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<div>ICANN has posted the proposed final 2013 RAA (Registrar Accreditation Agreement) for public comment. (<a href="http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/proposed-raa-22apr13-en.htm">link</a>) </div>
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<div>Anjali Hansen admirably volunteered to draft BC comments. Several BC members provided input, including Ron Andruff, Bill Smith, Susan Kawaguchi, Zahid Jamil, and Elisa Cooper. </div>
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<div>We held a conference call on this topic on 2-May where many others provided ideas. (<a href="https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/31162833/Minutes+BC+Members+call+MAY+02+2013.pdf?version=1&modificationDate=1368100389000 ">call minutes</a> and <a href="https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/31162833/BC+MAY+02+2013.pdf?version=1&modificationDate=1368100411000">Transcript</a> )</div>
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<div>Still, Anjali shows several pending questions in the attached draft. We need further help from BC members with direct experience dealing with registrars and privacy/proxy providers.</div>
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<div>Comment period closes 4-Jun. That allows our regular 14-day review and approval period. So, please REPLY ALL with your suggested edits and comments regarding this draft, before 28-May-2013.</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; ">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; "> <a href="mailto:owner-bc-gnso@icann.org" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">owner-bc-gnso@icann.org</a> [<a href="mailto:owner-bc-gnso@icann.org" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">mailto:owner-bc-gnso@icann.org</a>] <b>On
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, April 08, 2013 2:54 AM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> [bc-gnso] Notes from Monday 8-April Beijing session on new RAA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">ICANN staff just spent an hour answering BC questions about the new RAA (registrar Accreditation Agreement).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">The main element of controversy is the process for ICANN to amend the RAA. On 2-April, ICANN proposed a new amendment process (<a href="http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/agb/base-agreement-proposed-amendment-process-02apr13-en.pdf" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">link</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">The notes below may be helpful for volunteers Anjali Hansen and Zahid Jamil, who volunteered last week to draft BC comments on the new RAA.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Law enforcement items were first priority for negotiation. ICANN says the LEA items are agreed by registrars, so ICANN added a dozen “new asks”, incl: </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">- EBERO, Registrant Rights, data escrow, abuse contact, </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">- obligations for registrars using Resellers, </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">- greater compliance tools, incl provision that “pattern or practice of cybersquatting” is grounds for termination )</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Made progress on privacy /proxy services (P/P) since Toronto. Temporary P/P specification while ICANN develops accreditation program. In response to a compliance question, Samantha said the P/P Spec sets
high level principles that are actually easy to enforce. At my request, Susan Kawaguchi is drafting BC comment on just this specification since she has significant experience with P/P issues.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">I asked about delay to the P/P accreditation in light of the Expert Group on Directory Services. Samantha said that Registrars truly want ICANN to do a P/P accreditation program so it would apply to all P/P
providers – not just those affiliated with Registrars who have to sign the RAA.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">RAA will be a model document, so its not subject to negotiation with each registrar (except for bilateral amendments). So negotiations won’t be a bottleneck for getting registrars on-board.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">I asked whether the RAA needed exceptions for registrars created just to service a dot-brand gTLD. (single registrant, single-user) Such as transition on termination; Rights to data; transfers, etc. Staff
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Registrant rights & responsibilities. This was drafted by registrars.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Validation of registrant data (registrant and account holder?)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Penalties for inaccurate data</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Registrars want to drop Port 43 access for thick registries</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Unilateral amendment by ICANN. See Cyrus blog on 2-Apr</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Ron Andruff asked if the next iteration of the RAA will be posted for public comment. Answer was not definitive, so I asked Ron to draft a couple paragraphs of rationale for BC comments. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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