[NA-Discuss] Next Steps: What Happens When a Registrar Ceases Business Operation

[Danny Younger]

Dear Mike, and NARALO members,

I was reminded of the Delhi Terminated Registrar
Workshop when I recently started looking for domain
registration services for a new project... I had
thought of using Rick Wesson's firm (Alice's Registry)
as I had appreciated Rick's principled stand on many
issues.

So I went to the list of accredited registrars to look
up the contact details.  Alice's Registry still
appears to be accredited, but the contact phone number
is disconnected.  When I went to the website, all I
saw was a pay-per-click parking site with a notice by
Sedo that the domain ar.com may be for sale by its
owner.  Checking the monthly registry reports, I see
that Alice's Registry has 877 .com names still under
management.

As all indications are that Alice's Registry may soon
cease operations (if this hasn't happened already), I
wondered as to the next steps in this process...

In Delhi, Registrar Liaison Manager Mike Zupke stated:
 "one of the tasks that we've taken on is creating a
procedure that we can make public, so that people can
see exactly how we intend to address these situations
going forward.  Obviously, this is the first
significant public comment effort in that, but we
intend to, of course, continue that dialogue with the
community."

Inasmuch as the current situation concerns a North
American registrar, perhaps we can prevail upon Mike
to provide the NARALO with an overview of the
procedure that Staff is presently contemplating...

Over time, some registrar failures are inevitable;
clearly we need to have an agreed-upon process in
place so that registants aren't unduly impacted.

Mike, if you don't mind, can you tell us of the next
steps that are being considered, and if the data from
Alice's Registry has been escrowed?

regards,
Danny
 


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