[ispcp] WG: ICANN News Alert -- Public Comment: Initial Report on Vertical Integration Between Registrars and Registries

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FYI!
 
Is it necessary/possible to comment on behalf of the ISPCP? I'll be on
vacation over the deadline and couldn't assist.
 


Best regards 
Wolf-Ulrich 


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	Betreff: ICANN News Alert -- Public Comment: Initial Report on
Vertical Integration Between Registrars and Registries
	
	
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http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-23jul10-en.htm

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	Public Comment: Initial Report on Vertical Integration Between
Registrars and Registries


	23 July 2010

	The GNSO Vertical Integration Working Group is seeking comments
on its Initial Report on Vertical Integration Between Registrars and
Registries. This Initial Report
<http://gnso.icann.org/issues/vertical-integration/vi-pdp-wg-initial-rep
ort-23jul10-en.pdf>  [PDF, 731 KB] is posted for public comment
<http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/public-comment-201008-en.htm#vi-
pdp-initial-report>  as a required step in the GNSO's Policy Development
Process on Vertical Integration between Registrars and Registries. The
Initial Report describes various proposed solutions for restrictions on
vertical integration between registrars and registries for adoption in
the New gTLD Program.

	Please note: The Working Group is working under an extremely
aggressive schedule in order to meet the requirements that have been
placed on it by the GNSO Council and the ICANN Board. The Working Group
is planning to continue its analysis throughout the public comment
period. Reviewers are encouraged to submit comments early to provide the
group as much time as possible to consider them.

	The public comment period ends on 12 August 2010.

	Background:

	The GNSO Council has commenced a policy development process
(PDP) on the topic of vertical integration between registrars and
registries. The GNSO Council formed a working group to evaluate whether
any policy recommendations should be developed on the topic of vertical
integration between registrars and registries affecting both new gTLDs
and existing gTLDs.

	ICANN is currently in the process of finalizing the
implementation details for the launch of new gTLDs. ICANN has posted
four draft applicant guidebooks and a series of topic papers for public
comment describing the manner in which ICANN proposes to implement this
program. These documents include proposals on the topic of vertical
integration and whether cross-ownership restrictions or other rules
related to vertical integration should be adopted to apply to the New
gTLD Program.

	The Initial Report describes several proposals regarding
vertical integration that have been developed and analyzed by the VI
Working Group. No proposal has achieved consensus support within the VI
Working Group. These proposals are included for the purpose of seeking
public comment and will be subject to further analysis and debate as the
VI Working Group continues to strive to develop a consensus position to
recommend to the GNSO Council on an expedited basis.

	The Initial Report published for public comment is a "snapshot"
of a living document that will be revised several times during the
public comment period. Reviewers are encouraged to check on the
working-group wiki for the latest version of this Initial Report.

	This public comment forum is an opportunity to comment on any of
the proposed vertical integration models that are described the Initial
Report. The Initial Report will be posted for a public comment period
that closes on 12 August 2010. Comments can be sent to
vi-pdp-initial-report@xxxxxxxxx and reviewed at
http://forum.icann.org/lists/vi-pdp-initial-report/.

	Additional Information:

	To review the Issues Report on Vertical Integration Between
Registries and Registrars, please refer to
http://gnso.icann.org/issues/vertical-integration/report-04dec09-en.pdf
[PDF, 254 KB].

	The ICANN Board resolution on Vertical Integration is posted at
http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-12mar10-en.htm#5.

	To review the charter describing the policy work undertaken by
the Vertical Integration Working Group, please refer to:
http://gnso.icann.org/issues/vertical-integration/vi-chartered-objective
s-10mar10-en.pdf [PDF, 41 KB].

	For information on the details of the implementation planning
activities for new gTLDs, please refer to the documents posted at
http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtld-program.htm

	To review updates to the Initial Report that may be developed by
the VI Working Group during the public comment period, please refer to
the archive of Initial Report snapshots posted at
https://st.icann.org/vert-integration-pdp/index.cgi?initial_report_snaps
hots.

	Staff responsible: Margie Milam

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