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In Dakar, the ICANN Board adopted a resolution (2011.10.28.31) <http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-28oct11-en.htm#7> acknowledging that the effort to evolve the RAA is an important element in a program to protect registrants and safeguard the stability of a single interoperable Internet.  The resolution called for immediate negotiations and called on the negotiating teams to publish proposed amendments for consideration at ICANN’s meeting in Costa Rica in March 2012. The Board resolution called on the negotiating teams to address of law enforcement and GNSO working group recommendations as well as other topics that would advance the twin goals of registrant protection and DNS stability.  The ICANN Board also directed staffed directed Staff to prepare an Issues Report with respect to any remaining items suited for a PDP.

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These documents note that while ICANN and the Registrars have made progress in the negotiations, the negotiations are not complete and there remain key areas of difference. Of highest priority for ICANN are the areas of Whois verification and data retention requirements, where ICANN and Registrars were not able to agree on certain aspects of the law enforcement recommendations. Because these two areas are so important, ICANN and the registrars were not able to post consolidated, negotiated amendments in advance of the Prague meeting. The RAA Negotiations Summary Memorandum posted on 4 June 2012 explains this more fully; the Draft RAA reflects ICANN's most recent proposal as of 4 June 2012.

Recent Developments since the Costa Rica Meeting

• Correspondence delivered from the Registrar Stakeholder Group on the status of the negotiations 
• Law enforcement representatives produced updates to their recommendations with respect to two issues:
  • Data maintenance
  • WHOIS Validation
• Documents published with the 4 June 2012 announcement in advance of the ICANN Prague Meeting:
  • RAA Negotiations Summary
  • Draft RAA
  • Summary Chart
  • Summary of Changes to the 2009 RAA 
  • WHOIS Specification
  • WHOIS Accuracy Specification Program
  • Data Retention Specification
  • Additional Registrar Operation Specification
  • Consensus Policy and Temporary Policy Specification
  • Registrar Information Specification

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• Update on the RAA Negotiations Session on Monday scheduled on Monday 25 June 2012 from 11:00-12:30
• Staff is seeking feedback on the discussion topics identified in the RAA Summary Negotiations Memo to help inform the community discussion in Prague
• If you have general feedback you'd like to provide, please provide them by submitting comments below.

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