The Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy (IRTP) Part B Policy Development Process (PDP) Working published its Initial Report on 29 May 2010. Today a public comment forum opens for a twenty-day period as prescribed by the ICANN by-laws.

The GNSO Post-Expiration Domain Name Recovery (PEDNR) Policy Development Process (PDP) Working Group has published its Initial Report today. The PEDNR WG was tasked to address questions in relation to what extent should registrants be able to reclaim their domain names after they expire. At issue is whether the current policies of registrars on the renewal, transfer and deletion of expired domain names are adequate.

The Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy (IRTP) Part B Policy Development Process (PDP) Working Group has published its Initial Report today.

The Inter-Registrar Trasfer Policy Policy Working has recently published its initial report.This report is the second in a series of five Part B DEvelopment Process. This initial report presents some conclusions for community input .Moreover,this initial report presents a proposed Expedited Transfer Reverse Policy . “The WG will organize an information and consultation session at the ICANN Meeting in Brussels, following which a 20-day public comment forum will be opened on 5 July

In preparation for community discussions at the next ICANN International Meeting in Brussels, Belgium, the community-wide Geographic Regions Review Working Group (WGGR) is making the latest working draft of its Interim Report available to the community. The draft document can be found on the Socialtext Wiki page of the working group ( http://tinyurl.com/WGGRwiki ) at this link – Draft WGGR Interim Report v5 [DOC, 188 KB]. Formed by the ICANN Board, the WGGR has been tasked to study and review the issues related to the definition of the ICANN Geographic Regions, to consult with community stakeholders and to develop and submit proposals to the Board to resolve any problematic issues relating to the current definition of the ICANN Geographic Regions

What has the GNSO previously recommended that Whois should be able to do, and what other standards or capabilities will Whois need in the coming world of IDNs and new gTLDs? In May last year, the GNSO Council tasked Policy Staff (with the assistance of technical staff and Council members as required) to collect and organize a comprehensive set of requirements for the Whois service

Your chance to comment to ICANN on the “Initial Report (IR) of the Registration Abuse Policies Working Group (“RAPWG”)  ends today, March 28, 2010 According to ICANN , the Report includes concrete recommendations to address domain name registration abuse in gTLDs for Community consideration and input. Included are recommendations related to: Cybersquatting: recommending the initiation of a Policy Development Process to investigate the current state of the UDRP. Whois access problems: seeking ways to ensure that WHOIS data is accessible in an appropriately reliable, enforceable, and consistent fashion; and requesting that the ICANN Compliance Department publish data about WHOIS accessibility.