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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Hello Yao Amevi. Thank you for our questions. I have posted responses to most of them, but a couple of them I will want to confer with the working group coordinators just so I am correct in my response. I hope that’s helpful.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>In terms of tracking, I believe that each contributor can select either editing or suggesting. Either way, for questions it’s probably better to just put them in.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Ken<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Yao Amevi A. Sossou <soyames@gmail.com> <br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, March 30, 2024 10:46 AM<br><b>To:</b> ken@kherman.com<br><b>Cc:</b> NCSG-DISCUSS@listserv.syr.edu<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: Request for Comment - Transfer Policy Review Preliminary Recommendations<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Dear Ken,<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Thank you.I have added some questions and comments to the document already.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>But there is no tracking on the document.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Kind regards,<br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>.............................................................</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>Yao Amevi A. Sossou</span><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'><br clear=all></span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial'><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>Researcher |IxD| IT Support | Project manager| Human centered Entrepreneurship| SDG Advocate | Internet Governance | Youth IGF</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial'><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>Email: <a href="mailto:soyames@gmail.com" target="_blank">soyames@gmail.com</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial'><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>Twitter: <u><span style='color:#0000EE'><a href="https://twitter.com/_amevY2" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/_amevY2</a></span></u></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial'><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>LinkedIn: </span><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/ameviy/" target="_blank">Yao Amevi A. sossou | LinkedIn</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial'><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>.............................................................</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial'><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#008250'>To promote respect for the environment, thank you to only print this email only when necessary</span></b><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Fri, Mar 29, 2024 at 11:17<span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span>PM Ken Herman <<a href="mailto:ken@kherman.com">ken@kherman.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB>Hello fellow NCSG members.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB>As an NCSG representative to the Transfer Policy Review Working Group (TPRWG), I seek your input on proposed preliminary recommendations currently under discussion.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB>Specifically, the working group is looking for feedback on the section of the transfer policy related to <b>Change of Registrant</b>.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB>This document contains the text of the preliminary recommendations under discussion. Please use this document to add any comments that I can take back to the working group or questions that I will try to answer. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Z8wx8KXhrwGmeKQEt2SJ8r271YcQ8-yk/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=105988793481216121706&rtpof=true&sd=true" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Z8wx8KXhrwGmeKQEt2SJ8r271YcQ8-yk/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=105988793481216121706&rtpof=true&sd=true</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB>Note that the working group leadership emphasized that this is not final language, but simply a way to gauge response from a wider audience.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB>Great if I can have all comments or questions by next Friday, April 5. If there is enough interest, I can arrange a zoom session and invite some speakers who are familiar with the working group.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB>Some background/context:</span><o:p></o:p></p><ol start=1 type=1><li class=m-7321544656121688847msolistparagraph style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span lang=EN-GB>The current transfer policy (see the link below) includes a section “II. Inter-Registrant Transfer (Change of Registrant)” which the working group charter (also linked below) considered to be a problem. As noted in the charter, “According to the Transfer Policy Review Scoping Team Report, the Change of Registrant policy ‘does not achieve the stated goals’ and ‘is not relevant in the current & future domain ownership system.’ ”</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=m-7321544656121688847msolistparagraph style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span lang=EN-GB>The working group, as you can see in the preliminary recommendations, suggests changing title from “Change of Registrant’ to “Change of Registrant Data” (aka CORD), in recognition of the fact that changing a registrant is mainly the action of altering the contact information associated with a domain name registration.</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=m-7321544656121688847msolistparagraph style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span lang=EN-GB>The working group also suggests removing this section from the transfer policy and creating a new, separate policy governing any change in registrant information.</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=m-7321544656121688847msolistparagraph style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span lang=EN-GB>One issue that the group contended with concerns a 60-day lock on any transfer of a domain after changes to registration information and decided to eliminate any transfer lock. The rationale was that the lock was confusing and restrictive to registrants. The TPR WG Charter also refers to this: “Survey responses and data provided by ICANN’s Global Support Center indicate that registrants do not understand the 60-day lock and express frustration when it prevents them from completing an inter-registrar transfer.”</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=m-7321544656121688847msolistparagraph style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span lang=EN-GB>A substantial amount of discussion within the WG has focused on the ability of registrants to “opt out” of notifications of changes to registration data. </span><o:p></o:p></li></ol><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB>Personally, I did not see anything in the discussion or the recommendations that would be a cause of concern, with the possible exception of the issues around opting out of notifications of changes to registration data. But there might be some issues I am not aware of so please have a look and let me know what you think. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB>Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB>Thanks!</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB>Ken Herman</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB>NCUC EC NA Rep</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB><a href="mailto:ken@kherman.com" target="_blank">ken@kherman.com</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB>Current transfer policy:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB><a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/transfer-policy-2024-02-21-en" target="_blank">https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/transfer-policy-2024-02-21-en</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB>TPR WG details:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB><a href="https://community.icann.org/display/TPRPDP/Transfer+Policy+Review+PDP" target="_blank">https://community.icann.org/display/TPRPDP/Transfer+Policy+Review+PDP</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></body></html>