Re: [gnso-irtpc] Action items

[Avri Doria <avri@xxxxxxx>]

On 7 Dec 2011, at 05:08, Marika Konings wrote:

> Draft outreach cover letter to send to other SO/ACs to request input (Avri)

With text liberally borrowed from other documents, here is a first draft of the 
cover letter.

avri

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Dear [fill in appropriate SO/AC chair name]

The  GNSO Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy (IRTP) Part C Policy Development 
Process has begun and the Working Group formed to do the work is requesting 
your group's input to help inform its deliberations.  As required by the ICANN 
Bylaws an ICANN Public Comment period 
<http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/irtp-c-charter-21nov11-en.htm> is 
currently open until 22 December.  As recommended by the new GNSO Policy 
Development Process currently under review, the WG  is  making direct outreach 
to  several Advisory Committees and to the ccNSO.

The IRTP Part C Working Group has been charged with responding to  three 
charter issues

• "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.

• 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.

• Whether the process could be streamlined by a requirement that registries use 
IANA IDs for registrars rather than proprietary IDs.

To assist the GNSO constituencies with producing their comments, an input 
template has been created.  The WG has decided to forward you copy of this 
template  with the request that your group consider using it as a basis for 
comment on the issues being discussed by the WG. The template is attached to 
this email.  While the template was created specifically for the GNSO 
Stakeholder Groups and Constituencies, it is hoped that it might also be useful 
in any comments your group might decide to submit to the IRTP Part C WG.

[Sentence for ccNSO version only:  As the work of the IRTP-C WG involves 
research into transfer methods used by ccTLD as reference for possible 
improvements to the GNSO policy on transfers, we would also be interested in 
discussing ways in which this research might be done.]

The WG membership would also like your group to know that the IRTP Part C WG is 
open to participation by members of the ICANN Community either as 
representatives of a group, such as an AC, or as individuals participating in 
their own capacity.  We encourage your members to participate in the IRTP Part 
C WG if they are concerned by the issues in the WG's charter and wish to have a 
direct voice into the bottom-up formation of the WG recommendations.  The WG 
also would welcome a designated observer or participant in the group, which can 
be designated using the template or via email.

Best Regards, 

signed: JB and AD as co-chairs