[PC-NCSG] Fwd: Re: [council] ICANN, RySG Propose Amendment to New gTLD Registry Agreement

[Stephanie Perrin]

My apologies if anyone has already forwarded this to the list.  I think 
we should focus on what our views are.
Stephanie

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Subject: 	Re: [council] ICANN, RySG Propose Amendment to New gTLD 
Registry Agreement
Date: 	Tue, 31 May 2016 23:14:07 +0000
From: 	James M. Bladel <jbladel at godaddy.com>
To: 	Marika Konings <marika.konings at icann.org>
CC: 	council at gnso.icann.org <council at gnso.icann.org>



Thanks Marika.

And for Councilors, please note that I have been asked by the Registry 
Services Team at ICANN to share this message (below) with the Council:

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Today, ICANN published for public comment proposed amendments to the 
base New gTLD Registry Agreement. ICANN is sending this communication to 
alert the GNSO Council of the proposed amendments. Should the GNSO wish 
to submit comments for consideration, they must be received by 23:59 UTC 
<x-apple-data-detectors://2>*13 July 2016 <x-apple-data-detectors://2>*.

Comment now 
<https://www.icann.org/public-comments/proposed-amend-new-gtld-agreement-2016-05-31-en>*.*

*Amendment Process ? How We Got Here*

A process for amending the Registry Agreement is defined in Section 7.7 
of the Registry Agreement. All Registry Agreements based on the base New 
gTLD Registry Agreement contain these provisions.

The process is initiated when one party ? ICANN or the Registries 
Stakeholder Group (RySG) ? notifies the other that it wishes to propose 
changes to the Registry Agreement. The amendment process can be 
initiated no more than once per year and, following its initiation, 
ICANN and a Working Group appointed by the RySG may negotiate and 
mutually agree on proposed changes before publishing said changes for 
comment by the greater ICANN community.

In July 2014, over one year after the original base Registry Agreement 
was approved, the RySG notified ICANN of its desire to negotiate changes 
to the Registry Agreement.

The RySG then appointed a Working Group to negotiate an amendment with 
ICANN representatives. The goal was to arrive at terms that were 
mutually acceptable, so the revisions could be presented to all Registry 
Operators and the ICANN board for final approval. Following those 
negotiations, the teams agreed upon the proposed changes that have been 
published for public comment today.

In addition to posting the proposed changes for public comment and 
sending notification to the Applicable Registry Operators, ICANN 
published an announcement and a blog 
<https://www.icann.org/news/blog/amending-the-new-gtld-registry-agreement> to 
ensure community awareness.

ICANN invites the GNSO Council to read the proposed amendments and other 
published information, and provide input through the public comment process.

*Next Steps*

ICANN has initiated a 43-day public comment period. Once the public 
comment period closes, the RySG Working Group and ICANN will consider 
the comments received and make revisions, where appropriate, resulting 
in the final proposed amendment. The final proposal will be distributed 
to all Registry Operators and the ICANN board for approval. Registry 
Operator approval will be solicited as defined in Section 7.6(j)(ii) of 
the Registry Agreement.

If the amendments are approved by Registry Operators and the ICANN 
board, as provided in Section 7.7(c) of the Registry Agreement, they 
shall be effective and deemed amendments to the Registry Agreement upon 
60 calendar days notice from ICANN to you.

Read the amendment 
<https://www.icann.org/public-comments/proposed-amend-new-gtld-agreement-2016-05-31-en>_._

Please let me know if you have any questions. We look forward to any 
feedback the GNSO may have on the proposed amendments.

Best regards,

Cyrus Namazi

Vice President, Domain Name Services & Industry Engagement

Global Domains Division

ICANN

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On May 31, 2016, at 15:39, Marika Konings <marika.konings at icann.org 
<mailto:marika.konings at icann.org>> wrote:

>
>   For your information.
>
>
>   https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2016-05-31-en
>
>
>   ICANN, RySG Propose Amendment to New gTLD Registry Agreement
>
> ICANN today issued for public comment a proposed amendment to the base 
> New gTLD Registry Agreement 
> <https://newgtlds.icann.org/sites/default/files/agreements/agreement-approved-09jan14-en.htm>. 
> The public comment period ends 13 July 2016.
>
> *Comment now 
> <https://www.icann.org/public-comments/proposed-amend-new-gtld-agreement-2016-05-31-en>*.
>
> The amendment proposed today reflects over 18 months of negotiations 
> between representatives of ICANN and the Registries Stakeholder Group 
> (RySG). These negotiations were conducted pursuant to Section 7.7 of 
> the base agreement. The RySG initiated the process. Following the 
> conclusion of the public comment period, ICANN and the RySG working 
> group for these negotiations will consider the comments and submit the 
> proposed final version of the amendment for approval by registry 
> operators and the ICANN board (see Section 7.6 of the registry 
> agreement). If these approvals are obtained, the amendment will become 
> effective upon 60 days notice from ICANN to the registry operators.
>
> *Read the blog post 
> <https://www.icann.org/news/blog/amending-the-new-gtld-registry-agreement>*.
>
>
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