RE: [council] Final version of RAA amendment/motion

["Rosette, Kristina" <krosette@xxxxxxx>]

I second the motion proposed by Tim as it appears now on the wiki.
Copied below for reference.

K

Motion made by Tim Ruiz
Seconded by Kristina Rosette

Whereas, the Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) has not been
amended since May 2001, and ICANN has undertaken a lengthy consultative
process related to amending the RAA, including several public comment
periods and consultations;

Whereas, the proposed changes to the RAA include important compliance
and enforcement tools for ICANN; The Council wishes to approve the set
of proposed amendments as quickly as possible so that the ICANN Board
may review them, and if approved then implement them as quickly as
possible; and

Whereas,

The Council would like to proceed on the drafting of a charter
identifying registrant rights that registrars would be obliged to link
to, as contemplated in the set of amendments;

The Council would like a specific process and timeline to move forward
with additional potential amendments to the RAA; and

The Registrar Constituency is supportive of these efforts and is willing
to participate on a good faith basis on anticipated next steps.

Resolved:

The GNSO Council supports the RAA amendments as documented in 
http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/current-list-proposed-raa-amendments-16dec0
8.pdf
and recommends to the Board that they be adopted at its meeting of March
6, 2009;

Within 30 days of Board approval of the set of amendments,
representatives from 
the GNSO community and the ALAC shall be identified to participate in
drafting a 
registrant rights charter, as contemplated by the amendments and the
current GNSO 
Council discussions, with support from ICANN staff. A draft charter
shall be 
completed no later then July 31; and

Within 30 days of Board approval of the set of amendments, the GNSO
Council will form a Drafting Team to discuss further amendments to the
RAA and to identify those on which further action may be desirable. The
Drafting Team should endeavor to provide its advice to the Council and
ICANN staff no later then July 31, 2009.


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Tim Ruiz
Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 6:21 PM
To: council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [council] Final version of RAA amendment/motion


Thought I should point out that the only change from the version that
was circulated Sunday afternoon is in the last paragraph of the resolve.

The Sunday afternoon version read:

Within 30 days of Board approval of the set of amendments, the GNSO
Council will form a Drafting Team to discuss the amendments further and
identify those that the community believes could be further revised
through PDP processes or through additional changes to the RAA that may
not fall within scope of a formal PDP process. The Drafting Team should
endeavor to provide its advice to the Council and ICANN staff no later
then July 31, 2009. 

It has been changed to:

Within 30 days of Board approval of the set of amendments, the GNSO
Council will form a Drafting Team to discuss further amendments to the
RAA. 
The Drafting Team should endeavor to provide its advice to the Council
and ICANN staff no later then July 31, 2009. 


Tim 

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [council] Final version of RAA amendment/motion
From: "Tim Ruiz" <tim@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, March 03, 2009 3:40 pm
To: council@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

The attached, also copied below, is the final version of the motion many
of us have worked on. It reflects all the changes that we've discussed.
Not completely sure of the best way to frame it for voting, but would
like to suggest that we consider it the only motion on this subject that
we vote on tomorrow.

Tim 

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Whereas, the Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) has not been
amended since May 2001, and ICANN has undertaken a lengthy consultative
process related to amending the RAA, including several public comment
periods and consultations;

Whereas, the proposed changes to the RAA include important compliance
and enforcement tools for ICANN; The Council wishes to approve the set
of proposed amendments as quickly as possible so that the ICANN Board
may review them, and if approved then implement them as quickly as
possible; and

Whereas, 

The Council would like to proceed on the drafting of a charter
identifying registrant rights that registrars would be obliged to link
to, as contemplated in the set of amendments;

The Council would like a specific process and timeline to move forward
with additional potential amendments to the RAA; and

The Registrar Constituency is supportive of these efforts and is willing
to participate on a good faith basis on anticipated next steps.

Resolved: 

The GNSO Council supports the RAA amendments as documented in
http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/current-list-proposed-raa-amendments-16dec0
8.pdf
and recommends to the Board that they be adopted at its meeting of March
6, 2009;

Within 30 days of Board approval of the set of amendments,
representatives from the GNSO community and the ALAC shall be identified
to participate in drafting a registrant rights charter, as contemplated
by the amendments and the current GNSO Council discussions, with support
from ICANN staff. A draft charter shall be completed no later then July
31; and 

Within 30 days of Board approval of the set of amendments, the GNSO
Council will form a Drafting Team to discuss further amendments to the
RAA. 
The Drafting Team should endeavor to provide its advice to the Council
and ICANN staff no later then July 31, 2009.