<div dir="ltr">Thank you Eduardo.  I appreciate the very clear response.<div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div><br></div><div>Ben</div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Sep 8, 2017 at 2:38 PM, Eduardo Alvarez <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:eduardo.alvarez@icann.org" target="_blank">eduardo.alvarez@icann.org</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="m_-7582162230068226865WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Dear Ben Levac,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;color:#1f497d">The summary of changes was published on February 2017 and subsequent reminder communications were sent to the Registry Primary and Legal contacts referencing the public Global Amendment webpage with the relevant details about the effective date of these changes. The Global Amendment web page  is available at <a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/global-amendment-base-new-gtld-registry-agreement-2017-01-23-en" target="_blank">https://www.icann.org/<wbr>resources/pages/global-<wbr>amendment-base-new-gtld-<wbr>registry-agreement-2017-01-23-<wbr>en</a>.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;color:#1f497d">As indicated in the FAQ resource listed in the Global Amendment webpage, Registry Operators are expected to use the new report format starting with the July 2017 Registry Functions Activity Reports.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Currently ICANN’s Reporting Interface remains backwards compatible with the previous report format with 39 columns. To be clear, the RRI system allows either report format.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;color:#1f497d">If you have any further questions let me know.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Best regards,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Eduardo Alvarez<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Technical Services Sr. Manager<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;color:#1f497d">ICANN<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif"> <a href="mailto:gtld-tech-bounces@icann.org" target="_blank">gtld-tech-bounces@icann.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:gtld-tech-bounces@icann.org" target="_blank">gtld-tech-bounces@<wbr>icann.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Benoit Levac<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, September 08, 2017 10:04 AM<br><b>To:</b> Alexander Mayrhofer &lt;<a href="mailto:alexander.mayrhofer@nic.at" target="_blank">alexander.mayrhofer@nic.at</a>&gt;<br><b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:gtld-tech@icann.org" target="_blank">gtld-tech@icann.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [gtld-tech] ICANN Monthly Reports and the new Registry Agreement<u></u><u></u></span></p><div><div class="h5"><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">Thank you Alexander.<u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">We submitted the &quot;July&quot; reports using the &quot;old&quot; format.  Since you were able to submit the reports with the new format, I assume that the service can handle both formats for the time being.<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Again, it would be great if someone from ICANN could confirm if there are any plans to enforce the new format, and if so, when that will happen.<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Cheers,<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Ben<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">On Fri, Sep 8, 2017 at 2:02 AM, Alexander Mayrhofer &lt;<a href="mailto:alexander.mayrhofer@nic.at" target="_blank">alexander.mayrhofer@nic.at</a>&gt; wrote:<u></u><u></u></p><blockquote style="border:none;border-left:solid #cccccc 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in"><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Hello Benoit,</span><span lang="DE"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> </span><span lang="DE"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;color:#1f497d">we changed the format of the reporting with the „July“  reporting period (meaning that we sent in the first report in the new format around mid august). </span><span lang="DE"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;color:#1f497d">afair ICANN set the effective date of the new Registry Agreement to August 1st, so the above action was our interpretation of that date.</span><span lang="DE"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> </span><span lang="DE"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;color:#1f497d">We haven’t heard any complaints from ICANN (yet?).</span><span lang="DE"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> </span><span lang="DE"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;color:#1f497d">best,</span><span lang="DE"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Alex Mayrhofer</span><span lang="DE"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><a href="http://nic.at" target="_blank">nic.at</a> / TLD-BOX</span><span lang="DE"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a name="m_-7582162230068226865_m_-8895715380250465387__MailEndCompose"><span lang="DE" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> </span></a><span lang="DE"><u></u><u></u></span></p><div style="border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt"><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #e1e1e1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="DE" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif">Von:</span></b><span lang="DE" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif"> <a href="mailto:gtld-tech-bounces@icann.org" target="_blank">gtld-tech-bounces@icann.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:gtld-tech-bounces@icann.org" target="_blank">gtld-tech-bounces@<wbr>icann.org</a>] <b>Im Auftrag von </b>Benoit Levac<br><b>Gesendet:</b> Donnerstag, 7. September 2017 22:00<br><b>An:</b> <a href="mailto:gtld-tech@icann.org" target="_blank">gtld-tech@icann.org</a><br><b>Betreff:</b> [gtld-tech] ICANN Monthly Reports and the new Registry Agreement</span><span lang="DE"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE"> <u></u><u></u></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE">Hey everyone,<u></u><u></u></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE"> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE">Specification 3 of the new registry agreement that just went into effect renames one of the fields in the Per-Registrar Transaction Report, and removes two fields from the Registry Functions Activity Report.<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE"> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE"><a href="https://newgtlds.icann.org/sites/default/files/agreements/agreement-approved-redline-31jul17-en.pdf" target="_blank">https://newgtlds.icann.org/<wbr>sites/default/files/<wbr>agreements/agreement-approved-<wbr>redline-31jul17-en.pdf</a><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE"> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE">Can anyone from ICANN comment on whether registries are expected to change the format of our monthly reports starting this month?  Will the ry-api remain backwards compatible for some period of time?<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE"> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE">I don&#39;t recall seeing anything published on this topic, but sorry if I missed it.<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE"> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE">Thank you,<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE"> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE">Ben<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE"> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><p class="MsoNormal"><br><br clear="all"><u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal">-- <u></u><u></u></p><div><table class="m_-7582162230068226865MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:0in 5.25pt 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in"><a href="http://donuts.domains" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="75" height="75" id="m_-7582162230068226865_x0000_i1025" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/signaturesatori/customer-C02zzlf7k/images/-54f9d8ac97e7f575bf497d10ac1f1aafafddf8afceab5f269d49034f01b3217b.png" alt="Donuts Inc."></span></a><u></u><u></u></p></td><td style="padding:0in 5.25pt 0in 0in"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:12.75pt"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:#333333">Benoit Levac</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></b></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:#333333">VP Product &amp; Engineering, Donuts Inc.</span> <u></u><u></u></p><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:center"><hr size="2" width="100%" align="center"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">5808 Lake Washington Blvd NE, Suite 300<br>Kirkland, WA 98033</span><br><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif"><a href="tel:(613)%20617-4416" value="+16136174416" target="_blank">+1-613-617-4416</a></span><br><a href="https://www.facebook.com/donutstlds" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:none"><img border="0" id="m_-7582162230068226865_x0000_i1027" src="http://storage.googleapis.com/signaturesatori/icons/facebook.png"></span></a>  <a href="https://twitter.com/DonutsInc" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:none"><img border="0" id="m_-7582162230068226865_x0000_i1028" src="http://storage.googleapis.com/signaturesatori/icons/twitter.png"></span></a>  <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/donuts-inc" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" id="m_-7582162230068226865_x0000_i1029" src="http://storage.googleapis.com/signaturesatori/icons/linkedin.png"></span></a><u></u><u></u></p></div></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><table style="padding:0px;margin:10px 0;border:none"><tbody><tr><td style="vertical-align:middle;padding:0px 7px 0px 0px"><a href="http://donuts.domains" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img alt="Donuts Inc." height="75" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/signaturesatori/customer-C02zzlf7k/images/-54f9d8ac97e7f575bf497d10ac1f1aafafddf8afceab5f269d49034f01b3217b.png" width="75"></a></td><td style="vertical-align:middle;padding:0px 7px 0px 0px;text-align:left">
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