[lac-discuss-en] ICANN Policy out for comment : Post-Expiration Domain Name Recovery (PEDNR) Initial Report

Dev Anand Teelucksingh admin at ttcsweb.org
Thu Jul 15 03:17:24 CDT 2010


The GNSO Post-Expiration Domain Name Recovery (PEDNR) Working Group
(WG) in ICANN was tasked to address questions in relation to what
extent
registrants should be able to renew 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.

Registrants are the individuals or organisations who register or
license specific domain names for a specific period of time and for a
fee from registrars.
Registrars are organizations accredited by ICANN that processes the
registration for the domain name (once the domain name is available)
and transmits the name and registration details to the registry
operator which operates the registry (the master database) for the
generic Top Level Domain (gTLDs). Currently, there are 21 gTLDs
including .com, .net and .org

Some in the At-Large community are of the opinion that there is not
always adequate notice to registrants whose domain names are expiring.
The At Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) request (that ultimately
resulted in the WG being formed) noted that issues may include a lack
of consistent notification standards, undelivered expiration
notification emails, or notification rights inadvertently signed away
during initial domain name registration.

The PEDNR WG has published an initial report at
http://gnso.icann.org/issues/pednr/pednr-initial-report-31may10-en.pdf
(in English). An executive summary of the report can be found at
http://gnso.icann.org/issues/pednr/pednr-pdp-initial-report-executive-summary-31may10-en.pdf
in English and
http://gnso.icann.org/issues/pednr/pednr-pdp-initial-report-executive-summary-31may10-es.pdf
in Spanish.

In the Initial Report, the WG has reviewed current registrar and ICANN
practices regarding domain name expiration, renewal, and
post-expiration recovery. Furthermore, in order to assess the views of
the WG members and determine where there might be agreement or
consensus on a possible approach forward, a survey was conducted
amongst the WG membership, details of which are also included in the
Initial Report.

The WG is now looking for your input on the Initial Report to help
inform its deliberations going forward.

Comments can be submitted directly to the public comment forum (see
http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/public-comment-201008-en.htm#pednr-initial-report)
and/or you can provide your input by responding to the following short
survey (see http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/WEB22AUYRGHCV4).

As prescribed by the ICANN by-laws, the public comment forum will
remain open for a period of 20 days until 1 August 2010.


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Regards,

Dev Anand Teelucksingh



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