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

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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





ICANN <http://www.icann.org/> 


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
<http://gnso.icann.org/issues/vertical-integration/vi-pdp-wg-initial-rep
ort-23jul10-en.pdf>  [PDF, 731 KB] is posted for public comment
<http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/public-comment-201008-en.htm#vi-
pdp-initial-report>  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-objective
s-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_snaps
hots.

Staff responsible: Margie Milam

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