Re: [nc-transfer] Registrar Impact Analysis for Final Report

[Dan Steinberg <synthesis@videotron.ca>]

Ross,

Ummmmmmmmm.....

you stated in para. 1 that you 'attempted to restrict the analysis to 
items that may affect all registrars'. In the subsequent paras where do 
I find these items?

Ross Wm. Rader wrote:

>Folks,
>
>Please find to follow a brief analysis of the impact of these
>recommendations on the registrar community. I have attempted to restrict the
>analysis to items that may affect all registrars rather than trying to
>identify issues that may crop up on a limited basis.
>
>Comments and feedback welcomed;
>
>Registrars
>This report contemplates many new and/or modified obligations that may or
>may not be fully understood by ALL registrars. It will be important to
>ensure that ICANN and the DNSO are prepared to undertake a level of outreach
>and education necessary to ensure that all ICANN Accredited Registrars are
>aware of and compliant with these new and modified obligations. Some of the
>new or modified obligations contained in this report are more stringent than
>prior policies have allowed. This will require Registrars to ensure that
>their internal systems and processes are compliant with any policies enacted
>as a result of these recommendations.
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>
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>Some of the recommendations contained in this report will require Registrars
>to modify, to varying degrees, their internal technical systems in a manner
>that will support any policies enacted as a result of this report. While the
>degree of modification will vary from Registrar to Registrar, the Task Force
>does not believe the costs incurred as a result of these modifications will
>be substantial. Further, anecdotal evidence suggests that the long-term
>benefits achieved through the implementation of standardized processes in
>some areas of the transfer process will result in increased consumer
>confidence and therefore outweigh any short-term costs involved.
>
>
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>Further to this point, many registrars already employ systems which are, or
>could be with minimal enhancement, comply with the recommendations made in
>this proposal.
>
>Also, because there is no requirement that the processes implemented as a
>result of any policy implemented as a result of these obligations be
>technically automated. Therefore, Registrars maintain full control over
>their cost structure in the face of these new and modified obligations.
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>                       -rwr
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Dan Steinberg

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