[NA-Discuss] Budget provisions relating to Domain Tasting

[Danny Younger]

The ICANN Staff Issues report on Domain Tasting raised
a number of questions.  In view of these questions the
GNSO Council decided to defer the initiation of a
Policy Development Process (PDP) until such time as a
"small ad-hoc group of GNSO representatives" reported
back with their findings. 

The ICANN Staff questions are:

1.  Who benefits from domain tasting, and who is
harmed? 

2.  Who would benefit from cessation of the practice
and who would be harmed?
 
3.  How are registry operators being affected by
domain tasting? 

4.  How are registrars being affected by domain
tasting?
 
5.  How are registrants being affected by domain
tasting?  

6.  Are there different categories of registrants
affected differently? 

7.  What enforceable rules could be applied toward
domain tasting activity? 

8.  What would be the impact (positive or negative) of
establishing limitations, guidelines or restrictions
on registrars’ use of the AGP? 

9.  What would be the impact (positive or negative) on
registries, registrars, and registrants of eliminating
the AGP? 

Frankly, fact-finding is supposed to be the
reponsibility of the ALAC who under the bylaws is
charged with reporting "their findings and
recommendations to the Board".

I would recommend that if the ALAC really cares about
this issue that the above questions be answered in an
ALAC submission to the GNSO (along with any other
pertinent findings that may be of use to the council).
 




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