[PC-NCSG] Fwd: [council] Proposed Final 2013 RAA - Comment period open

[Wendy Seltzer]

Here's where we'll want to put our Registrants' Rights:


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Subject: [council] Proposed Final 2013 RAA - Comment period open
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2013 03:01:36 -0700
From: Glen de Saint G?ry <Glen at icann.org>
To: council at gnso.icann.org List <council at gnso.icann.org>

http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-22apr13-en.htm
Proposed Final 2013 RAA
Comment / Reply Periods (*)
Comment Open Date:
22 April 2013
Comment Close Date:
13 May 2013 - 23:59 UTC
Reply Open Date:
14 May 2013
Reply Close Date:
4 June 2013 - 23:59 UTC
Important Information Links
Public Comment
Announcement<http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-22apr13-en.htm>
To Submit Your Comments
(Forum)<mailto:comments-proposed-raa-22apr13 at icann.org>
View Comments
Submitted<http://forum.icann.org/lists/comments-proposed-raa-22apr13/>
Brief Overview
Originating Organization:
ICANN
Categories/Tags:

 *   Contracted Party Agreements
Purpose (Brief):

ICANN is seeking public comments on the Proposed Final 2013 Registrar
Accreditation Agreement (RAA). This is the culmination of 18 months of
intensive negotiations.
Current Status:

ICANN and the Registrar Negotiating Team commenced negotiation on
amendments to the RAA in October 2011. Since the 7 March 2013 version
was posted, ICANN and the Registrars (through the Registrar Negotiating
Team) continued to reach agreement on the proposed text of the 2013 RAA,
which is now posted for community comment.
Next Steps:

After review of the comment received, the Proposed Final 2013 RAA will
be reviewed to determine if further changes are warranted. Input on the
areas that have changed since the 7 March 2013 posting will be of
particular help.
Staff Contact:
Samantha Eisner, Senior Counsel
Email Staff
Contact<mailto:samantha.eisner at icann.org?subject=More%20information%20on%20the%20Proposed%20Final%202013%20RAA%20public%20comment%20period>
Detailed Information
Section I: Description, Explanation, and Purpose:

After an extended period of negotiations, ICANN is posting a proposed
2013 Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) for public comment.

On 7 March 2013, ICANN posted its version of the 2013 RAA for public
comment, noting some areas of disagreement between ICANN and the
Registrar Negotiating Team (NT). In addition, some of the specifications
posted for comment were ICANN versions only. Since the 7 March posting,
the Registrar NT has engaged in frequent negotiation sessions with ICANN
in order to bring to closure to all of the open negotiation topics and
to consider the community comments received from the 7 March posting. As
a result, at ICANN's public meeting in Beijing, ICANN and the Registrar
NT announced that they had reached agreement in principle on each of the
outstanding items highlighted in the March posting version. The
documents posted today reflect ICANN and the Registrar NT's agreements
and are the Proposed Final 2013 RAA. This proposed 2013 RAA is a
cornerstone of ICANN's efforts to work to improve the image of the
domain industry and to protect registrants through a further updated
contractual framework. It is ICANN's intention to have the 2013 RAA
completed and approved in the near future for use in the New gTLD Program.

To allow for transparency into the proposed final version of the 2013
RAA and community input on the changes from the 7 March posting, ICANN
is opening a full comment forum.

ICANN thanks the Registrar Negotiating Team (NT) for its continued
engagement in good faith negotiations on the RAA. The RAA posted today
reflects hard-fought concessions on many of key issues raised throughout
the negotiations.

A fuller discussion of the status of negotiations and areas of
difference is available in ICANN's RAA Posting
Memorandum<http://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/memo-22apr13-en.pdf>
[PDF, 65 KB].
Section II: Background:

The current round of negotiations over the RAA began in October 2011.
ICANN and the Registrar Negotiation Team have presented updates to the
community at each of ICANN's public meetings since that time.
Information on the history of the negotiations, including previously
released documentation, is available at the community wiki at
https://community.icann.org/display/RAA/Negotiations+Between+ICANN+and+Registrars+to+Amend+the+Registrar+Accreditation+Agreement.
This includes the group of documents posted in June 2012, which
demonstrated the progress to date in the negotiations.
Section III: Document and Resource Links:

There are multiple documents for review as part of this posting. The new
RAA is anticipated to be a base document with a series of specifications
attached. Each specification is an integral, enforceable component of
the RAA. This posting includes all documents that are currently
anticipated to be part of the 2013 RAA. As noted above, a fuller
discussion of the status of negotiations and areas of difference is
available in ICANN's RAA Posting
Memorandum<http://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/memo-22apr13-en.pdf>
[PDF, 65 KB]. A
summary<http://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/le-recommendations-22apr13-en.pdf>
[PDF, 59 KB] of how the 12 law enforcement recommendations are
incorporated into the RAA is also provided.

The base RAA documents:

 *   Proposed 2013
RAA<http://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-agreement-22apr13-en.pdf>
[PDF, 311 KB]
 *   Redline Showing Changes Between Proposed 2013 RAA and 7 March 2013
RAA
Posting<http://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-agreement-07mar13-redline-22apr13-en.pdf>
[PDF, 293 KB]
 *   Redline Showing Changes Between Proposed 2013 RAA and the 2009
RAA<http://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-agreement-21may09-redline-22apr13-en.pdf>
[PDF, 343 KB]
 *   A Summary of Changes from the 2009
RAA<http://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-agreement-summary-changes-22apr13-en.pdf>
[PDF, 496 KB] is also available.

The Proposed Specifications and Addendums:
Consensus and Temporary Policy
Specification<http://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-consensus-temporary-policy-22apr13-en.pdf>
[PDF, 90 KB]

Redline Showing Changes from June 2012
Posting<http://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-consensus-temporary-policy-03jun12-redline-22apr13-en.pdf>
[PDF, 145 KB]

Redline Showing Changes from March 2013
Posting<http://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-consensus-temporary-policy-07mar13-redline-22apr13-en.pdf>
[PDF, 161 KB]

Data Retention
Specification<http://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-data-retention-22apr13-en.pdf>
[PDF, 77 KB]

Redline Showing Changes from June 2012
Posting<http://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-data-retention-03jun12-redline-22apr13-en.pdf>
[PDF, 113 KB]

Redline Showing Changes from March 2013
Posting<http://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-data-retention-07mar13-redline-22apr13-en.pdf>
[PDF, 120 KB]

Whois Accuracy Program
Specification<http://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-whois-accuracy-22apr13-en.pdf>
[PDF, 86 KB]

Redline Showing Changes from June 2012
Posting<http://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-whois-accuracy-03jun12-redline-22apr13-en.pdf>
[PDF, 121 KB]

Redline Showing Changes from March 2013
Posting<http://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-whois-accuracy-07mar13-redline-22apr13-en.pdf>
[PDF, 115 KB]

Whois
SLA<http://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-whois-22apr13-en.pdf>
[PDF, 93 KB]

Redline Showing Changes from March 2013
Posting<http://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-whois-07mar13-redline-22apr13-en.pdf>
[PDF, 169 KB]

Specification on Proxy/Privacy
Services<http://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-privacy-proxy-22apr13-en.pdf>
[PDF, 57 KB]

Redline Showing Changes from March 2013
Posting<http://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-privacy-proxy-07mar13-redline-22apr13-en.pdf>
[PDF, 110 KB]

Registrant Rights and Responsibilities
Specification<http://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-registrant-rights-responsibilities-22apr13-en.pdf>
[PDF, 50 KB]

No changes since March 2013 posting

Additional Registrar Operation
Specification<http://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-additional-operation-22apr13-en.pdf>
[PDF, 73 KB]

No changes since March 2013 posting

Registrar Information
Specification<http://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-registrar-information-22apr13-en.pdf>
[PDF, 64 KB]

Redline Showing Changes from March 2013
Posting<http://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-registrar-information-07mar13-redline-22apr13-en.pdf>
[PDF, 128 KB]

Compliance
Certificate<http://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-compliance-certificate-22apr13-en.pdf>
[PDF, 55 KB]

Redline Showing Changes from March 2013
Posting<http://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-compliance-certificate-07mar13-redline-22apr13-en.pdf>
[PDF, 92 KB]

Transition
Addendum<http://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-transition-addendum-22apr13-en.pdf>
[PDF, 61 KB]

Redline Showing Changes from March 2013
Posting<http://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/raa/proposed-transition-addendum-07mar13-redline-22apr13-en.pdf>
[PDF, 105 KB]

Section IV: Additional Information:

A Report of the Public Comments submitted in response to the 7 March
2013 posting of the RAA is available
here<http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/report-comments-proposed-raa-22apr13-en.pdf>
[PDF, 178 KB].

________________________________
Glen de Saint G?ry
GNSO Secretariat
gnso.secretariat at gnso.icann.org<mailto:gnso.secretariat at gnso.icann.org>
http://gnso.icann.org<http://gnso.icann.org/>