[council] Proposed Final 2013 RAA - Comment period open

[Glen de Saint Géry <Glen@xxxxxxxxx>]

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@xxxxxxxxx>
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@xxxxxxxxx?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 Géry
GNSO Secretariat
gnso.secretariat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:gnso.secretariat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
http://gnso.icann.org<http://gnso.icann.org/>