Hello All, At the ICANN meeting in Cape Town, a public workshop was held on the issue of contention for deleted names at the registry. At this workshop a range of speakers offered ideas for possible solutions to the problem. http://www.icann.org/meetings/capetown/icann-domainnames-workshop-01dec0 4.htm At the GNSO Council teleconference on 17 January 2005, the Council passed the following motion: "Whereas the high demand amongst registrars to register specific domain names that become available for re-registration at the registry has lead to unforeseen impact and strains on the registration infrastructure of gTLD registries and registrars. Whereas this affects the service level that registrars can provide to their customers and the meaning of ICANN accredited as it applies to registrars, Council resolves, to request the ICANN staff manager to write an issues report (as specified in annex A to the ICANN by-laws) on the "Problems caused by contention for domain names made available by a gTLD registry ", so that Council can subsequently decide if a policy development process would be appropriate." While ICANN has not had sufficient resources to provide this issues report yet, there has been further discussions amongst members of the registry and registrar community regarding a possible solution. Taking into account the feedback from the workshop in Cape Town, Verisign has a proposed solution for the .com registry which they are ready to share with the ICANN community prior to seeking approval from ICANN to implement the solution. Other registry operators may also wish to present possible solutions for their gtld registry. My question for the GNSO Council, is how to schedule time in Mar Del Plata to discuss this issue further within the GNSO community. The options include: - allocating time during a cross-constituency meeting on Monday 4 April (e.g during the 10:00 to 13:00 timeslot) - allocating time prior to the operating plan discussion on Monday 4 April (e.g from 16:00 to 17:00) - allocating time in the GNSO Public Forum on Wednesday 6 April (e.g during 08:30 to 10:00) All of the above may be appropriate as well. Members of the business users, ISPs, non-commercial, and IP constituency, may have a different set of questions, compared to members of the registrar constituency. A shorter presentation during the GNSO Public Forum would also allow for broader public input. I look forward to feedback on the best way to proceed during the Council call in just over 12 hours time. Regards, Bruce Tonkin