Registries Stakeholder Group

RySG is the abbreviation for Registry Stakeholder Group. The RySG is a Stakeholder Group within the Contracted Parties House under ICANN's GNSO. It represents the interests of the gTLD Registries currently under the contract with ICANN and provides them with gTLD Registry Services. It also facilitates communication among the gTLD Registries and puts forward the views of the Registry Constituency to the GNSO Council and the ICANN Board of Directors, with a special emphasis on ICANN consensus policies, which relate to the technical reliability, interoperability and the stable operation of the Internet or DNS.

Organization and Membership of the RySG

The membership of the RySG is open to all the Registries. Registries must apply for membership via the application process. Every Registry needs to identify a Voting Delegate and, if desired, alternate Voting Delegates.

Structure of the RySG

Executive Committee

The RySG consists of an Executive Committee, which is comprised of a Chair, an Alternate Chair, and a Treasurer. The main responsibilities of the Executive Committee are to facilitate policy coordination meetings, to support the GNSO Council and the ICANN Board, as requested by ICANN, and to manage and administer elections.

• David Maher, PIR, Chair
• Keith Drazek, VeriSign, Alternate Chair
• Ken Stubbs, Afilias, Treasurer

GNSO Representatives

The following individials represent the Registry Constituency and its views within the larger Generic Name Supporting Organization:

• Jeff Neuman, North America – (term expires end of annual meeting 2012)
• Jonathan Robinson, Europe – (term expires end of annual meeting 2013)
• Ching Chiao, Asia Pacific – (term expires end of annual meeting 2012)

Registrars Stakeholder Group (RrSG) Constituency Liaison

• Ray Fassett, Employ Media

ICANN Nominating Committee Representative

• Ken Stubbs, Afilias

For the sake of collaborating on vital issues of common interest within the RySG, members self-organize themselves into different Interest Groups. The main responsibilities of these specific Interest Groups is to nominate candidates for GNSO Council Representatives, participate in the GNSO policy development processes, and develop position statements with special emphasis on the ICANN consensus policies.

The Current/active Interest Groups and their members are:

• Affirmation of Commitments (AoC)
  • Accountability and Transparency Review Team
    • Brian Cute, Chair
  • Accountability and Transparency Review Team Focus Group for ATRT Recommendations 15, 16 and 17
    • Don Blumenthal, PIR
  • WHOIS Review Team
    • Kathy Kleiman
  • Security, Stability and Resiliency Review Team
    • Rodney Joffe, Neustar

• Anti-Phishing Work Group
  • David Maher, PIR

• Fast Flux Working Group
  • Greg Aaron, Afilias
  • Rodney Joffe, Neustar

• GNSO Improvements
  • Operations Steering Committee (OSC) – Chair, Chuck Gomes,VeriSign
    • GNSO Operations Work Team – Ray Fassett, Employ Media; Ken Stubbs, Afilias
    • Stakeholder Group and Constituency Operations Work Team – Michael Young, Afilias, Vice Chair;

       Chuck Gomes, VeriSign

• • • Communications Work Team – Steve Holsten, VeriSign
    • Charter Drafting Team, Outreach Task Force -- Roy Dykes, Neustar
  • Policy Process Steering Committee (PPSC) Chair, Jeff Neuman,Neustar
    • PDP Work Team – David Maher, PIR; Jeff Neuman, Neustar
    • Working Group Work Team – Jeff Neuman, Neustar, Chair;

     Nacho Amadoz, PuntCAT

• High Security TLD Advisory Group

   Eric Brown, Neustar
   Ching Chiao, DotAsia
   Brian Cute
   David Maher, PIR
   Michael Palage, DotCoop
   Ken Stubbs, Afilias

IDNi

 Guidelines Review Committee
   Will Shorter, VeriSign
   Cary Karp, MuseDoma
   Ram Mohan, Afilias

 IDN ccTLDi Fast Track
   Cary Karp, MuseDoma

 IDN gTLD Quick Start Initiative
   Edmon Chung, DotAsia

 Joint ccNSOi-GNSO IDN Working Group (JIG)
   Edmon Chung, DotAsia

Internationalized Registration Data Work Group

 June Seo, VeriSign

Inter Registrar Transfers Policy Working Group

 Eric Brown, Neustar
 Barbara Steele, VeriSign
 Roy Dykes, Neustar

PEDNR (Post Expiration Domain Namei Recovery) Working Group

 Michael Young, Afilias

Registrar Accreditation Agreement Amendments Drafting Team

 Nacho Amadoz, PuntCAT

Registration Abuse Policies Working Group

 Greg Aaron, Afilias
 Nacho Amadoz, PuntCAT
 Pat Kane, VeriSign
 Jeff Neuman, Neustar
 Michael Young, Afilias

Registries Communication Practices Working Group

 Ray Fassett, Employ Media, Chair
 Carolyn Hoover, Dot Coop
 Pat Kane, VeriSign
 Ken Stubbs, Afilias

Registry Data Subgroup

 Pat Kane, VeriSign
 David Maher, PIR
 Jeff Neuman, Neustar

Travel Policy Working Group

 Ken Stubbs, Afilias

Vertical Integration PDP Charter Drafting Team

 Brian Cute

Vertical Integration PDP Working Group

 Chuck Gomes, VeriSign
 Nacho Amadoz, PuntCAT
 Ching Chiao, DotAsia
 Brian Cute
 Keith Drazek, Neustar
 Kathy Kleiman, PIR
 David Maher, PIR
 Jeff Nueman, Neustar
 Vladimir Shadrunov, Telnic
 Ken Stubbs, Afilias

Whoisi Studies

 Chuck Gomes, VeriSign
 David Maher, PIR
 Ken Stubbs, Afilias

Zone File Access Advisory Group

 Nacho Amadoz, puntCAT
 Brian Cute
 David Maher, PIR
 Vladimir Shadrunov, Telnic
 Ken Stubbs, Afilias

Funding

Funding for the RySG is provided by its members. Every member joining the Group needs to pay an initial membership fee as well as a fixed annual membership fee and a variable annual membership fee as per the schedule of the RySG. A member loses its voting rights if it fails to pay the fees as previously invoiced within thirty days after a written notice of non-payment.

Registry Constituency

Prior to the GNSO restructuring, the Registry Stakeholder Group was known as the Registry Constituency'. It was comprised of the registry operators for the .net, .org, .name, .com, .pro, .museum, .aero, .coop and .info gTLDs, which were the only TLDs at the time.

Generic Names Supporting Organization. Develops and recommends to the Board substantive policies relating to generic top-level domains and other responsibilities set forth in the Bylaws (ICANN Bylaws).

Policy Development Process

Top-Level Domain

Internationalized Domain Name