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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">I bring to BC members&#8217; attention the statement issued yesterday by the Registrar Negotiating Team on this.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">I believe that this excerpt raises issues concerning the role of ICANN staff and the future of the M-S Model that may deserve some BC discussion, especially as this will probably be a &#8220;hot&#8221; issue in Beijing,
 along with Closed Generics.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:#1F497D">Some of the other new items for inclusion transcend the RAA and could affect the entirety of the multi-stakeholder model. For example, ICANN insisted on including a proposed Revocation (or &#8220;blow up&#8221;) Clause
 that would have given them the ability to unilaterally terminate all registrar accreditations. After major pushback, ICANN staff relented and in its place proposed giving the ICANN Board the ability to unilaterally amend the RAA. This is identical to what
 ICANN inserted into the proposed new gTLD registry agreement&#8211;a clause met with strong opposition not only from the Registry Stakeholder Group but from the broader ICANN community.<br>
<b>The effect of such a clause in the primary agreements between ICANN and its commercial stakeholders would be devastating to the bottom-up, multi-stakeholder model. First, it will effectively mean the end of the GNSO&#8217;s PDP, as the Board will become the central
 arena for all controversial issues, not the community. Second, it creates an imbalance of authority in the ICANN model, with no limits on the scope or frequency of unilateral amendments, and no protections for registrars and more important registrants.<br>
<br>
</b></span></i><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><a href="http://www.internetnews.me/2013/03/08/registrar-negotiating-team-issues-statement-on-raa/">http://www.internetnews.me/2013/03/08/registrar-negotiating-team-issues-statement-on-raa/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt:14.4pt"><b><span style="font-size:21.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#222222">Registrar Negotiating Team Issues Statement On RAA<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:18.0pt"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#868686">By
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<b><span style="color:#888888;text-decoration:none">Michele Neylon</span></b></a> on March 8, 2013in
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.2in;line-height:18.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#555555"><img border="0" width="312" height="94" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CE1BE3.97E5F7C0" alt="RrSG-logo"></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#555555">Last
 night ICANN <a href="https://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/proposed-raa-07mar13-en.htm">
<span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;color:#3088FF;text-decoration:none">published</span></a> a version of the RAA and related documents for public comment. While the Registrar Stakeholder Group&#8217;s negotiating team (RrSG NT) have been in talks
 on and off with ICANN staff for the last 18 months the publication of the documents at this time is felt to be premature by the RrSG NT.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.2in;line-height:18.0pt"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#555555">Registrar Stakeholder Group Negotiating Team (Registrar NT) statement regarding RAA negotiations</span></i></b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#555555"><br>
After nearly 18 months of negotiations with ICANN over a new Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA), formal negotiations have concluded. The posting of a &#8220;proposed&#8221; 2013 RAA by ICANN for public comment signals that ICANN staff believes that negotiations have
 concluded and the remaining issues will not be resolved.<br>
The Registrars&#8217; NT disagrees. To be clear, this is NOT the outcome that registrars wanted, and they remain ready and willing to continue negotiations.<br>
Prior to the Toronto ICANN meeting (October 2012), all parties acknowledged that they were very close to agreement on all remaining issues. The process appeared to be reaching a favorable conclusion and when ICANN CEO Fadi Chehadé communicated his desire to
 have RAA negotiations wrapped up by the end of 2012, registrars felt it was an ambitious timeframe, but one worth pursuing for the benefit of all parties.<br>
When negotiations finally resumed in February 2013 much to the surprise of registrars, the few remaining issues were not the only items under discussion. ICANN staff presented a list of 10 brand new items for inclusion in the agreement, under the pretext of
 enhancing the &#8220;public interest.&#8221; Furthermore, these new items came along with an arbitrary deadline and decision to link the 2013 RAA to the new gTLD timeline.<br>
Among these new demands was a Registrant Rights and Responsibilities document (R3), a temporary privacy accreditation program and a requirement that registrars accept and implement recommendations of the WHOIS Expert Working Group, which had yet to be formed
 and whose work is just beginning.<br>
Although registrars were surprised by these new demands, registrars worked in good faith with ICANN to accommodate its intentions. For example, registrars consulted with their members to fine-tune the R3 document to make it easier to understand and readily
 translatable in other languages.<br>
Some of the other new items for inclusion transcend the RAA and could affect the entirety of the multi-stakeholder model. For example, ICANN insisted on including a proposed Revocation (or &#8220;blow up&#8221;) Clause that would have given them the ability to unilaterally
 terminate all registrar accreditations. After major pushback, ICANN staff relented and in its place proposed giving the ICANN Board the ability to unilaterally amend the RAA. This is identical to what ICANN inserted into the proposed new gTLD registry agreement&#8211;a
 clause met with strong opposition not only from the Registry Stakeholder Group but from the broader ICANN community.<br>
The effect of such a clause in the primary agreements between ICANN and its commercial stakeholders would be devastating to the bottom-up, multi-stakeholder model. First, it will effectively mean the end of the GNSO&#8217;s PDP, as the Board will become the central
 arena for all controversial issues, not the community. Second, it creates an imbalance of authority in the ICANN model, with no limits on the scope or frequency of unilateral amendments, and no protections for registrars and more important registrants.<br>
In addition to the new items for inclusion there was a surprise announcement that all new gTLD registries must only use registrars that have signed the 2013 RAA, a transparent effort by ICANN to arbitrarily link the new gTLD program to the outcome of RAA negotiations.
 This requirement would create separate &#8220;classes&#8221; or &#8220;levels&#8221; of registrars, which is unprecedented in the DNS industry. There can and must be only one meaning of &#8220;ICANN-Accredited.&#8221;<br>
All of the items that have been agreed to over the past 18 months would, by themselves, produce an RAA that is vastly improved over the current 2009 version. If adopted, that RAA would significantly raise performance requirements for every ICANN accredited
 registrar and bring dramatic improvements to the domain name ecosystem. Nearly all of the Law Enforcement requests that were endorsed by the GAC have been included, as well as the major items that were requested by the GNSO are included in that RAA. That RAA
 would bring registrant verification. That RAA would bring enhanced compliance tools.<br>
Registrars must emphasize that the key differences between that RAA and the one currently proposed by ICANN are not issues raised by Law Enforcement, GAC or the GNSO but by ICANN staff.<br>
It now moves to the greater ICANN community to review these competing draft RAAs, and registrars look forward to those public discussions. We welcome engagement with all stakeholders on the new 2013 RAA, and what it means for registrars, registrants, and the
 management of the DNS as a whole.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:windowtext">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:windowtext"> owner-bc-gnso@icann.org [mailto:owner-bc-gnso@icann.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Benedetta Rossi<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, March 08, 2013 6:37 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> bc - GNSO list<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [bc-gnso] ALERTS From the Secretariat: Proposed 2013 RAA Posted for Comment<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear BC Members,<br>
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Please find below an ICANN announcement regarding the Proposed 2013 RAA posted for Comment.<br>
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Thank you,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<pre>Kind Regards,<o:p></o:p></pre>
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<pre>Benedetta Rossi<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre>BC Secretariat<o:p></o:p></pre>
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<h1><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/proposed-raa-07mar13-en.htm"><span class="Titre1Car"><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:windowtext;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none">https://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/proposed-raa-07mar13-en.htm</span></span></a><br>
Proposed 2013 RAA Posted for Comment</span><o:p></o:p></h1>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="date-display-single"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">7 March 2013</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="date-display-single"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">28 March 2013 - 23:59 UTC</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="date-display-single"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">29 March 2013</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="date-display-single"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">19 April 2013 - 23:59 UTC</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="fieldset-legend"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Brief Overview</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Originating Organization:&nbsp;</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Purpose (Brief):&nbsp;</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">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.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Current Status:&nbsp;</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">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.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Next Steps:&nbsp;</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">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.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Staff Contact:&nbsp;</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Samantha Eisner, Senior Counsel</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><a href="mailto:samantha.eisner@icann.org?subject=More%20information%20on%20the%20Proposed%202013%20RAA%20Posted%20for%20Comment%20public%20comment%20period">Email Staff Contact</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="fieldset-legend"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Detailed Information</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Section I: Description, Explanation, and Purpose:&nbsp;</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">After nearly 18 months of negotiations, ICANN is posting a new version of the proposed 2013 Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) for public comment.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">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.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">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.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">A fuller discussion of the status of negotiations and areas of difference is available in
<a href="https://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/memo-07mar13-en.pdf">ICANN's RAA Posting Memorandum</a> [PDF, 66 KB].</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Section II: Background:&nbsp;</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">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
<a href="https://community.icann.org/display/RAA/Negotiations&#43;Between&#43;ICANN&#43;and&#43;Registrars&#43;to&#43;Amend&#43;the&#43;Registrar&#43;Accreditation&#43;Agreement">
https://community.icann.org/display/RAA/Negotiations&#43;Between&#43;ICANN&#43;and&#43;Registrars&#43;to&#43;Amend&#43;the&#43;Registrar&#43;Accreditation&#43;Agreement</a>.&nbsp;This includes the group of documents posted in June 2012, which demonstrated the progress to date in the negotiations.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">Section III: Document and Resource Links:&nbsp;</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">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
<a href="https://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/memo-07mar13-en.pdf">ICANN's RAA Posting Memorandum</a> [PDF, 66 KB].</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The base RAA documents:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<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:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-agreement-07mar13-en.pdf">Proposed 2013 RAA, Annotated to Show Differences Between ICANN and Registrar Positions</a> [PDF, 281
 KB]</span><o:p></o:p></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:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-agreement-03jun12-redline-07mar13-en.pdf">Redline showing changes between Proposed 2013 RAA and the June 2012 RAA Posting</a>
 [PDF, 205 KB]</span><o:p></o:p></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:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-agreement-2009-redline-07mar13-en.pdf">Redline showing changes between Proposed 2013 RAA and the 2009 RAA</a> [PDF, 259 KB]</span><o:p></o:p></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:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">A <a href="https://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-agreement-summary-changes-07mar13-en.pdf">
Summary of Changes from the June 2012 RAA Posting</a> [PDF, 268 KB] is also available.</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The Specifications and Addendums:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">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.</span><o:p></o:p></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:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-consensus-temporary-policy-07mar13-en.pdf">Proposed Consensus and Temporary Policy Specification, Annotated to Show Differences
 Between ICANN and Registrar Positions</a> [PDF, 121 KB]</span><o:p></o:p></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:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-consensus-temporary-policy-redline-07mar13-en.pdf">Redline showing changes between to the Consensus and Temporary Policy Specification
 and the June 2012 Version</a> [PDF, 95 KB]</span><o:p></o:p></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:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-data-retention-07mar13-en.pdf">Proposed Data Retention Specification, Annotated to Show Differences Between ICANN and Registrar
 Positions</a> [PDF, 113 KB]</span><o:p></o:p></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:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-data-retention-redline-07mar13-en.pdf">Redline showing changes between to the Data Retention Specification and the June 2012
 Version</a> [PDF, 118 KB]</span><o:p></o:p></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:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-whois-accuracy-07mar13-en.pdf">Proposed Whois Accuracy Program Specification, Annotated to Show Differences Between ICANN and
 Registrar Positions</a> [PDF, 116 KB]</span><o:p></o:p></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:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-whois-accuracy-redline-07mar13-en.pdf">Redline showing changes between to the Whois Accuracy Program Specification and the June
 2012 Version</a> [PDF, 142 KB]</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p><span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">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:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-registrant-rights-responsibilities-07mar13-en.pdf">Proposed Registrant Rights and Responsibilities Specification</a> [PDF, 48
 KB]</span><o:p></o:p></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:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-privacy-proxy-07mar13-en.pdf">ICANN Proposed Specification on Proxy/Privacy Services</a> [PDF, 70 KB]</span><o:p></o:p></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:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-additional-operation-07mar13-en.pdf">ICANN Proposed Additional Registrar Operation Specification</a> [PDF, 78 KB]</span><o:p></o:p></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:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-registrar-information-07mar13-en.pdf">ICANN Proposed Registrar Information Specification</a> [PDF, 76 KB]</span><o:p></o:p></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:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-whois-07mar13-en.pdf">ICANN Proposed Whois Specification</a> [PDF, 160 KB]</span><o:p></o:p></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:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-compliance-certificate-07mar13-en.pdf">ICANN Proposed Compliance Certificate</a> [PDF, 64 KB]</span><o:p></o:p></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:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-transition-addendum-07mar13-en.pdf">ICANN Proposed Transition Addendum
</a>[PDF, 63 KB]</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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