Request for Comment - Transfer Policy Review Preliminary Recommendations

Wed Apr 3 08:50:34 EEST 2024

*Hello Emmanuel,*
*I just input some thoughts of mine in the document(tracked) preliminary
recommendations currently under discussion (Transfer Policy Review
Preliminary Recommendations).*

*I hope that it is helpful. *

*Thank you.*

*Olorundare J. Kunle, SMIEEE, ISO22301;ISO9001*

On Wed, Apr 3, 2024 at 2:21 PM Emmanuel Vitus <emmanuelvitus at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hello Ken,
> Thank you for the insightful summary. Your comprehensive answers to the
> questions have been appreciated. I personally have no additional questions.
> Is it possible to switch the document to tracking mode to deter anonymous
> modifications.
> Best,
> Emmanuel
>
> Le sam. 30 mars 2024 à 22:56, Yao Amevi A. Sossou <soyames at gmail.com> a
> écrit :
>
>> Dear Ken,
>> Thank you for the clarification. I'm looking forward to contribute for
>> our questions.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> On Sat, Mar 30, 2024, 11:32 PM Ken Herman <ken at kherman.com> wrote:
>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Ken
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *From:* Yao Amevi A. Sossou <soyames at gmail.com>
>>> *Sent:* Saturday, March 30, 2024 10:46 AM
>>> *To:* ken at kherman.com
>>> *Cc:* NCSG-DISCUSS at listserv.syr.edu
>>> *Subject:* Re: Request for Comment - Transfer Policy Review Preliminary
>>> Recommendations
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Dear Ken,
>>>
>>> Thank you.I have added some questions and comments to the document
>>> already.
>>>
>>> But there is no tracking on the document.
>>>
>>> Kind regards,
>>>
>>> .............................................................
>>>
>>> Yao Amevi A. Sossou
>>>
>>> Researcher |IxD| IT Support | Project manager| Human centered
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>>>
>>> Email: soyames at gmail.com
>>>
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>>>
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>>>
>>> .............................................................
>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Mar 29, 2024 at 11:17 PM Ken Herman <ken at kherman.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello fellow NCSG members.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> As an NCSG representative to the Transfer Policy Review Working Group
>>> (TPRWG), I seek your input on proposed preliminary recommendations
>>> currently under discussion.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Specifically, the working group is looking for feedback on the section
>>> of the transfer policy related to *Change of Registrant*.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Z8wx8KXhrwGmeKQEt2SJ8r271YcQ8-yk/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=105988793481216121706&rtpof=true&sd=true
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Note that the working group leadership emphasized that this is not final
>>> language, but simply a way to gauge response from a wider audience.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Some background/context:
>>>
>>>    1. 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.’ ”
>>>    2. 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.
>>>    3. The working group also suggests removing this section from the
>>>    transfer policy and creating a new, separate policy governing any change in
>>>    registrant information.
>>>    4. 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.”
>>>    5. 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.
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Ken Herman
>>>
>>> NCUC EC NA Rep
>>>
>>> ken at kherman.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Current transfer policy:
>>>
>>> https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/transfer-policy-2024-02-21-en
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> TPR WG details:
>>>
>>> https://community.icann.org/display/TPRPDP/Transfer+Policy+Review+PDP
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>

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Kunle Olorundare (MNSE, PRINCE2)
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