[gnso-trans-wg] Prioritization Template

[Ross Rader <ross@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Please rank the following issue #'s in order of the priority that the  
GNSO should address the questions from a policy development  
perspective. You may choose to prioritize this list based on whatever  
criteria you wish (i.e. "relevance to the commercial community",  
"efficiencies for providers", "alphabetical" :), etc.)
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2. _
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Please simply use the letter of the question in the table above. For  
example:
1. S
2. Q
3. B
4. J
5. H
6. F
7. I
8. P
9. D
10. E
11. C
12. A
13. R
14. N
15. O
16. M
17. L



Issues for prioritization:

a. Whether dispute options for registrants should be developed and
implemented as part of the policy (registrants currently depend on
registrars to initiate a dispute on their behalf).

b. Whether review of registry-level dispute decisions is needed (some
complaints exist about inconsistency).

c. Whether additional provisions on undoing inappropriate transfers are
needed, especially with regard to disputes between a Registrant and
Admin Contact.  The policy is clear that the Registrant can overrule the
AC, but how this is implemented is currently at the discretion of the
registrar.

d. Whether additional provisions should be included in the TDRP on how  
to
handle disputes when multiple transfers have occurred.

e. Whether reporting requirements for registries and dispute providers  
should
be developed, in order to make precedent and trend information available
to the community and allow reference to past cases in dispute
submissions.

f. Whether requirements or best practices should be put into place for
registrars to make information on transfer dispute resolution options
available to registrants.

g. Whether there is need for other options for electronic  
authentication (e.g.,
security token in FOA) due to security concerns on use of email  
addresses
(potential for hacking or spoofing).

h. Whether provisions on time-limiting FOAs 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.

i. Whether requirements should be in place for Registrars of Record to  
send
an FOA, and/or receive the FOA back from Transfer Contact before
acking a transfer.

j. Whether there could be a way for registrars to make Registrant Email
Address data available to one another.  Currently there is no way of
automating approval from the Registrant, as the Registrant Email Address
is not a required field in the registrar Whois.  This slows down and/or
complicates the process for registrants, especially since the Registrant
can overrule the Admin Contact.

k. Whether additional provisions relating to transfer of registrations  
involving
various types of Whois privacy services should be developed as part of
the policy.

l. Whether additional requirements regarding Whois history should be
developed, for change tracking of Whois data and use in resolving
disputes.

m. Whether special provisions are needed for change of registrant
simultaneous to transfer or within a period after transfer.  The  
policy does
not currently deal with change of registrant, which often figures in  
hijacking
cases.

n. Whether existing penalties for policy violations are sufficient or  
if additional
provisions/penalties for specific violations should be added into the  
policy.
o. Whether a process for urgent return/resolution of a domain name  
should
be developed, as discussed within the SSAC hijacking report
(http://www.icann.org/announcements/hijacking-report-12jul05.pdf; see
also http://www.icann.org/correspondence/cole-to-tonkin-14mar05.htm).

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

q. Whether standards or best practices should be implemented regarding
use of Registrar Lock status (e.g., when it may/may not, should/should  
not
be applied).

r. Whether registrants should be able to retrieve authInfo codes from  
third
parties other than the registrar.

s. Whether the policy should incorporate provisions for handling  
“partial bulk
transfers” between registrars – that is, transfers involving a number of
names but not the entire group of names held by the losing registrar.



Ross Rader
Director, Retail Services
t. 416.538.5492
c. 416.828.8783
http://www.domaindirect.com

"To solve the problems of today, we must focus on tomorrow."
- Erik Nupponen