[council] Revisions in Proposed Changes to Registrar Accreditation Agreement

[Glen de Saint Géry <Glen@xxxxxxxxx>]

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Revisions in Proposed Changes to Registrar Accreditation Agreement

16 December 2008

ICANN today posted a revised set of proposed amendments to the Registrar 
Accreditation Agreement. The amendments are intended to provide additional 
protections for registrants and improved enforcement tools. These most recent 
changes include two additional amendments and are a result of public comments 
received and subsequent community dialogue.

In accordance with RAA defined process for amending the agreement, ICANN has 
provided a written report describing the broad-based process undertaken to 
arrive at this set of amendments. This report is designed to inform the GNSO 
and community discussion of the amendments. There will be another public 
comment period before the ICANN Board would consider this set of proposed 
contract changes.

The two new proposed amendments are intended to enhance public availability of 
Whois data and registrar contact information:

Licensee Contact Information Disclosure - Requires a Registered Name Holder 
that licenses use of a domain name to disclose the contact information provided 
by the licensee under certain circumstances. (Presently, only the identity of 
the licensee need be disclosed.)
Registrar Contact Information - Requires registrars to provide their accurate 
contact details on their websites including valid email and mailing addresses.
An updated redline of the current RAA showing all of the proposed changes is 
posted at: Updated Redline 2001 RAA [PDF, 116K]

An updated comparison chart showing both Current RAA Language and Proposed 
Language is posted at: Updated RAA Provisions Comparison [PDF, 40K]

The GNSO is planning to discuss and provide advice regarding the proposed set 
of changes to the ICANN Board of Directors as requested by the Board in a 
resolution.

Glen de Saint Géry
GNSO Secretariat
gnso.secretariat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://gnso.icann.org