November 2004 - council - lists.icann.org

GNSO Review - the external contractor
by Paul Verhoef 10 Nov '04

10 Nov '04

All, We have engaged Patrick Sharry, a management consultant based in Sydney, to perform the role of external consultant as foreseen in the Review paper as approved by the ICANN Board recently. Patrick has been engaged following a search for suitable candidates. Patrick has extensively experience with the workings of ICANN and we engage him in several other areas. So he comes with a suitable background. I would like to thank those who have provided us with names for possible candidates for this role. Patrick has been thoroughly briefed by Bruce and myself and has developed a timeline for his work that foresees that interviews will be held during the course of next week. Therefore, a number of you can expect to be contacted by Patrick. Subsequently, a draft report will be prepared which will be circulated for comment and a final report is expected at the end of the month of November. The report will subsequently be published for public comment and comments can be provided during the open-microphone sessions in Capetown and submitted in writing. The whole of this material will then be provided to the Board for their deliberation at the Board meeting in Capetown. I trust that with your continued support to this exercise, we should be able to finish it within the foreseen timeframes. Regards Paul ____________________________________ Paul Verhoef Vice President Policy Development Support ICANN 6 Rond Point Schuman, Bt.5 B-1040 Brussels, Belgium Tel.: +32.2.234 7872 Fax: +32.2.234 7848 www.icann.org

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Introduction of Patrick
by Paul Verhoef 10 Nov '04

10 Nov '04

All, it took me minute to realise that Patrick may not have rights to the Council list, so here is the URL of his company. http://www.ps2.net.au/index.htm We have planned for him to attend the Council meeting on the 18th so he will have an opportunity to say a few words about himself and the work he is undertaking at that moment. Paul ____________________________________ Paul Verhoef Vice President Policy Development Support ICANN 6 Rond Point Schuman, Bt.5 B-1040 Brussels, Belgium Tel.: +32.2.234 7872 Fax: +32.2.234 7848 www.icann.org

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RE: [council] Draft Agenda for Council meeting Thursday 18 Nov 2004
by Bruce Tonkin 10 Nov '04

10 Nov '04

Hello All, Just a reminder that as there is a vote scheduled in this council teleconference, please ensure that if you can't attend you appoint a proxy and provide voting instructions for that proxy. Thanks, Bruce Tonkin > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-council(a)gnso.icann.org > [mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of Bruce Tonkin > Sent: Wednesday, 10 November 2004 8:49 PM > To: council(a)gnso.icann.org > Subject: [council] Draft Agenda for Council meeting Thursday > 18 Nov 2004 > > Draft Agenda for Council meeting Thursday 18 November 2004 > > NOTE CHANGE IN TIME FOR MEETING FOR NORTHERN HEMISPHERE WINTER TIME > > Coordinated Universal Time UTC 19:00 > > (11am Los Angeles, 2pm Washington DC, 7pm London, 6am (next > day) Melbourne ) > > Item 1: Approval of minutes of 21 October 2004 > > Item 2: Election of GNSO Council chair for 12 month term > > Item 3: Update on Draft initial report on procedure for use > by ICANN in considering requests for consent and related > contractual amendments to > allow changes in the architecture and operation of a gTLD registry. > > Item 4: Update on process for review of GNSO Council > > Item 5: ICANN strategic plan (due to be published on 16 Nov) > > Item 6: Update on WHOIS > > Item 7: update on planning for ICANN meeting in Cape Town > > > > Regards, > Bruce Tonkin > > > > >

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Draft Agenda for Council meeting Thursday 18 Nov 2004
by Bruce Tonkin 10 Nov '04

10 Nov '04

Draft Agenda for Council meeting Thursday 18 November 2004 NOTE CHANGE IN TIME FOR MEETING FOR NORTHERN HEMISPHERE WINTER TIME Coordinated Universal Time UTC 19:00 (11am Los Angeles, 2pm Washington DC, 7pm London, 6am (next day) Melbourne ) Item 1: Approval of minutes of 21 October 2004 Item 2: Election of GNSO Council chair for 12 month term Item 3: Update on Draft initial report on procedure for use by ICANN in considering requests for consent and related contractual amendments to allow changes in the architecture and operation of a gTLD registry. Item 4: Update on process for review of GNSO Council Item 5: ICANN strategic plan (due to be published on 16 Nov) Item 6: Update on WHOIS Item 7: update on planning for ICANN meeting in Cape Town Regards, Bruce Tonkin

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GNSO Council teleconference21 Oct. draft minutes
by GNSO SECRETARIAT 08 Nov '04

08 Nov '04

[To:council[at]gnso.icann.org] Dear Councillors, Please find the draft minutes of the GNSO Council meeting held on 21 October 2004. If you would like any changes made, please let me know. Thank you. Kind regards, Glen Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat **************************************************** 21 October 2004 Proposed agenda and related documents List of attendees: Philip Sheppard - Commercial & Business users C. - absent, apologies, proxy to Grant Forsyth/Marilyn Cade Marilyn Cade - Commercial & Business users C. Grant Forsyth - Commercial & Business users C - if necessary proxy to Marilyn Cade. Greg Ruth - ISCPC Antonio Harris - ISCPC Tony Holmes - ISCPC - absent - apologies - proxy to Tony Harris/Greg Ruth Thomas Keller- Registrars Ross Rader - Registrars Bruce Tonkin - Registrars Ken Stubbs - gTLD registries Philip Colebrook - gTLD registries Cary Karp - gTLD registries - if required - proxy to Philip Colebrook/Ken Stubbs Lucy Nichols - Intellectual Property Interests C Niklas Lagergren - Intellectual Property Interests C - absent - apologies - proxy to Lucy Nichols/Kiyoshi Tsuru Kiyoshi Tsuru - Intellectual Property Interests C. Jisuk Woo - Non Commercial users C. - absent - proxy to Carlos Afonso/ Marc Schneiders Marc Schneiders - Non Commercial users C. - absent apologies - proxy to Carlos Afonso/ Jisuk Woo,/Ross Rader/ Bruce Tonkin Carlos Afonso - Non Commercial users C. - absent - apologies - proxy to Marc Schneiders/Jisuk Woo Alick Wilson - absent - apologies - proxy to Bruce Tonkin Demi Getschko- absent - apologies - proxy to Amadeu Abril l Abril Amadeu Abril I Abril - absent, apologies, proxy to Alick Wilson/Bruce Tonkin 16 Council Members Paul Verhoef - Vice President, Policy Development Support - absent, apologies Kurt Pritz - Vice President, Business Operations Barbara Roseman - ICANN Staff Manager Thomas Roessler - ALAC Liaison Christopher Wilkinson - GAC Secretary Suzanne Sene - GAC Liaison Michael Palage - ICANN Board (GNSO seat 14) - observer Maureen Cubberley - observer - Nominating Committee appointee to be seated after meeting in Cape Town Glen de Saint Géry - GNSO Secretariat MP3 Recording Quorum present at 12:10 Bruce Tonkin chaired this teleconference. Bruce Tonkin welcomed Maureen Cubberley as an observer, the new Nominating Committee member, who will take office after the Cape Town meeting. Item 1: Approval of the Agenda Agenda approved Lucy Nichols requested an update from the ICANN staff on the WIPO document Item 2: Approval of the Minutes of 9 September 2004 Ken Stubbs moved the adoption of the Minutes of 9 September 2004 The motion carried. Decision 1: The Minutes of 9 September 2004 were adopted Item 3: Draft Initial Report on procedure for use by ICANN in considering requests for consent and related contractual amendments to allow changes in the architecture operation of a gTLD registry. Bruce Tonkin reported that the reviewed document would be available mid November as ICANN General Counsel and staff were incorporating GNSO Council proposals and undertaking a legal review to ensure its implementability. Item 4: New gTLD strategy implementation see: http://www.icann.org/topics/gtld-strategy-area.html Bruce Tonkin reported that on 30 September 2004, a paper was posted on the ICANN website "Strategy: Introduction of New Generic Top-Level Domains" which outlined a proposed strategy for the implementation of issues such as: International Domain Names at the top level, how names should be allocated, different types of business models, and whether sponsored or unsponsored. It was further intended to seek input from the Security committee, Root Server Committee and Internet Architecture Board, obtain papers from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the At Large Advisory Committee (ALAC). The ICANN staff will develop a report by 31 December 2004 that combines into a single document the issues identified by groups such as OECD, SSAC, RSSAC, IETF, and WIPO. Kurt Pritz commented that the strategy recognized: - the complexity of the issues, - the difficulty of aligning timelines - the rapidly changing environment and landscape for decisions and implementation The best way to fashion the strategy was to develop a flexible process taking into consideration the changing environment. A feature is to involve the GNSO at 2 places, - review of the strategy document - input into the implementation of a procedure for the designation of gTLDs during 2005. Taking into account the narrow time lines and the possibility that the GNSO Council might not be able to provide input to the ICANN Board by January 2005, through a policy development process (pdp); Bruce Tonkin proposed inviting a group of GNSO Council volunteers to study the process, determine where GNSO Council input should be provided, the timelines required, and the best way for the process to work post 31 December 2004. Item 5: Update on WHOIS: Marilyn Cade reported that Whois task force 1 & 2 were currently discussing 3 topics: 1. Progress was being made on conspicuous notice, and it was being debated whether it should be conspicuous notice and consent. 2. Procedure to deal with national conflicts 3. Tiered access. Participation was reported to be fairly consistent except for the Business constituency. Ken Stubbs reported that Whois task force 3 draft recommendations needed further work to attain the necessary level of consensus. Bruce Tonkin commented that Whois task force 3 mailing list traffic indicated areas where the Registrar and the Intellectual Property Constituency representatives disagreed, and that it would be particularly useful if the other constituencies would provide their input on the mailing list. Barbara Roseman and Ross Rader reiterated the importance of all the constituencies contributing input. Barbara Roseman added that the disagreeing parties might be able to reach agreement on language on a small issue, but on the much larger questions they did not reflect a consensus building process. Marilyn Cade commented that consensus was determined by a vote at the Council level. The job of the task forces was to provide a report, and most task forces did vote to support the policy recommendations put forward. Bruce Tonkin urged constituency representatives on the task forces give input on what they supported or did not support and encouraged the task force as a whole to identify where there was or was not agreement. Bruce Tonkin recommended that for the Cape Town ICANN meeting, the Whois task forces 1/2 and 3: - attempt to provide recommendations with a reasonable degree of finality and consensus which could be presented in a public forum to solicit public input. - schedule task force meetings in Cape Town to focus on particular topics where ongoing work would be required. Item 6: GNSO Council review by ICANN Board - Council to do self-review as input to external consultant Bruce Tonkin reported that the ICANN Board, on 18 October, considered and approved the Terms of Reference for the GNSO Council review In summary: 1. Policy achievements. Has the GNSO Council contributed to ICANN policy development? § Analysis. List the policy achievements of the GNSO as administered by the Council indicating in a tabular form: o what has been done o what is work in progress o how was this done (task force, committee of the whole etc) o what has resulted in change to the contracts of registries or registrars. o what has resulted in other types of change (guidelines etc.) § Do these policies have relevance for ICANN? 2. Outreach, geographic diversity and transparency. Has the GNSO Council contributed to other ICANN core values such as outreach, bottom-up consensus based policy development, geographical diversity and transparency? 3. PDP timelines. Are the timelines relevant? 4. Staff support for policy development. Has there been effective ICANN staff support for policy development? 5. Policy implementation and compliance. After the completion of policy development has policy implementation, compliance and outcome been effective? 6. Demand-based raising of policy issues. Is the current mechanism of alerting the GNSO Council to new policy issues effective? 7. Voting pattern. Does the Council vote as a consensual body? 8. Number of constituency representatives. Has the presence of three rather than two representatives per constituency helped or hindered the GNSO Council? 9. Communication to the ICANN community. Are the enabling mechanisms for GNSO Council outreach effective? Bruce Tonkin commented that ICANN would appoint an external consultant to produce a report and suggested that Council do a review of the 9 topics and make recommendations as input to the consultants report. Item 8: GNSO Council chair election - Bruce Tonkin's term expires 20 November 2004 - recommend start two week nomination period - hold election at next Council meeting Bruce Tonkin responding to a comment by Ken Stubbs, referred to the ICANN bylaws Section 3. GNSO Council: 7. The GNSO Council shall select the GNSO Chair, for a term the GNSO Council specifies but not longer than one year, by written ballot or by action at a meeting. Any such selection must have affirmative votes comprising a majority of the votes of all the members of the GNSO Council. Marilyn Cade, seconded by Cary Karp proposed a procedural motion: To proceed with the election of chair for the GNSO Council and open nominations starting 21 October 2004 for a two week period, ending 4 November 2004 at 12 noon UTC. At the next GNSO Council meeting a vote will be held for the election of the chair. The term of office will be for one year. The procedural motion carried. 21 votes in favour, 4 people did not vote, 2 abstentions Decision 2: To proceed with the election of chair for the GNSO Council and open nominations starting 21 October 2004 for a two week period, ending 4 November 2004 at 12 noon UTC. At the next GNSO Council meeting a vote will be held for the election of the chair. The term of office will be for one year. Item 7: GNSO Council elections - terms of some Council members expire at end of 2004 annual general meeting Bruce Tonkin commented that Council wished to stay with 3 representatives per constituency (see GNSO Council meeting, 14 August 2003) and that it would be considered as part of the review process. Bruce Tonkin proposed that volunteers from the Council draft a self review of Council, write their own recommendations as an outcome of that review, and those recommendations would be conveyed to the Board. Bruce Tonkin clarified that according to the ICANN bylaws, Section 4. Periodic Review of ICANN Structure and Operations, the GNSO Council review should be complete by the Cape Town meeting. Kurt Pritz clarified that on 31 October 2003, in Tunisia the ICANN Board adopted the following resolution: Response to GNSO Council Request to Maintain Three Representatives per Constituency Whereas, the GNSO Council has requested on 14 August 2003, that the change to the number of constituency representatives on the GNSO Council remain unchanged at three (3) representatives per constituency instead of two (2) representatives per constituency as is scheduled to occur at the end of this 2003 Annual Meeting. Whereas, the GNSO Councils predecessor organization DNSO Names Council requested on 1 August 2002, that the GNSO Council be made up of three (3) representatives per constituency. Whereas, Article I, Section 2 (4) sets out as a core value that: -"Seeking and supporting broad, informed participation reflecting the functional, geographic, and cultural diversity of the Internet at all levels of policy development and decision-making. Whereas, Article XX, Section 5 (8), in setting out the originally proposed transition that: "In the absence of further action on the topic by the New Board, each of the GNSO constituencies shall select two representatives to the GNSO Council." Whereas, the Board wishes to take action in support of the GNSO Council and in response to the GNSO Councils request. Resolved [03.164] to change the transition article (Article XX) to allow three representatives per constituency on the GNSO Council until the end of the ICANN annual meeting 2004; Resolved [03.165] to perform a review of the GNSO Council in or around July 2004 which should include among other aspects of the review criteria, an analysis of the efficacy of having three representatives from each constituency on the GNSO Council. Kurt Pritz commented on two points: if something were presented to the Board to consider before Cape Town it should be done with reference to the resolution taken on 31 October 2003 Board papers were generally due two weeks before the Board meeting, so the due date would be the first week in November Bruce Tonkin proposed that the GNSO create its own set of recommendations, which would include the 3 versus 2 representatives per constituency in accordance with Council's wish, and present those to the Board for the Cape Town meeting. Item 9: Update on planning for ICANN meeting in Cape Town Kurt Pritz and Bruce Tonkin outlined the program: Tuesday 30 November 2004 Board and ICANN staff meetings Tuesday 30 November 2004 - afternoon - GNSO Review Wednesday 1 December 2004 WSIS Welcome - to define the projected outcome of the meetings -introductory remarks by ministers IDN workshop on African languages GNSO task forces: WHOIS Task Forces Council group to consider the approval of new registry services Thursday 2 December 2004 7:30 - 9:00 GNSO breakfast Constituency Day Official reception Friday 3 December 2004 8:30 10:30 GNSO public forum to raise recommendations from Whois task forces and Council group to solicit public feed back 10:30 12:30 GNSO Council meeting Afternoon session: ICANN public forum Saturday 4 December 2004 Public Forum continuation Sunday 5 December 2004 ICANN Board meeting Suzanne Sene suggested that the GAC working group meet with the GNSO Council and Whois task force chairs on Wednesday 1 December for a lunch meeting. Item 10: AOB 1. Update regarding WIPO II Report Lucy Nichols who requested an update regarding the WIPO ll report articulated her concern that WIPO had recommended to ICANN that certain changes be made to the UDRP as set out in WIPO ll. The ICANN Board directed the General Counsel to investigate and analyze the legalities on the relationship between WIPO and ICANN. The working group issued a report indicating that there was no consensus on the recommendations made by WIPO and sent it to the President. Concern was expressed that according to a Board resolution the President and the staff are supposed to give a recommendation to the Board before the Cape Town meeting. Discussion indicated that the GNSO Council should make it clear that there had been no consensus on the WIPO ll recommendations and it would be difficult to make any recommendation to the Board. Bruce Tonkin proposed sending a request from Council to the ICANN staff, Kurt Pritz and John Jeffrey to respond to issue. 2. Staff Update Report Bruce Tonkin referred to the report Paul Verhoef communicated in response to questions raised during the GNSO Council meeting on September 9, 2004: a. Staff recruitment The recruitment of the staff position relevant to the GNSO is progressing well. To date some one hundred applications have been received and the process of initial screening has started with the aim to create a shortlist for subsequent interviews. The goal is to try and finalize the recruitment during the first weeks of November and depending on the availability of the chosen candidates, they should be able to commence early in 2005. The request for applications will be withdrawn from the ICANN website and the various job boards during these days. Bruce Tonkin reiterated that some Council members would like to be involved in the selection process. b. Strategic Plan ICANN's first ever strategic plan is nearing internal completion. The ICANN staff fully realizes the importance of releasing a credible, well though-out, and comprehensive plan which responds to the requests from the community to obtain a better insight in the planning of how ICANN's mission and mandate will be implemented on a longer-term basis, in order to set a proper bench-mark for future plans. The strategic plan is foreseen to be introduced shortly to the Board and then be posted within the next few weeks. c. GNSO Review At its meeting on 18 October, the ICANN Board has approved the Terms of Reference concerning the Review of the GNSO Council that were jointly developed between a number of Council members and the staff. ICANN staff will now proceed swiftly with the search for an external consultant for the role specified in the Terms of Reference. Bruce Tonkin requested Council members to come forward with names of of potential candidates for such an external consultancy role. d. Performance of the GNSO Council As regards the report on the performance of the GNSO Council that Dr. Paul Twomey had retained a consultant, Dr. Liz Williams to prepare earlier this year, a public version of the report will be posted by the end of October. Bruce Tonkin declared the GNSO meeting closed and thanked everybody for participating. The meeting ended: 14:03 UTC. Next GNSO Council teleconference will be held on Thursday 18 November 2004 at 19:00 UTC see: Calendar

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Initiating a PDP
by Bruce Tonkin 04 Nov '04

04 Nov '04

Hello Thomas, There are three methods by which a PDP can be initiated: From: http://www.icann.org/general/bylaws.htm#AnnexA a. Board Initiation. The Board may initiate the PDP by instructing the GNSO Council ("Council") to begin the process outlined in this Annex. b. Council Initiation. The GNSO Council may initiate the PDP by a vote of at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the members of the Council present at any meeting in which a motion to initiate the PDP is made. c. Advisory Committee Initiation. An Advisory Committee may raise an issue for policy development by action of such committee to commence the PDP, and transmission of that request to the GNSO Council. With respect to Council initiation, it is usually a constituency within the GNSO that requests its representative/s to propose a motion to initiate a PDP. The Council does not need to respond as a whole to an individual from the ICANN community that requests a PDP. I recommend that individual Council members that have been contacted by members of the community with an issue, first discuss the issue within their constituencies to see if there is support for the GNSO to initiate a PDP in this area. If there is support, a Council member should propose a motion (giving at least 7 days notice prior to a Council meeting for all members to consider the motion) to initiate a PDP in this area. The first step after initiation of the PDP will be to request an issues report from the ICANN Staff Manager. Regards, Bruce Tonkin > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-council(a)gnso.icann.org > [mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Keller > Sent: Thursday, 4 November 2004 3:50 AM > To: council(a)gnso.icann.org > Subject: [council] PDP request (fwd) > > Hello all, > > I received privately the mail attached below from Danny > Younger asking to initiate a PDP in regard to the modified > deletion processes of some registrars. Could the ICANN legal > council please advice us on how to proceed with this request. > > Regards, > > tom > > -- > > Thomas Keller > > Domain Services > Schlund + Partner AG > Brauerstrasse 48 Tel. +49-721-91374-534 > 76135 Karlsruhe, Germany Fax +49-721-91374-215 > http://www.schlund.de tom(a)schlund.de >

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Nomination for GNSO Council chair closed 4 November 04
by gnso.icann 04 Nov '04

04 Nov '04

[To: council[at]gnso.icann.org] Dear Councillors, Nominations for GNSO Council chair, that were open from 21 October 2004 for a two week period, ending 4 November 2004 at 12 noon UTC. are closed. Marilyn Cade nominated Bruce Tonkin (Thursday, 21 Oct 2004) http://www.gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg00602.html Ross Rader seconded (Thursday, 21 Oct 2004 14:56:24 -0400) http://www.gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg00603.html Demi Getschko seconded (Fri, 22 Oct 2004 11:22:30 -0200) http://www.gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg00604.html Bruce Tonkin accepted the nomination http://www.gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/council/msg00609.html 21 Council members are eligible to vote. http://www.gnso.icann.org/council/members.shtml Voting will take place during the proposed GNSO Council call on November 18, 2004. Coordinated Universal Time UTC 19:00 (11am Los Angeles, 2pm Washington DC, 7pm London, 6am (next day) Melbourne ) Call in details and agenda will follow. If you are unable to attend please give your proxy to a council member. Thank you very much. Kind regards, Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org

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RE: [council] PDP request (fwd)
by Lucy.Nichols＠nokia.com 03 Nov '04

03 Nov '04

I received a similar request from Mr. Younder. Regards, Lucy Nichols -----Original Message----- From: owner-council(a)gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org]On Behalf Of ext Thomas Keller Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2004 10:50 AM To: council(a)gnso.icann.org Subject: [council] PDP request (fwd) Hello all, I received privately the mail attached below from Danny Younger asking to initiate a PDP in regard to the modified deletion processes of some registrars. Could the ICANN legal council please advice us on how to proceed with this request. Regards, tom -- Thomas Keller Domain Services Schlund + Partner AG Brauerstrasse 48 Tel. +49-721-91374-534 76135 Karlsruhe, Germany Fax +49-721-91374-215 http://www.schlund.de tom(a)schlund.de ----- Forwarded message from Danny Younger <dannyyounger(a)yahoo.com> ----- The Registrar Accreditation Agreement (section 4.2) indicates that new and revised specifications and policies may be established on the topic of "prohibitions on warehousing of or speculation in domain names by registries or registrars"; I ask that the Names Council initiate a Policy Development Process on this topic in view of recent events first noted in the ICANN Advisory "Registrar Expired Name Market Developments" posted 21 September 2004. At issue: If registrants fail to renew their domain names at the conclusion of an expiration grace period, certain registrars are planning to auction the rights to these domain names, instead of allowing them to "drop back into the pool" of names available for re-registration on a first-come, first-served basis, as is currently the process. Discussion on this issue has already begun in the At-Large Forum and on the Registrars Discussion List wherein it has already been noted by the Registrars Constituency Chair that "registrars are modifying their contracts to take over the ownership of the name after expiry; the registrant has changed, and the registrar is themselves the new registrant." I see an effort designed to thwart the implementation of the Expired Domain Deletion Policy which is scheduled to commence 21 December 2004. A policy is needed to deal with these developments. Thank you for considering this matter, Best regards, Danny Younger Dannyyounger(at)yahoo.com --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Get it on your mobile phone. ----- End forwarded message -----

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PDP request (fwd)
by Thomas Keller 03 Nov '04

03 Nov '04

Hello all, I received privately the mail attached below from Danny Younger asking to initiate a PDP in regard to the modified deletion processes of some registrars. Could the ICANN legal council please advice us on how to proceed with this request. Regards, tom -- Thomas Keller Domain Services Schlund + Partner AG Brauerstrasse 48 Tel. +49-721-91374-534 76135 Karlsruhe, Germany Fax +49-721-91374-215 http://www.schlund.de tom(a)schlund.de ----- Forwarded message from Danny Younger <dannyyounger(a)yahoo.com> ----- The Registrar Accreditation Agreement (section 4.2) indicates that new and revised specifications and policies may be established on the topic of prohibitions on warehousing of or speculation in domain names by registries or registrars; I ask that the Names Council initiate a Policy Development Process on this topic in view of recent events first noted in the ICANN Advisory Registrar Expired Name Market Developments posted 21 September 2004. At issue: If registrants fail to renew their domain names at the conclusion of an expiration grace period, certain registrars are planning to auction the rights to these domain names, instead of allowing them to drop back into the pool of names available for re-registration on a first-come, first-served basis, as is currently the process. Discussion on this issue has already begun in the At-Large Forum and on the Registrars Discussion List wherein it has already been noted by the Registrars Constituency Chair that registrars are modifying their contracts to take over the ownership of the name after expiry; the registrant has changed, and the registrar is themselves the new registrant. I see an effort designed to thwart the implementation of the Expired Domain Deletion Policy which is scheduled to commence 21 December 2004. A policy is needed to deal with these developments. Thank you for considering this matter, Best regards, Danny Younger Dannyyounger(at)yahoo.com --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Get it on your mobile phone. ----- End forwarded message -----

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Details on December 2004 ICANN Meeting in Cape Town
by gnso.icann 01 Nov '04

01 Nov '04

[To: council[at]gnso.icann.org; ga[at]gnso.icann.org] [To: liaison6c[at]gnso.icann.org; announce[at]gnso.icann.org] Details on December 2004 ICANN Meeting to be Held in Cape Town, South Africa 29 October 2004 http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-29oct04.htm Pre-registration Meeting agenda and schedule -- Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org

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