RE: [gnso-impl-irtpc-rt] IRTP C Clarification

[Michele Neylon - Blacknight <michele@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Caitlin / Tim

One of the things that a couple of people have suggested is to rollout updates 
/ changes that have an operational impact at fixed periods throughout the year 
..

Regards
Michele

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From: owner-gnso-impl-irtpc-rt@xxxxxxxxx 
[mailto:owner-gnso-impl-irtpc-rt@xxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Caitlin Tubergen
Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2013 10:52 PM
To: gnso-impl-irtpc-rt@xxxxxxxxx
Cc: Tim Cole
Subject: [gnso-impl-irtpc-rt] IRTP C Clarification

Hello Mikey, James, and IRTP C IRT,

I attended the IRTP D session at ICANN48 remotely.  As it was pretty early Los 
Angeles time, I wanted to touch base with you to make sure I understood the 
effect of various comments made during the session.  I have attached the 
transcript for ease of reference.

On page 31 of the transcript, James asked if we could pause implementation 
efforts for IRTP C due to something that was uncovered in IRTP D discussions.  
I wanted to confirm what was meant by "pause implementation efforts".  During 
our last IRTP C call, there was a discussion of a face-to-face meeting to 
finely tune the implementation plan on a whiteboard.  I am happy to arrange 
that meeting; I just want to confirm that I should still move forward in light 
of the IRTP D discussions in Buenos Aires.

Additionally, in light of requested delays, Tim Cole asked how we should allay 
the community concern of repeated implementation delays, and Mikey asked if we 
could prepare some messaging regarding delays.  I have included a few points 
below to consider:

Members of the registrar community expressed some concern about all of the new 
contractual and policy implementation efforts that were coming down the 
pipeline including but not limited to:


  *   the 2013 RAA;


  *   the Expired Registration Recovery Policy (PEDNR/ERRP);


  *   IRTP Part B Recommendations 8 and 9;  and


  *   IRTP Part C Recommendations 1, 2 and 3

To that end, ICANN plans to work with the registrar community on an 
implementation roll-out plan, designed to make policy implementation cycles 
more predictable and thereby more manageable for registrars to incorporate into 
their business models.

Some of the recommendations of IRTP D appear to conflict with recommendations 
of IRTP C, and until those conflicts are resolved, the team is recommending 
that implementation efforts for IRTP C be paused.  It may also be beneficial to 
acknowledge that the members of the IRTP C Implementation Review Team have 
extensive overlap with the IRTP D Working Group.

Feel free to edit the above messaging as you see appropriate.   Also, please 
let me know if you would like me to schedule an in-person meeting for January 
or February, depending on availability.  I want to keep the ball rolling; I 
just want to be sure I correctly understood the instructions of the group.

Kind regards,

Caitlin Tubergen
Registrar Relations and Contracts Manager
ICANN