Public Comment
Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy Part C Policy Development Process Initial Report
Comment/Reply Periods (*) | Important Information Links | |||
Comment Open: | 4 June 2012 | |||
Comment Close: | 4 July 2012 | |||
Close Time (UTC): | 23:59 UTC | Public Comment Announcement | ||
Reply Open: | 5 July 2012 | To Submit Your Comments (Forum Closed) | ||
Reply Close: | 25 July 2012 | View Comments Submitted | ||
Close Time (UTC): | 23:59 UTC | Report of Public Comments | ||
Brief Overview | ||||
Originating Organization: | GNSO Working Group | |||
Categories/Tags: | Policy Processes | |||
Purpose (Brief): | The Generic Names Supporting Organization's (GNSO) Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy (IRTP) Part C Working Group has published its Initial Report and is looking for community input on its proposed recommendations for changes to the existing IRTP. | |||
Current Status: | As a required step of the GNSO Policy Development Process, the IRTP Part C Working Group has now published its Initial Report for public comment. | |||
Next Steps: | Following review of the public comments received, the Working Group will continue its deliberations and finalize its report for submission to the GNSO Council. | |||
Staff Contact: | Marika Konings | Email: | policy-staff@icann.org | |
Detailed Information | ||||
Section I: Description, Explanation, and Purpose | ||||
In addition to background information, an overview of the WG's deliberations and community input received to date, the Initial Report [PDF, 1.23 MB] contains the following four preliminary recommendations:
In addition to input on these preliminary recommendations, the WG is specifically requesting feedback on a number of open items such as, amongst others: whether the proposed change of registrant policy should be accompanied by a restriction that would prevent a change of registrar immediately following a change of registrant for 60 days; whether this change of registrant policy should be incorporated as a stand-alone policy or as part of the existing IRTP; which changes to registrant information should qualify as a 'change of registrant', and; whether there are any other expected impacts of the proposed recommendations in addition to those already anticipated by the WG. Those interested in providing input are strongly encouraged to especially review section 5 of the Initial Report in further detail in order to obtain further understanding concerning the WG's thinking and rationale with regards to these recommendations. The WG appears to have rough consensus for all the above recommendations, but it should be noted that no formal consensus call was undertaken. Such a formal consensus call will be conducted once the recommendations are finalized following review of the public comments received on this Initial Report. The WG would like to encourage all interested parties to submit their comments and suggestions so these can be considered as the WG continues its deliberations in view of finalizing its report and recommendations in the next phase of the policy development process.1 The WG has not decided yet on the exact timeframe and would welcome community input. |
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Section II: Background | ||||
The aim of the Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy (IRTP) is to provide a straightforward procedure for domain name holders to transfer their names from one ICANN-accredited registrar to another. The GNSO Council is reviewing and considering revisions to this policy through a series of Working Groups it has established to conduct these efforts. The IRTP Part C PDP Working Group has been tasked to consider the following three questions:
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Section III: Document and Resource Links | ||||
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Section IV: Additional Information | ||||
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(*) 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.