[registrars] FW: Registrar Failover Working Group Invitation

["Bhavin Turakhia" <bhavin.t@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all,

Have recvd the below email from ICANN. This is an important item since it
results in a compliance cost for registrars, and at the same time the
provision ensures stability. Any volunteers from the constituency for this
task force?

bhavin 

-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Zupke [mailto:mike.zupke@xxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2006 8:24 PM
To: 'Bhavin Turakhia'
Cc: 'Tim Cole'
Subject: Registrar Failover Working Group Invitation

Dear Bhavin,

In furtherance of our mission to promote stability in the domain name space,
ICANN is beginning preparations to launch a registrar failover program.  We
hope to involve the Registrars' Constituency in these early stages so that
the program will best take into account the needs the registrar community. 

As you are probably aware, paragraph 3.6 of the Registrar Accreditation
Agreement calls for all accredited registrars to escrow certain domain name
registration data with ICANN or an ICANN-approved escrow services provider
on a schedule established by ICANN.  Until now, ICANN has never invoked this
provision of the RAA.  Some time ago, a working group drafted specifications
and proposed procedures for a data escrow program, but the project has not
advanced beyond the planning stages due to budget constraints.  

We now wish to revisit and update the original working group's
recommendations as we look to implement data escrow and a broader registrar
failover plan.  To do this, we would like to request participation from
members of the registrar community in a working group that will meet
initially at the ICANN meeting in Wellington, New Zealand, and thereafter by
telephone and email.

Would you kindly solicit the membership of your constituency for interest in
participation in this working group and forward to me a list of volunteers?

Thank you for your help with this.  

Best regards,

Mike Zupke
Registrar Liaison Manager
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
4676 Admiralty Way; Suite 330
Marina del Rey, California 90292, USA