[registrars] Fwd: .COM Registry-Registrar Agreement

[Nevett, Jonathon]

Registrars:

 

According to the following messages from VeriSign and ICANN, VeriSign is
seeking to make certain changes to the proposed .com RRA as outlined
below.  The proposed version is attached.  ICANN has asked that I post
it to the Registrars list and that it will take comments for 5 business
days.  After the 5 business days, ICANN will review any comments and
determine whether or not to approve the changes from the version it and
the Department of Commerce had approved earlier.  If ICANN approves this
version, VeriSign will be authorized to send out the new version to all
registrars and it will be binding on all registrars regardless of
whether or not they sign this version or signed the version VeriSign
sent out in December.

 

I see this as a good development in that VeriSign apparently has agreed
to the terms I suggested in a prior note.  There will be consistency in
the VeriSign contracting party between the various documents, removal of
the last reference to a surety requirement, and most importantly,
apparent recognition that ICANN must approve any changes to the RRA
before they are binding and that ICANN will solicit comments from
registrars as part of that approval process.  Indeed, ICANN has agreed
to work with us to publish a formal process for it to follow whenever a
registry wants to change the terms of an RRA subject to ICANN approval. 

 

Thanks for all of your help and support during this process.

 

Best,

 

Jon

Chair, Registrars Constituency

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Kurt Pritz [mailto:pritz at icann.org] 
Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 1:13 AM
To: Nevett, Jonathon
Subject: Fwd: .COM Registry-Registrar Agreement

 

> Jon:

> 

> Please find attached the Registry-Registrar agreement recently  

> received from VeriSign and the note of explanation from Mark Shull,  

> SVP, VeriSign Naming Services.

> 

> ICANN has reviewed differences between this agreement and Appendix  

> 8 of the .COM Registry agreement. Based upon its comparison of the  

> two documents and based upon discussions with registrars regarding  

> their concerns, ICANN has no objections to the agreement posted  

> here. In preparation for this posting, ICANN has read postings to  

> the registrar mailing list regarding the .COM RRA and discussed  

> with several registrars ways in which the issues raised in those  

> posting could be satisfied. ICANN believes this RRA addresses those  

> issues but is posting the agreement to the registrar list to affirm  

> that belief.

> 

> Since, there has been substantial opportunity for comment and  

> exchange on this issue, and because the solutions proposed by  

> registrars and included in this agreement are straightforward, a  

> relatively short comment period of five business days should be  

> adequate to ensure concerns have been addressed. The idea of this  

> short comment period has also been vetted with some registrars  

> before it being proposed here.

> 

> Please forward to the registrar mailing list for a review of the  

> attached and request response to pritz at icann.org if substantive  

> concerns remain. Absent the raising of additional issues, ICANN  

> will notify VeriSign so that hard copies of the agreement can be  

> sent to registrars at the close of the comment period, five  

> business days from the time of posting of these documents to the  

> registrars.

> 

> Please call me with any questions or comments you may have.

> 

> Sincerely,

> 

> Kurt

> 

> Kurt Pritz

> ICANN

> 

> 4676 Admiralty Way, #330

> Marina del Rey, CA 90292

> 

> +1.310.301.5809 (office)

> +1.310.400.4184 (mobile)

> 

> 

> 

> Begin forwarded message:

> 

>> From: "Shull, Mark" <mshull at verisign.com>

>> Date: January 9, 2007 4:11:50 PM PST

>> To: "John Jeffrey" <john.jeffrey at icann.org>, "Kurt Pritz"  

>> <pritz at icann.org>

>> Subject: Registry-Registrar Agreement

>> 

>> Dear John and Kurt,

>> 

>> Attached is a copy of the Registry-Registrar Agreement, which  

>> includes several non-material administrative changes.    These are  

>> listed below.

>> 

>> Verisign initiated administrative changes:

>> 

>> 1) The removal of "Agreement Appendix 8" in the title and the  

>> inclusion of ".COM Registry-Registrar Agreement" in the title;

>> 2) The addition of  "and its wholly owned subsidiaries" to the  

>> definition of VNDS;

>> 3) The addition of contact information to Section 6.8;

>> 4) An updated address for notice to Associate General Counsel in  

>> Section 6; and,

>> 5) Conforming the signature block for VNDS (new).

>> 

>> Requested administrative changes:

>> 

>> 1) The removal of the reference to the Surety Instrument in  

>> Section 6.15(a);

>> 2) The addition of "and its wholly owned subsidiaries" to the  

>> definition of VNDS in the Confidentiality Agreement Exhibit C and  

>> conforming the signature block for VNDS; and

>> 3) The addition of "and its wholly owned subsidiaries" to the  

>> definition of VNDS in the Service Level Agreement Exhibit E.

>> 

>> Sincerely,

>> 

>> Mark Shull

>> SVP, Verisign Naming Services

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