[gnso-vi-feb10] Fwd: ICANN News Alert -- Public Comment: Initial Report on Vertical Integration Between Registrars and Registries

["Mike O'Connor" <mike@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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> From: "ICANN News Alert" <communications@xxxxxxxxx>
> Date: July 23, 2010 7:55:56 PM CDT
> To: mike@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: ICANN News Alert -- Public Comment: Initial Report on Vertical 
> Integration Between Registrars and Registries
> 
> 
> News Alert
> 
> http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-23jul10-en.htm
> 
> Public Comment: Initial Report on Vertical Integration Between Registrars and 
> Registries
> 23 July 2010
> The GNSO Vertical Integration Working Group is seeking comments on its 
> Initial Report on Vertical Integration Between Registrars and Registries. 
> This Initial Report [PDF, 731 KB] is posted for public comment as a required 
> step in the GNSO’s Policy Development Process on Vertical Integration between 
> Registrars and Registries. The Initial Report describes various proposed 
> solutions for restrictions on vertical integration between registrars and 
> registries for adoption in the New gTLD Program.
> 
> Please note: The Working Group is working under an extremely aggressive 
> schedule in order to meet the requirements that have been placed on it by the 
> GNSO Council and the ICANN Board. The Working Group is planning to continue 
> its analysis throughout the public comment period. Reviewers are encouraged 
> to submit comments early to provide the group as much time as possible to 
> consider them.
> 
> The public comment period ends on 12 August 2010.
> 
> Background:
> 
> The GNSO Council has commenced a policy development process (PDP) on the 
> topic of vertical integration between registrars and registries. The GNSO 
> Council formed a working group to evaluate whether any policy recommendations 
> should be developed on the topic of vertical integration between registrars 
> and registries affecting both new gTLDs and existing gTLDs.
> 
> ICANN is currently in the process of finalizing the implementation details 
> for the launch of new gTLDs. ICANN has posted four draft applicant guidebooks 
> and a series of topic papers for public comment describing the manner in 
> which ICANN proposes to implement this program. These documents include 
> proposals on the topic of vertical integration and whether cross-ownership 
> restrictions or other rules related to vertical integration should be adopted 
> to apply to the New gTLD Program.
> 
> The Initial Report describes several proposals regarding vertical integration 
> that have been developed and analyzed by the VI Working Group. No proposal 
> has achieved consensus support within the VI Working Group. These proposals 
> are included for the purpose of seeking public comment and will be subject to 
> further analysis and debate as the VI Working Group continues to strive to 
> develop a consensus position to recommend to the GNSO Council on an expedited 
> basis.
> 
> The Initial Report published for public comment is a “snapshot” of a living 
> document that will be revised several times during the public comment period. 
> Reviewers are encouraged to check on the working-group wiki for the latest 
> version of this Initial Report.
> 
> This public comment forum is an opportunity to comment on any of the proposed 
> vertical integration models that are described the Initial Report. The 
> Initial Report will be posted for a public comment period that closes on 12 
> August 2010. Comments can be sent to vi-pdp-initial-report@xxxxxxxxx and 
> reviewed athttp://forum.icann.org/lists/vi-pdp-initial-report/.
> 
> Additional Information:
> 
> To review the Issues Report on Vertical Integration Between Registries and 
> Registrars, please refer to 
> http://gnso.icann.org/issues/vertical-integration/report-04dec09-en.pdf [PDF, 
> 254 KB].
> 
> The ICANN Board resolution on Vertical Integration is posted at 
> http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-12mar10-en.htm#5.
> 
> To review the charter describing the policy work undertaken by the Vertical 
> Integration Working Group, please refer to: 
> http://gnso.icann.org/issues/vertical-integration/vi-chartered-objectives-10mar10-en.pdf
>  [PDF, 41 KB].
> 
> For information on the details of the implementation planning activities for 
> new gTLDs, please refer to the documents posted 
> athttp://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtld-program.htm
> 
> To review updates to the Initial Report that may be developed by the VI 
> Working Group during the public comment period, please refer to the archive 
> of Initial Report snapshots posted at 
> https://st.icann.org/vert-integration-pdp/index.cgi?initial_report_snapshots.
> 
> Staff responsible: Margie Milam
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