[bc-gnso] ALERTS From the Secretariat: Proposed 2013 RAA Posted for Comment

[Benedetta Rossi <bc-secretariat@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear BC Members,

Please find below an ICANN announcement regarding the Proposed 2013 RAA 
posted for Comment.
Thank you,

Kind Regards,

Benedetta Rossi
BC Secretariat
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 https://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/proposed-raa-07mar13-en.htm
 Proposed 2013 RAA Posted for Comment

Comment / Reply Periods (*)

Comment Open Date:

7 March 2013

Comment Close Date:

28 March 2013 - 23:59 UTC

Reply Open Date:

29 March 2013

Reply Close Date:

19 April 2013 - 23:59 UTC

Important Information Links

Public Comment Announcement 
<https://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-2-07mar13-en.htm>
To Submit Your Comments (Forum) 
<mailto:comments-proposed-raa-07mar13@xxxxxxxxx>
View Comments Submitted 
<http://forum.icann.org/lists/comments-proposed-raa-07mar13/>
Brief Overview

Originating Organization:

ICANN

Categories/Tags:

 * Contracted Party Agreements

Purpose (Brief):

ICANN is seeking public comments on a Proposed 2013 Registrar 
Accreditation Agreement (RAA), particularly on areas where ICANN and the 
Registrar Negotiating Team have not been able to reach agreement in 
principle. This represents the first time in the nearly 18 months of 
negotiations that community comment is formally sought on this document.
Current Status:

ICANN and the Registrar Negotiating Team commenced negotiation on 
amendments to the RAA in October 2011. While the documents posted today 
show many areas of agreement, there are differences between the ICANN 
and Registrar positions are highlighted. In addition, further discussion 
is still ongoing regarding some of the specifications to the agreement.
Next Steps:

After review of the comment received, the proposed 2013 RAA will be 
reviewed to determine if further changes are warranted. In addition, 
ICANN and the Registrar NT are likely to continue discussions regarding 
the areas where the specifications remain open. The ultimate goal is to 
have a 2013 RAA completed and approved in the near future.
Staff Contact:

Samantha Eisner, Senior Counsel

Email Staff Contact 
<mailto:samantha.eisner@xxxxxxxxx?subject=More%20information%20on%20the%20Proposed%202013%20RAA%20Posted%20for%20Comment%20public%20comment%20period>
Detailed Information

Section I: Description, Explanation, and Purpose:

After nearly 18 months of negotiations, ICANN is posting a new version 
of the proposed 2013 Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) for public 
comment.
The Registrar Negotiating Team (NT) has continued to engage in good 
faith negotiations to understand ICANN's perspective with respect to the 
outstanding issues, and to share the often divergent positions within 
the Registrar Stakeholder Group. Recently, additional revisions were 
proposed by ICANN's Negotiating Team stemming from the call by ICANN's 
CEO, Fadi Chehadé, to work to improve the image of the domain industry 
and to protect registrants through a further updated contractual 
framework. The Registrar NT considered each of these new issues, and 
worked towards finding solutions where appropriate. The RAA posted today 
reflects hard-fought concessions on many of key issues raised throughout 
the negotiations, and highlights issues remaining in order for the final 
2013 RAA agreement to be reached.
Throughout the RAA and its Specifications, there are portions where two 
versions of draft text appear side by side. These highlight areas where 
ICANN and the Registrars have not been able to reach agreement in 
principle on an issue, therefore both positions are provided for 
comment. Unless otherwise noted, the remainder of the document reflects 
agreements in principle among ICANN and the Registrar NT.
A fuller discussion of the status of negotiations and areas of 
difference is available in ICANN's RAA Posting Memorandum 
<https://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/memo-07mar13-en.pdf>[PDF, 
66 KB].
Section II: Background:

The current round of negotiations over the RAA began in October 2011. 
ICANN and the Registrar Negotiation Team have presented updates to the 
community at each of ICANN's public meetings since that time. 
Information on the history of the negotiations, including previously 
released documentation, is available at the community wiki at 
https://community.icann.org/display/RAA/Negotiations+Between+ICANN+and+Registrars+to+Amend+the+Registrar+Accreditation+Agreement. This 
includes the group of documents posted in June 2012, which demonstrated 
the progress to date in the negotiations.
Section III: Document and Resource Links:

There are multiple documents for review as part of this posting. The new 
RAA is anticipated to be a base document with a series of specifications 
attached. This posting includes all documents that are currently 
anticipated to be part of the 2013 a. As noted above, a fuller 
discussion of the status of negotiations and areas of difference is 
available in ICANN's RAA Posting Memorandum 
<https://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/memo-07mar13-en.pdf>[PDF, 
66 KB].
The base RAA documents:

 * Proposed 2013 RAA, Annotated to Show Differences Between ICANN and
   Registrar Positions
   
<https://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-agreement-07mar13-en.pdf>[PDF,
   281 KB]
 * Redline showing changes between Proposed 2013 RAA and the June 2012
   RAA Posting
   
<https://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-agreement-03jun12-redline-07mar13-en.pdf>[PDF,
   205 KB]
 * Redline showing changes between Proposed 2013 RAA and the 2009 RAA
   
<https://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-agreement-2009-redline-07mar13-en.pdf>[PDF,
   259 KB]
 * A Summary of Changes from the June 2012 RAA Posting
   
<https://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-agreement-summary-changes-07mar13-en.pdf>[PDF,
   268 KB] is also available.

The Specifications and Addendums:

For the Consensus and Temporary Policy Specification, the Data Retention 
Specification, and the Whois Accuracy Program Specification, each is 
available in annotated format to show where differences remain with the 
registrars, as well as redlines showing the differences in the documents 
from the 2012 posting.
 * Proposed Consensus and Temporary Policy Specification, Annotated to
   Show Differences Between ICANN and Registrar Positions
   
<https://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-consensus-temporary-policy-07mar13-en.pdf>[PDF,
   121 KB]
 * Redline showing changes between to the Consensus and Temporary
   Policy Specification and the June 2012 Version
   
<https://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-consensus-temporary-policy-redline-07mar13-en.pdf>[PDF,
   95 KB]
 * Proposed Data Retention Specification, Annotated to Show Differences
   Between ICANN and Registrar Positions
   
<https://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-data-retention-07mar13-en.pdf>[PDF,
   113 KB]
 * Redline showing changes between to the Data Retention Specification
   and the June 2012 Version
   
<https://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-data-retention-redline-07mar13-en.pdf>[PDF,
   118 KB]
 * Proposed Whois Accuracy Program Specification, Annotated to Show
   Differences Between ICANN and Registrar Positions
   
<https://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-whois-accuracy-07mar13-en.pdf>[PDF,
   116 KB]
 * Redline showing changes between to the Whois Accuracy Program
   Specification and the June 2012 Version
   
<https://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-whois-accuracy-redline-07mar13-en.pdf>[PDF,
   142 KB]

For the remaining specifications to the RAA, the versions below are 
provided as ICANN's latest proposal. The Registrar Negotiation Team is 
still considering each of these specifications:
 * Proposed Registrant Rights and Responsibilities Specification
   
<https://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-registrant-rights-responsibilities-07mar13-en.pdf>[PDF,
   48 KB]
 * ICANN Proposed Specification on Proxy/Privacy Services
   
<https://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-privacy-proxy-07mar13-en.pdf>[PDF,
   70 KB]
 * ICANN Proposed Additional Registrar Operation Specification
   
<https://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-additional-operation-07mar13-en.pdf>[PDF,
   78 KB]
 * ICANN Proposed Registrar Information Specification
   
<https://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-registrar-information-07mar13-en.pdf>[PDF,
   76 KB]
 * ICANN Proposed Whois Specification
   
<https://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-whois-07mar13-en.pdf>[PDF,
   160 KB]
 * ICANN Proposed Compliance Certificate
   
<https://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-compliance-certificate-07mar13-en.pdf>
   [PDF, 64 KB]
 * ICANN Proposed Transition Addendum
   
<https://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-transition-addendum-07mar13-en.pdf>[PDF,
   63 KB]

Section IV: Additional Information:

None

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(*) Comments submitted after the posted Close Date/Time are not 
guaranteed to be considered in any final summary, analysis, reporting, 
or decision-making that takes place once this period lapses.
Glen de Saint Géry

GNSO Secretariat

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