ICANN today issued a formal notice of termination of RegisterFly.com's Registration Accreditation Agreement (RAA).
ICANN has issued a letter to RegisterFly
[PDF, 902K] indicating that it will cease operating as an
ICANN-Accredited Registrar on March 31, 2007. Under the terms of the
Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA), ICANN must provide 15 days
written notice to RegisterFly of its intention to terminate.
Effective immediately ICANN has terminated RegisterFly's right to use the ICANN Accredited Registrar logo on its website.
Between now and 31 March RegisterFly is required to unlock and
provide all necessary Authinfo codes to allow domain name transfers to
occur. Any and all registrants wishing to transfer away from
RegisterFly during this period should be allowed to do so efficiently
and expeditiously.
"Terminating accreditation is the strongest measure ICANN is able to
take against RegisterFly under its powers," Dr. Paul Twomey, President
and CEO of ICANN said today.
"ICANN has been frustrated and distressed by recent management
confusion inside RegisterFly," Dr. Twomey, President said. "I
completely understand the greater frustration and enormous difficulty
that this has created for registrants."
When the Agreement is terminated, ICANN can approve a bulk transfer
of all current RegisterFly domain names to another ICANN accredited
Registrar.
"Of course, RegisterFly does not have to wait till then. They can
request ICANN to approve a bulk transfer immediately. I call on
RegisterFly to act in the interests of registrants and seek such a
transfer from us straight away," Dr. Twomey said.
ICANN intends to hold a forum to discuss the reform of the
Accreditation policy and process at its Lisbon meeting in a week's
time*.
A set of questions and points to inform the discussion will be made public prior to the Lisbon meeting.
* The Lisbon meeting is one of three meetings held a year by ICANN to meet with global stakeholders. It will take place from 26-30 March 2007.
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