[gnso-irtp-pdp-jun08] Draft concluding statements for each issue for review

[Marika Konings <marika.konings@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear All,

As discussed on our last call, please find below for your review draft 
concluding statements for each issue. Please note that these are merely 
intended to start an online discussion that we will continue on next week's 
call (9 December).  All comments are welcome and encouraged.

With best regards,

Marika

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Issue I
Based on the discussions in the Working Group, there appears to be agreement 
that a policy change is not required.  Some members suggested this issue could 
be addressed as part of an overall technical modernization of the WHOIS 
protocol, perhaps through updates. There appears to be a slight preference to 
explore EPP and or future adoption of the IRIS protocol in further detail as a 
possible solution over the other options discussed for Issue I. Neither of 
these options received broad agreement, however.  However, it should be noted 
that the Working Group will not take a final decision on which solution(s), if 
any, to recommendations to the GNSO Council before a thorough review of the 
comments received during the public comment period and final constituency 
statements has taken place.

Issue II
Based on the discussion in the Working Group, there appears to be broad some 
agreement that there is a need for other options for electronic authentication. 
 However, opinions in the Working Group differ as to whether this should be an 
issue for GNSO policy making or for market solutions. It should be noted that 
the Working Group will not take a final decision on which solution(s), if any, 
to recommendations to the GNSO Council before a thorough review of the comments 
received during the public comment period and final constituency statements has 
taken place.

Issue III
Based on the discussion in the Working Group, there appears to be broad 
agreement that there is no need to incorporate provisions for handling partial 
bulk transfers between registrars at this stage. The Working Group believes 
that these scenarios can be addressed either through the existing Bulk Transfer 
provisions, or through existing market solutions. It should be noted that the 
Working Group will not take a final decision on which solution(s), if any, to 
recommendations to the GNSO Council before a thorough review of the comments 
received during the public comment period and final constituency statements has 
taken place.