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ICANN-accredited registrars and ICANN commenced a series of direct bilateral negotiations to amend and update the current Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) in November, 2011.   These negotiations are currently underway.'

Update since Prague

 The RAA negotiation teams have resumed negotiations.   Initially, the work centered around reviewing the input received from the ICANN community in Prague.  The negotiation teams have scheduled a series of additional meetings prior to the Toronto Meeting, in an effort to close the gap on some of the key negotiation issues, including:

• Validation/Verification, and whether these new obligations should be completed prior to the domain name’s resolution of the domain name
• Data Retention, and the length of applicable retention periods
• Creation of Privacy/Proxy Accreditation Program, and outlining a framework for moving forward with the program concurrently with the negotiations through a public consultation process to be commenced shortly
• Soliciting Input from the GAC with regard to specific data protection issues, and clarification of the law enforcement recommendations
• Understanding the implementation implications of the proposed changes to the RAA
• Garnering support within the diverse membership of the Registrar Stakeholder Group to the proposed RAA

Other issues are still open for further evaluation and negotiation, including, among others, the proposed changes to the consensus policy language, and the proposal for a revocation clause.  More details are available on the individual meeting reports posted on the WIKI.

Negotiation Goals/Objectives 

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