[bc-gnso] ALERTS from the Secretariat: Call for Volunteers: Policy Development Process (PDP) Working Group Members - Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy (IRTP) Part C

[Benedetta Rossi <secretariat-bc@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Call for Volunteers: Policy Development Process (PDP) Working Group Members - 
Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy (IRTP) Part C
 In BriefThe Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) Council seeks 
volunteers to serve on a Working Group that will address issues related to the 
transfer of domain names between registrars. After investigating and 
considering specific issues (detailed below), the Working Group is expected to 
recommend how to handle these issues, which could include proposals for changes 
to the existing Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy (a consensus policy adopted in 
2004). What This Group Will DoThe initial tasks of the group will be to 
consider the following questions[1] and make recommendations to the GNSO 
Council:a)      "Change of Control" function, including an investigation of how 
this function is currently achieved, if there are any applicable models in the 
country-code name space that can be used as a best practice for the gTLD space, 
and any associated security concerns. It should also include a review of 
locking procedures, as described in Reasons for Denial #8 and #9, with an !
 aim to balance legitimate transfer activity and security.b)      Whether 
provisions on time-limiting Form Of Authorization (FOA)s should be implemented 
to avoid fraudulent transfers out. For example, if a Gaining Registrar sends 
and receives an FOA back from a transfer contact, but the name is locked, the 
registrar may hold the FOA pending adjustment to the domain name status, during 
which time the registrant or other registration information may have changed.c) 
      Whether the process could be streamlined by a requirement that registries 
use IANA IDs for registrars rather than proprietary IDs.How This Group Will 
WorkICANN Working Groups use transparent, open processes. The meetings of this 
WG will be recorded, and the recordings will be available to the public. The 
mailing list for the IRTP Part C WG will be archived publicly. Working Group 
members are expected to submit Statements of Interest (SOI). The group will 
collaborate using a public workspace. The Working Group !
 is expected to follow the GNSO Working Group Guidelines.How to JoinThe
 Council invites interested parties to provide names of expected participants 
who can then be added to the WG mailing list. The GNSO Council may also invite 
stakeholders and experts to join. Participants in the Working Group that 
addressed IRTP Part B are especially encouraged to apply. Community members who 
wish to be invited to join the group should contact the GNSO secretariat 
(gnso.secretariat@xxxxxxxxx). This WG is already forming; please apply 
promptly.  BackgroundThe Inter?\Registrar Transfer Policy (IRTP) is a consensus 
policy adopted in 2004 to provide a straightforward procedure for domain name 
holders to transfer domain names between registrars. An overall review of this 
policy identified areas that require clarification or improvement. At its 
meeting of 22 September 2011, the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) 
Council passed a resolution chartering a Policy Development Process (PDP) 
Working Group (WG) to address the topic of Inter-Registrar Transfer Pol!
 icies (IRTP) Part C. Because the initial review identified a wide range of 
issues related to transferring domain names, the issues have been categorized 
into subsets. This Working Group will tackle the issues referred to as “Part 
C”. Sent on behalf of the GNSO Chair, Stéphane van Gelder   
Kind Regards,

Benedetta Rossi
BC Secretariatwww.bizconst.orgsecretariat-bc@xxxxxxxxxxx
 [1] See the Final Issue Report on the IRTP Part C for further details on each 
of these issues.