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The ALAC extends its congratulations to all parties on completion of the negotiations for the RAA and Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) negotiations and the accompanying documents (the Contract).

The ALAC Statement on the Revised New gTLD Registry Agreement Including Additional Public Interest Commitments Specification outlined a position which generally supported ICANN’s posture on certain contentious issues even as we signaled our qualified acceptance. While we are inclined to support all the major accompanying documents with the Contract, the details of some specifications very critical to deciding our full support remain in limbo. The Privacy/Proxy Specifications is one such example.

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The structure of this contract competently delineates commitments of ICANN and Registrars as well as the issues that require strong agreement, thus bringing much needed clarity on its purpose. We recognize the efforts to forge a stronger Statement clause on conditions for changing the relationship midstream, including termination of the agreement. This development has our full endorsement, although it would have been helpful if some examples of ‘material breach’ were enumerated. 

We give our full support for the Consensus Policies and Temporary Policies Specification. In the matter of the so-called ‘right to unilaterally amend the RAA’RAA,’ we believe the updated construct per Clause 6.5 incorporates additional safeguards and attracts our endorsement. Nevertheless, some have argued the intent in this clause undermines the consensus policy making that has produced this RAA. We disagree and take a different and more benign view of the role reserved for ICANN as the public benefit corporation. Indeed, there might be exceptional circumstances in which ICANN would have to take unilateral action - part of being prepared for unknown unknowns.

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