[gnso-pednr-dt] Proposed replacement for Recommendations 7 and 8

[Alan Greenberg <alan.greenberg@xxxxxxxxx>]

The current Recommendations 7 and 8 co-mingle the issues of how the 
new educational material is to be created and how it is to be used.
I have drafted revised Recommendations 7 and 8 to separate the two 
aspects as well as incorporate the changes that we have agreed to 
address the comments received. I have not yet re-drafted the rational sections.
Recommendation 7

ICANN, in consultation with Registrars, ALAC and other interested 
parties, will develop educational materials about how to properly 
steward a domain name and how to prevent unintended loss. Such 
material may include registrant responsibilities and the gTLD domain 
life-cycle and instructions for keeping domain name records current.
Recommendation 8

In the event that ICANN gives reasonable notice to Registrars that 
ICANN has published web content as described in Recommendation 7:
-	Registrars, who have a web presence, must provide a link to the 
ICANN content on any website it may operate for domain name 
registration or renewal clearly displayed to its Registered Name 
Holders at least as clearly as its links to policies or notifications 
required to be displayed under ICANN Consensus Policies.
-	Registrars may also host similar material adapted to their specific 
practices and processes.
-	Registrar must point to the ICANN material in a communication sent 
to the registrant immediately following initial registration as well 
as in the mandated annual WHOIS reminder.

For your convenience, here is the original text as well as excerpts 
from the comments.
Recommendation #7: In the event that ICANN gives reasonable notice to 
Registrar that ICANN has published web content providing educational 
materials with respect to registrant responsibilities and the gTLD 
domain life-cycle, and such content is developed in consultation with 
Registrars, Registrars, who have a web presence, shall provide a link 
to the webpage on any website it may operate for domain name 
registration or renewal clearly displayed to its Registered Name 
Holders at least as clearly as its links to policies or notifications 
required to be displayed under ICANN Consensus Policies.
Rationale: Insufficient registrant understanding and education was 
identified as a significant problem and any attempt to address it 
will lower the number of problems experienced by registrants.
Recommendation #8: ICANN, with the support of Registrars, ALAC and 
other interested parties, is to develop educational materials about 
how to properly steward a domain name and how to prevent unintended 
loss. Once developed, Registrars are expected to link to or host that 
information on its web site, and send to the registrant in a 
communication immediately following initial registration as well as 
in the mandated annual WHOIS reminder. Such information should 
include a set of instructions for keeping domain name records current 
and for lessening the chance of mistakenly allowing the name to expire.
[Need to refine wording: expression "include a set of instruction" to 
include pointing to appropriate location where instructions can be 
found; pointing to ICANN registrant education site.]
Rationale: Insufficient registrant understanding and education was 
identified as a significant problem and any attempt to address it 
will lower the number of problems experienced by registrants.
Comments:

The WG agrees with the intent of the recommendation, but would 
instead encourage registrars to adapt the materials to fit with their 
own practices and policies, in addition to linking to ICANN developed content.
Support for this recommendation, but proposal that the recommendation 
should be revised by deleting the wording "are expected to" and 
inserting the term "must" instead.
In order to clarify the recommendation and address the comment, the 
WG agreed to take out 'or host' from the recommendation.
The WG agreed to update the recommendation to change 'with the 
support of' to 'in consultation with'.