Dear Council members,
Following Chuck Gomes' factual corrections to the
informational introduction of the Issues Report on Domain Tasting, I have
revised the report and am re-submitting it to the Council.
Please find attached the revised and final
version of the Issues Report on Domain Tasting produced by ICANN staff and
originally submitted to Council on 29 May, 2007. Details of factual corrections
made to the 29 May version are in Annex 3 of this document.
Many thanks to Chuck for his corrections (His email is
copied below, FYI).
Best regards, Maria
Farrell
Thanks Maria and all of the staff who worked together to
produce this report. I have a few comments that, although not material
with regard to the staff recommendations in the report, I think are
important for all to understand as the report is considered.
Section 1.1 Definitions Add Grace Period
(AGP)
Please note that the following statement in the 3rd
paragraph is misleading: "When a name is deleted by the registry during this period, money
on deposit with the registry is refunded to the registrar."
First of all, at least with regard to .com and .net registrations but likely
with other gTLDs as well, it is very rare for a registrar to have 'money on
deposit' with the registry. This is an important point for at least two
reasons: 1) some people think that registries benefit financially from new
registrations that are deleted in the 5-day add-grace period (AGP) and that
is simply not true; 2) refunds are not required because it is simply a matter of
crediting a registrars account - there is no exchange of money, only adjustments
to credit limits that are back upped by instruments such as letters of
credit.
Section 1.2 Background
Whereas the general information provided in this section
seems fine, there are a few details that are missing:
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In response to customer (registrar and registrant) concerns and in
cooperation with ICANN staff, Network Solutions (now
VeriSign) implemented the AGP for .com, .net and .org within the
first year of the original ICANN agreement for those gTLDs, but the agreement
was never amended to include the requirement.
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When the .com, .net and .org registry agreements were re-executed in
2001, the AGP requirement was included along with other grace period
provisions.
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When the first gTLDs were added, the AGP requirement was included in
the associated registry agreements.
Section 3.2 Issue Background
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The 6th bullet starts out, ". . . Chuck Gomes of VeriSign stated during ICANN’s June 2006 meeting
that AGP was instituted at the agreement of registrars and registries: . .
. " It's a minor point, but there was only one
registry at that time.
Chuck Gomes
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Dear Council
members,
Best regards,
Maria
Farrell