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Draft Amendments to RAA

Draft Amendments to RAA

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Briefing Session Draft Amendments to the Registrar Accreditation Agreement

Date: 20 August 2008

Time: 1400 UTC (For the time in various timezones click here)

Presenters: B Brendler, T Cole (Staff)

Participants: S Salina, R Medina, D Younger, C Langdon-Orr, D Bachollet, C Samuels, A Greenberg

Staff: N Ashton-Hart (Moderator), M Langenegger, F Teboul, Liz Gaster, M Koening

Interpretation: French and Spanish

Recording: English, Español, Français

Adobe Connect Link: http://icann.na3.acrobat.com/raa/

Meeting Number: AL.BRIEF/CC.0808/1

Introduction:

The public consultation period for on the Draft Amendments to the RAA has ended on 4 August for comments in English but has been extended untill 31 August for comments in French and Spanish because the documents in those languages were not ready in time.

Agenda:

Tim Cole, Chief Registrar Liaison, ICANN and Beau Brendler, ALAC member North America will give a presentation on Draft Amendments to the RAA from a user perspective. After the presentation, they will be available for questions. The presenters appreciate if participants could send questions in advance. Please use the Comment Button at the end of this page to submit questions.

Reference Material:

Briefing Notes by Beau Brendler English(doc)

Announcement: Draft Proposed Changes to Registrar Accreditation Agreement: English, Español Français

ICANN Staff Analysis of RAA Amendments in Section F of the October 2007 Staff Synthesis Paper English (pdf)

Index of public comment on proposed changes: English

U.S. Department of Commerce submission on RAA concerns (WHOIS and data escrow): English (pdf)

ALAC Statement to the Board on the RAA Negotiation (2 November 2007)" English

Background Information:

The Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) is the contract that governs the relationship between ICANN and its approximately 900 accredited registrars. The current agreement has been in place since May 2001.

As the market has developed and the number of ICANN accredited registrars and domain name registrations have grown significantly, it has become clear that certain amendments should be made to this important agreement. The amendments are intended to provide clarity and certainty regarding the duties of registrars and the rights of registrants.

In March 2007, Dr. Paul Twomey, President and CEO of ICANN called for a comprehensive review of the RAA and the Accreditation process. The results of that review included a Board resolution describing an approach for arriving at and implementing amendments. In accordance with that resolution, ICANN has solicited public input for possible changes to the RAA and the accreditation process. The Staff has drafted a set of proposed amendments in accordance with that input, information received at workshops and public fora to date, and consultations with the gTLD Registrar Constituency.

Please follow this link for complete details on the RAA consultation process: http://www.icann.org/en/topics/raa/

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