Close Date | Statement Name | Status | Assignee(s) and | Call for Comments | Call for Comments Close | Vote Announcement | Vote Open | Vote Reminder | Vote Close | Date of Submission | Staff Contact and Email | Statement Number |
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09.11.2012 | Use of a Drawing for Prioritizing New gTLD Applications | In Progress | Tijani Ben Jemaa (AFRALO) | 31.10.2012 | 02.11.2012 | 02.11.2012 | 02.11.2012 | 03.11.2012 | 08.11.2012 | 09.11.2012 | Kurt Pritz kurt.pritz@ICANN.org | TBC |
Comment/Reply Periods | Important Information Links |
Comment Open: | 21 February 2012 |
Comment Close: | 25 March 2012 |
Close Time (UTC): | 23:59 UTC |
Reply Open: | 26 March 2012 |
Reply Close: | 15 April 2012 |
Close Time (UTC): | 23:59 UTC |
Brief Overview |
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Originating Organization: | ICANN Board |
Categories/Tags: | Policy Processes, ICANN Board/Bylaws, Contracted Party Agreements |
Purpose (Brief): | Public notice is hereby provided of the proposed change related to the Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy to standardize and clarify WHOIS status messages that is considered for adoption as well as an opportunity to comment on the adoption of the proposed policy change, prior to ICANN Board consideration. |
Current Status: | Following adoption by the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) Council of IRTP Part B Recommendation #8 and the related staff proposal, a public comment forum is now opened as required by the ICANN Bylaws prior to ICANN Board consideration. |
Next Steps: | Following the closing of the public comment period, the ICANN Board will consider the comments received in conjunction with its consideration of the proposed change to the IRTP. |
Staff Contact: | Marika Konings |
Email: | |
Detailed Information |
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Section I: Description, Explanation, and Purpose | The Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy (IRTP) Part B presented its recommendations to the GNSO Council last year. For one of those recommendation, #8 ("The WG recommends standardizing and clarifying WHOIS status messages regarding Registrar Lock status. The goal of these changes is to clarify why the Lock has been applied and how it can be changed. Based on discussions with technical experts, the WG does not expect that such a standardization and clarification of WHOIS status messages would require significant investment or changes at the registry/registrar level."), the GNSOCouncil requested ICANN staff to provide a proposal. In consultation with the IRTP Part B Working Group, ICANN Staff prepared a proposal that, together with the IRTP Part B recommendation, has now been approved by the GNSO Council. |
Section II: Background | The Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy (IRTP) aims to provide a straightforward procedure for domain name holders to transfer their names from one ICANN-accredited registrar to another should they wish to do so. The policy also provides standardized requirements for registrar handling of such transfer requests from domain name holders. The policy is an existing community consensus policy that was implemented in late 2004 and is now being reviewed by the GNSO. |
Section III: Document and Resource Links |
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Section IV: Additional Information | None |
(*) Comments submitted after the posted Close Date/Time are not guaranteed to be considered in any final summary, analysis, reporting, or decision-making that takes place once this period lapses.
1The IRTP Part B Working Group, with the support of ICANN Staff developed this document, which provides an overview of EPP Status Codes and what they mean (see Annex F of the IRTP Part B Final Report [PDF, 972 KB] – EPP Status Codes, what do they mean and why should I know?).