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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. ICANN and the registrar negotiation teams have concluded their negotiations, and have published the Proposed Final 2013 Registrar Accreditation Agreement for public comment at:
http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-22apr13-en.htm
For a detailed overview of the improvements to the Proposed Final 2013 RAA, please listen to the webinar recording or view the slides from the webinar conducted by ICANN Staff on April 30th . The ICANN Board of Directors approved the new 2013 RAA on 27 June 2013.
Negotiation Goals/Objectives
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The Registrars Stakeholder Group and ICANN announced in Dakar the immediate commencement of negotiations on the RAA. These negotiations will occur regularly with the goal of issuing agreed amendments to the RAA for consideration by the ICANN Board.
Current Update:
Update:
ICANN published the Proposed Final 2013 Registrar Accreditation Agreement for public comment at:
http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-22apr13-en.htm
For a detailed overview of the improvements to the Proposed Final 2013 RAA, please listen to the webinar recording or view the slides from the webinar conducted by ICANN Staff on April 30th.
ICANN and the Registrar Negotiating Team commenced negotiation on amendments to the RAA in October 2011. Since the 7 March 2013 version was posted, ICANN and the Registrars (through the Registrar Negotiating Team) continued to reach agreement on the proposed text of the 2013 RAA, which was posted for community comment on April 22, 2013. These include:
- ICANN's Posting Memorandum
- Proposed Final 2013 RAA
- Redline against the 7 May 13 posting
- Redline against the 2009 RAA
- Summary of Changes from the 2009 RAA
The Proposed Specifications and Addendums:
A Report of the Public Comments submitted in response to the 7 March 2013 posting of the RAA is available here [PDF, 178 KB].
Documents related to the revisions of the WHOIS Bulk Access provisions (Section 3.3.6 of the RAA):
- Letter to Kurt Pritz from Demand Media 6 May 2011
- Letter to Kurt Prtiz from Network Solutions, 23 January 2010
- Summary of Economic Analysis performed by Joshua Wright, Professor, George Mason University School of Law and Department of Economics
Documents related to the GNSO policy development process (PDP) to commence on the "remaining issues" left unresolved at the conclusion of the negotiations:
Archive
Archive of Documents Related to the Beijing Meeting:
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