[At-Large] GNSO action on Domain Tasting

[Josè Ovidio Salgueiro A.]

Excellent.  Alan, I know you have put a lot of work on this, congtaulations





José Ovidio Salgueiro A.
jsalgueiro at cantv.net

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Jacqueline A. Morris 
  To: Alan Greenberg 
  Cc: At-Large 
  Sent: Saturday, April 19, 2008 12:15 PM
  Subject: Re: [At-Large] GNSO action on Domain Tasting


  Excellent news, and great work Alan! Good that ALAC's first issues 
  report request has moved to such a successful conclusion. It's way 
  tougher than I though we were going to get, I'm sure due in no small 
  part to your huge amount of work on this.
  Jacqueline
  Alan Greenberg wrote:
  > I am pleased to report that at its meeting last Thursday, the GNSO 
  > passed a motion that will eliminate the massive usage of the Add 
  > Grace Period (AGP) that has enabled domain tasting. The motion is 
  > appended below. It was passed with a supermajority (greater than 
  > 2/3), so the Board must adopt it as a Consensus Policy unless a 
  > supermajority of the Board oppose it (highly unlikely).
  >
  > It was supported by all constituencies except 2 of the 3 Registrar 
  > members. The Registrar Constituency had proposed an alternative 
  > motion wherein the Board budget measure of charging the $0.20 for all 
  > new domains (including those deleted under the AGP) should be 
  > implemented first, and the original motion (the one that passed) only 
  > apply if the budget action proved unsuccessful.
  >
  > Alan
  >
  > ========
  >
  > Whereas, the GNSO Council has discussed the Issues Report on Domain 
  > Tasting and the Final Outcomes Report of the ad hoc group on Domain Tasting;
  >
  > Whereas, the GNSO Council resolved on 31 October 2007 to launch a PDP 
  > on Domain Tasting;
  >
  > Whereas, the GNSO Council authorized on 17 January 2008 the formation 
  > of a small design team to develop a plan for the deliberations on the 
  > Domain Tasting PDP (the "Design Team"), the principal volunteers to 
  > which had been members of the Ad Hoc Group on Domain Tasting and were 
  > well-informed of both the Final Outcomes Report of the Ad Hoc Group 
  > on Domain Tasting and the GNSO Initial Report on Domain Tasting 
  > (collectively with the Issues Report, the "Reports on Domain Tasting");
  >
  > Whereas, the GNSO Council has received the Draft Final Report on 
  > Domain Tasting;
  >
  > Whereas, PIR, the .org registry operator, has amended its Registry 
  > Agreement to charge an Excess Deletion Fee; and both NeuStar, the 
  > .biz registry operator, and Afilias, the .info registry operator, are 
  > seeking amendments to their respective Registry Agreements to modify 
  > the existing AGP;
  >
  > The GNSO Council recommends to the ICANN Board of Directors that:
  >
  > 1. The applicability of the Add Grace Period shall be restricted for 
  > any gTLD which has implemented an AGP ("Applicable gTLD Operator").
  > Specifically, for each Applicable gTLD Operator:
  >
  > a. During any given month, an Applicable gTLD Operator may not offer 
  > any refund to a registrar for any domain names deleted during the AGP 
  > that exceed (i) 10% of that registrar's net new registrations in that 
  > month (defined as total new registrations less domains deleted during AGP), or
  > (ii) fifty (50) domain names, whichever is greater.
  >
  > b. A Registrar may seek an exemption from the application of such 
  > restriction in a specific month, upon the documented showing of 
  > extraordinary circumstances. For any Registrar requesting such an 
  > exemption, the Registrar must confirm in writing to the Registry 
  > Operator how, at the time the names were deleted, these extraordinary 
  > circumstances were not known, reasonably could not have been known, 
  > and were outside of the Registrar's control. Acceptance of any 
  > exemption will be at the sole reasonable discretion of the Registry 
  > Operator, however "extraordinary circumstances" which reoccur 
  > regularly will not be deemed extraordinary.
  >
  > c. In addition to all other reporting requirements to ICANN, each 
  > Applicable gTLD Operator shall identify each Registrar that has 
  > sought an exemption, along with a brief descriptive identification of 
  > the type of extraordinary circumstance and the action (if any) that 
  > was taken by the Applicable gTLD Operator.
  >
  > 2. Implementation and execution of these recommendations shall be 
  > monitored by the GNSO. Specifically;
  >
  > a. ICANN Staff shall analyze and report to the GNSO at six month 
  > intervals for two years after implementation, until such time as the 
  > GNSO resolves otherwise, with the goal of determining;
  >
  > i. How effectively and to what extent the policies have been 
  > implemented and followed by Registries and Registrars, and
  >
  > ii. Whether or not modifications to these policies should be 
  > considered by the GNSO as a result of the experiences gained during 
  > the implementation and monitoring stages,
  >
  > b. The purpose of these monitoring and reporting requirements are to 
  > allow the GNSO to determine when, if ever, these recommendations and 
  > any ensuing policy require additional clarification or attention 
  > based on the results of the reports prepared by ICANN Staff.
  >
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