key issues
raised throughout the negotiations, and highlights issues
remaining in order for the final 2013 RAA agreement to be
reached.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""
lang="EN-US">Throughout the RAA and its Specifications,
there are portions where two versions of draft text appear
side by side. These highlight areas where ICANN and the
Registrars have not been able to reach agreement in
principle on an issue, therefore both positions are provided
for comment. Unless otherwise noted, the remainder of the
document reflects agreements in principle among ICANN and
the Registrar NT.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""
lang="EN-US">A fuller discussion of the status of
negotiations and areas of difference is available in </span><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/memo-07mar13-en.pdf"><span
lang="EN-US">ICANN's RAA Posting Memorandum</span></a></span><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""
lang="EN-US"> [PDF, 66 KB].<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""
lang="EN-US">Section II: Background: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""
lang="EN-US">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 </span><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://community.icann.org/display/RAA/Negotiations+Between+ICANN+and+Registrars+to+Amend+the+Registrar+Accreditation+Agreement"><span
lang="EN-US">https://community.icann.org/display/RAA/Negotiations+Between+ICANN+and+Registrars+to+Amend+the+Registrar+Accreditation+Agreement</span></a></span><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""
lang="EN-US">. This includes the group of documents posted
in June 2012, which demonstrated the progress to date in the
negotiations.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""
lang="EN-US">Section III: Document and Resource Links: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""
lang="EN-US">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. This
posting includes all documents that are currently
anticipated to be part of the 2013 a. As noted above, a
fuller discussion of the status of negotiations and areas of
difference is available in </span><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/memo-07mar13-en.pdf"><span
lang="EN-US">ICANN's RAA Posting Memorandum</span></a></span><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""
lang="EN-US"> [PDF, 66 KB].<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The
base RAA documents:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3
level1 lfo2"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-agreement-07mar13-en.pdf"><span
lang="EN-US">Proposed 2013 RAA, Annotated to Show
Differences Between ICANN and Registrar Positions</span></a></span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""
lang="EN-US"> [PDF, 281 KB]<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3
level1 lfo2"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-agreement-03jun12-redline-07mar13-en.pdf"><span
lang="EN-US">Redline showing changes between Proposed
2013 RAA and the June 2012 RAA Posting</span></a></span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""
lang="EN-US"> [PDF, 205 KB]<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3
level1 lfo2"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-agreement-2009-redline-07mar13-en.pdf"><span
lang="EN-US">Redline showing changes between Proposed
2013 RAA and the 2009 RAA</span></a></span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""
lang="EN-US"> [PDF, 259 KB]<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3
level1 lfo2"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""
lang="EN-US">A </span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-agreement-summary-changes-07mar13-en.pdf"><span
lang="EN-US">Summary of Changes from the June 2012 RAA
Posting</span></a></span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""
lang="EN-US"> [PDF, 268 KB] is also available.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul>
<p><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""
lang="EN-US">The Specifications and Addendums:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""
lang="EN-US">For the Consensus and Temporary Policy
Specification, the Data Retention Specification, and the
Whois Accuracy Program Specification, each is available in
annotated format to show where differences remain with the
registrars, as well as redlines showing the differences in
the documents from the 2012 posting.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0
level1 lfo3"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-consensus-temporary-policy-07mar13-en.pdf"><span
lang="EN-US">Proposed Consensus and Temporary Policy
Specification, Annotated to Show Differences Between
ICANN and Registrar Positions</span></a></span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""
lang="EN-US"> [PDF, 121 KB]<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0
level1 lfo3"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-consensus-temporary-policy-redline-07mar13-en.pdf"><span
lang="EN-US">Redline showing changes between to the
Consensus and Temporary Policy Specification and the
June 2012 Version</span></a></span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""
lang="EN-US"> [PDF, 95 KB]<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0
level1 lfo3"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-data-retention-07mar13-en.pdf"><span
lang="EN-US">Proposed Data Retention Specification,
Annotated to Show Differences Between ICANN and
Registrar Positions</span></a></span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""
lang="EN-US"> [PDF, 113 KB]<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0
level1 lfo3"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-data-retention-redline-07mar13-en.pdf"><span
lang="EN-US">Redline showing changes between to the
Data Retention Specification and the June 2012 Version</span></a></span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""
lang="EN-US"> [PDF, 118 KB]<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0
level1 lfo3"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-whois-accuracy-07mar13-en.pdf"><span
lang="EN-US">Proposed Whois Accuracy Program
Specification, Annotated to Show Differences Between
ICANN and Registrar Positions</span></a></span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""
lang="EN-US"> [PDF, 116 KB]<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0
level1 lfo3"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-whois-accuracy-redline-07mar13-en.pdf"><span
lang="EN-US">Redline showing changes between to the
Whois Accuracy Program Specification and the June 2012
Version</span></a></span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""
lang="EN-US"> [PDF, 142 KB]<o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul>
<p><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""
lang="EN-US">For the remaining specifications to the RAA,
the versions below are provided as ICANN's latest proposal.
The Registrar Negotiation Team is still considering each of
these specifications:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2
level1 lfo4"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-registrant-rights-responsibilities-07mar13-en.pdf"><span
lang="EN-US">Proposed Registrant Rights and
Responsibilities Specification</span></a></span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""
lang="EN-US"> [PDF, 48 KB]<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2
level1 lfo4"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-privacy-proxy-07mar13-en.pdf"><span
lang="EN-US">ICANN Proposed Specification on
Proxy/Privacy Services</span></a></span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""
lang="EN-US"> [PDF, 70 KB]<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2
level1 lfo4"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-additional-operation-07mar13-en.pdf"><span
lang="EN-US">ICANN Proposed Additional Registrar
Operation Specification</span></a></span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""
lang="EN-US"> [PDF, 78 KB]<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2
level1 lfo4"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-registrar-information-07mar13-en.pdf"><span
lang="EN-US">ICANN Proposed Registrar Information
Specification</span></a></span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""
lang="EN-US"> [PDF, 76 KB]<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2
level1 lfo4"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-whois-07mar13-en.pdf"><span
lang="EN-US">ICANN Proposed Whois Specification</span></a></span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""
lang="EN-US"> [PDF, 160 KB]<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2
level1 lfo4"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-compliance-certificate-07mar13-en.pdf">ICANN
Proposed Compliance Certificate</a> [PDF, 64 KB]<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2
level1 lfo4"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-transition-addendum-07mar13-en.pdf"><span
lang="EN-US">ICANN Proposed Transition Addendum </span></a></span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""
lang="EN-US">[PDF, 63 KB]<o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Section
IV: Additional Information: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">None<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
<hr width="100%" size="3" align="center"></span></div>
<p><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""
lang="EN-US">(*) Comments submitted after the posted Close
Date/Time are not guaranteed to be considered in any final
summary, analysis, reporting, or decision-making that takes
place once this period lapses.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""
lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""
lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR">Glen
de Saint Géry <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR">GNSO
Secretariat <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR"><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>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:FR"><a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://gnso.icann.org">http://gnso.icann.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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