Registrar Stakeholder Group Negotiating Team (Registrar NT) statement regarding RAA negotiations

Registrar Stakeholder Group Negotiating Team (Registrar NT) statement regarding RAA negotiations: After nearly...

Registrar Stakeholder Group Negotiating Team (Registrar NT) statement regarding RAA negotiations Saturday, 09 March 2013 22:57 David Goldstein Tweet Share After nearly 18 months of negotiations with ICANN over a new Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA), formal negotiations have concluded. The posting of a “proposed” 2013 RAA by ICANN for public comment signals that ICANN staff believes that negotiations have concluded and the remaining issues will not be resolved. The Registrars’ NT disagrees. To be clear, this is NOT the outcome that registrars wanted, and they remain ready and willing to continue negotiations. Prior to the Toronto ICANN meeting (October 2012), all parties acknowledged that they were very close to agreement on all remaining issues. The process appeared to be reaching a favorable conclusion and when ICANN CEO Fadi Chehadé communicated his desire to have...

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