CIRA Registrar Advisory - Priority = Low - Q4 Release Notes
To all Registrars,
Highlights of changes for Q4, 2007
- The operational changes for the production release of Q4 2007, which is on December 4, 2007, do not affect Registrar technical systems or applications.
- There is a very minor formatting change to the Registrar agreement.
Quarterly Release Conference Call
In order to better serve the needs of the CIRA Certified Registrar community, CIRA will be holding a conference call on:
DATE: Nov 27, 2007
TIME: From 13:00 to 13:30 (the call will begin at 13:00 sharp, Ottawa time)
CIRA is holding this conference call to provide Registrars with an additional opportunity to ask questions and seek clarification on matters relating to this advisory or other matters of interest. An agenda is provided below:
| AGENDA | |
| 13:00 - 13:05 | Welcome |
| 13:05 - 13:15 | Q4 Release updates |
| 13:15 - 13:30 | Registrar open questions |
English and French speaking Registrars are invited to participate. Questions will be answered in the language in which they are asked.
The call may end at an earlier time if business is concluded before 13:30. As a gesture of courtesy to all Registrars, and to take full advantage of your participation, PLEASE DIAL IN BY 13:00. This will help ensure that similar questions are not raised several times.
Your help is needed to ensure that an adequate number of lines are available to all participants. Please reply to lynn.gravel@cira.ca by November 26, 2007 to obtain a dial-up number and access code if you wish to participate or require additional information.
Minor change to the Registrar agreement
An updated version of the "Registrar Agreement" becomes effective December 4, 2007. There is a very minor formatting change to the Registrar agreement. A label, under one of the lines where a CIRA representative signs the agreement, is deleted. There are no substantive changes to the document.
For more information, see “Registrar Agreement” (Version 1.7.1 - Effective Date: December 4, 2007), located at http://www.cira.ca/registrars-documents/.
Please note that this notice is provided to you 7 days prior to the public announcement that is scheduled for November 1, 2007, so that you may prepare for any questions from your customers. Changes to the documentation come into effect on December 4, 2007.
Before November 1, 2007, if you want to preview the documentation referred to in this advisory, you need to login at the Registrar web interface: https://rarweb.cira.ca/rars. The public links will not become active until November 1, 2007.
CIRA will continue to identify operational improvements and proceed with implementation of solutions that facilitate Registrant, Registrar, and Registry processes. Quarterly operations releases, such as this one, will help ensure that improvements are communicated in a consistent and predictable fashion.
Please write to regsupport@cira.ca if you need additional information or have any questions about this advisory.
The next quarterly release Registrar advisory will be published on February 7, 2008.
