[registrars] FW: Registrar Failover Working Group Invitation

[Jim Archer]

Failover, as in real time failover, or failover as in one time when the 
registrar goes under for good?  If the former, are we all going to end up 
being one big registrar company indistinguishable from the others?  It 
seems ICANN has had us down this path for a while now.


--On Monday, March 20, 2006 10:15 AM -0800 Jay Westerdal 
<jwesterdal at nameintel.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Have recvd the below email from ICANN. This is an important item since it
> results in a compliance cost for registrars, and at the same time the
> provision ensures stability. Any volunteers from the constituency for this
> task force?
>
> bhavin
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Zupke [mailto:mike.zupke at icann.org]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2006 8:24 PM
> To: 'Bhavin Turakhia'
> Cc: 'Tim Cole'
> Subject: Registrar Failover Working Group Invitation
>
> Dear Bhavin,
>
> In furtherance of our mission to promote stability in the domain name
> space, ICANN is beginning preparations to launch a registrar failover
> program.  We hope to involve the Registrars' Constituency in these early
> stages so that the program will best take into account the needs the
> registrar community.
>
> As you are probably aware, paragraph 3.6 of the Registrar Accreditation
> Agreement calls for all accredited registrars to escrow certain domain
> name registration data with ICANN or an ICANN-approved escrow services
> provider on a schedule established by ICANN.  Until now, ICANN has never
> invoked this provision of the RAA.  Some time ago, a working group
> drafted specifications and proposed procedures for a data escrow program,
> but the project has not advanced beyond the planning stages due to budget
> constraints.
>
> We now wish to revisit and update the original working group's
> recommendations as we look to implement data escrow and a broader
> registrar failover plan.  To do this, we would like to request
> participation from members of the registrar community in a working group
> that will meet initially at the ICANN meeting in Wellington, New Zealand,
> and thereafter by telephone and email.
>
> Would you kindly solicit the membership of your constituency for interest
> in participation in this working group and forward to me a list of
> volunteers?
>
> Thank you for your help with this.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Mike Zupke
> Registrar Liaison Manager
> Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
> 4676 Admiralty Way; Suite 330
> Marina del Rey, California 90292, USA
> 
> 
>



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James W. Archer
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Registration Technologies, Inc.
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