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<h2><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">News
Alert</span></h2>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-28may10-en.htm">http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-28may10-en.htm</a></span></p>
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<h2 style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Public Comment:
Initial Report on Proposals for Improvements to the Registrar Accreditation
Agreement</span></h2>
<p style="margin: 11.25pt 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">28
May 2010</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The Joint GNSO/ALAC RAA
Drafting Team is seeking comments on its <a href="http://gnso.icann.org/issues/raa/report-raa-improvements-proposal-28may10-en.pdf">Initial
Report on Improvements to the Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA)</a> [PDF,
3.24 MB]. This Initial Report describes the recommendations from the Joint
GNSO-ALAC RAA Drafting Team for producing a Registrant Rights and
Responsibilities Charter, and for identifying topics for possible additional
future amendments to the RAA. The <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/public-comment-201007-en.htm#raa-improvements2010">public
comment</a> period ends on <strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">9
July 2010</span></strong>.</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Background:</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">In March 2007, Dr. Paul
Twomey called for a comprehensive review of the RAA and the accreditation
process. The results of that review ultimately produced a new form of RAA (2009
RAA) which was approved by the GNSO Council and the At-Large Advisory
Committee, and adopted by the ICANN Board on 21 May 2009.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">In approving the 2009 RAA,
the GNSO Council conditioned its recommendation on the beginning of work on
further RAA amendments. The GNSO Council formed a joint drafting team with
members of the At-Large Community (known as the RAA Drafting Team) to conduct
further work related to proposals for improvements to the RAA. Various
stakeholders submitted proposals for amendment topics that were carefully
evaluated by the RAA Drafting Team, including, representatives of the law
enforcement community, the Intellectual Property Constituency, and ICANN Staff.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The Initial Report to the
GNSO Council describes the recommendations on (i) the proposed form of a
Registrant Rights and Responsibilities Charter, and (ii) potential topics for
additional amendments to the RAA, as well as a proposal for next steps for the
GNSO Council to consider in determining whether to recommend a new form RAA to
be adopted by the ICANN Board.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">This public comment forum is
an opportunity to comment on any of the proposals for improvements to the RAA
described in the Initial Report. The Initial Report will be posted for a public
comment period that closes on <strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">9
July 2010</span></strong>. Comments can be sent to <a href="mailto:raa-improvements2010@icann.org">raa-improvements2010@icann.org</a>
and reviewed at <a href="http://forum.icann.org/lists/raa-improvements2010/">http://forum.icann.org/lists/raa-improvements2010/</a>.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The community will have
additional opportunity to discuss certain proposals from the law enforcement
community for amending the Registrar Accreditation Agreement in an open forum
discussion at the Brussels Meeting.</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">For additional
information</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">:</span></p>
<ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">To review
the current versions of the RAA, please see: <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/registrars/agreements.html">http://www.icann.org/en/registrars/agreements.html</a></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">To
understand the process followed in developing the 2009 RAA, please review:
<a href="http://www.icann.org/en/topics/raa/">http://www.icann.org/en/topics/raa/</a></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">To review
the GNSO resolution related to the RAA, please see: <a href="http://gnso.icann.org/resolutions/#200903">http://gnso.icann.org/resolutions/#200903</a></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">To learn
more about the RAA, please refer to the Non-Lawyers Guide to the RAA,
posted at: <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/registrars/non-lawyers-guide-to-ra-agreement-15feb10-en.htm">http://www.icann.org/en/registrars/non-lawyers-guide-to-ra-agreement-15feb10-en.htm</a></span></li></ul>
<p><strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Staff responsible</span></strong><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">: Margie Milam</span></p>
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