Compliance Outreach Activities | 2013
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2013 Events
ICANN's 48th International Meeting in Buenos Aires, Argentina 17 – 21 November 2013
Maguy Serad, Carlos Alvarez, Greg DiBiase and Victor Oppenheimer attended ICANN's 48th International Meeting in Buenos Aires, Argentina 17 – 21 November 2013. The Contractual Compliance team held several outreach sessions; the Latin America Registrar Outreach [PDF, 1.02 MB], the Registry Outreach for the delegated TLDs [PDF, 2.1 MB] and in partnership with the Engagement Team, conducted an all day event focused on the 2013 Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA). In addition, on Wednesday 20 November 2013, the team provided the ICANN community with a Contractual Compliance Program Update [PDF, 1.77 MB] focusing on the 2013 RAA changes, an update on new gTLDs and the compliance metrics and performance measurement. The team also participated in the public session, Improving WHOIS – An Update, held on 21 November 2013.
The team also presented on ICANN's Contractual Compliance Program at the At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC), the Registrar Stakeholder Group and the Intellectual Property Constituency (IPC) Stakeholder Group.
Please refer to the Buenos Aires ICANN meeting schedule page for access to audio and material by meeting http://buenosaires48.icann.org/en/schedule-full.
2013 RAA Registrar Outreach Meetings
The Contractual Compliance team in partnership with the DNS Engagement Team (previously known as the Registrar Relation Team) delivered the following 2013 RAA Outreach Meetings:
- NA Meeting held on 22 and 23 August 2013 in Los Angeles, USA
- AP Meeting held on 26 and 27 August 2013 in Xiamen, China
- Europe Meeting held on 23 and 24 September 2013 in Berlin, Germany
- Latin America Meeting held on 22 November 2013 in Buenos Aires, Argentina
The Contractual Compliance team's objective is to provide updates on the Changes due to the 2013 RAA [PDF, 298 KB] and to ensure alignment with the contracted parties on expectations.
ICANN's 47th International Meeting in Durban, South Africa 14 - 18 July 2013
Maguy Serad, Stacy Burnette, Shauna Royston and Victor Oppenheimer attended ICANN's 47th International Meeting in Durban, South Africa 14 - 18 July 2013. The Contractual Compliance team presented on ICANN's Contractual Compliance Program at a Newcomers session as well as to the At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC), the Registrar Stakeholder Group and the Intellectual Property Constituency (IPC) Stakeholder Group.
The Contractual Compliance team also participated in the At-Large Multi-Stakeholder Policy Roundtable on the topic of addressing consumer and public interest concerns with New gTLDs held on Monday 15 July 2013
In addition, on Wednesday 17 July 2013, the team provided the ICANN community with a Contractual Compliance Program Update [PDF, 5.34 MB] focusing on the new activities, upcoming policy and 2013 Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) changes, an update on new gTLDs and a live demonstration of the complaint management system and of the performance measurement and reporting tool.
Please refer to the Durban ICANN meeting schedule page for access to audio and material by meeting http://durban47.icann.org/full-schedule.
ICANN's 46th International Meeting in Beijing, China 7 – 11 April 2013
Maguy Serad, Carlos Alvarez, Jacks Khawaja and Owen Smigelski attended ICANN's 46th International Meeting in Beijing, China 7 – 11 April 2013. The Contractual Compliance team made presentations on ICANN's Contractual Compliance Program at a Newcomers session as well as to the At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC), the Registrar Stakeholder Group, the Intellectual Property Constituency (IPC) Stakeholder Group, the gTLD Registries Stakeholder Group, and the Law Enforcement Community.
The Contractual Compliance team also participated in sessions including:- APRALO Multistakeholder Policy Roundtable on the topic of End User/Consumer Protection with New gTLDs held on Monday 8 April 2013
- Expert Working Group on gTLD Directory Services
- At-Large WHOIS Working Group on Wednesday 10 April 2013
Keeping up with the Contractual Compliance commitment for outreach effort, a session was held on Saturday 6 April 2013 for the Asia Pacific Registrars regarding Contractual Compliance AP Registrar Outreach [PDF, 2.65 MB] for an interactive review and discussion about the contractual compliance process, approach and handling of complaint types. Another session was held on Wednesday 10 April 2013, General Update & Audit Program Update [PDF, 2.41 MB], to provide the ICANN community with an update on the Contractual Compliance audit program, activities, and to address questions regarding the audit. Both sessions are available in English and Mandarin audio.
Please refer to the Beijing ICANN meeting schedule page for access to audio and material by meeting http://beijing46.icann.org/full-schedule.
Europe Regional Registry/Registrar Meeting 24-25 January 2013 Amsterdam, Netherland
Maguy Serad and Jacks Khawaja attended the Europe Regional Meeting in Amsterdam, Netherland on 24 and 25 January 2013. The Compliance team made presentations on ICANN's Contractual Compliance Program at a Newcomers session [PDF, 1.45 MB] as well an operational and audit update [PDF, 1.54 MB].