Alan, I do not believe that there is any policy or requirement that registrars offer registration periods of one year. And it should be noted that not registrars require one-year registrations. Chuck ________________________________ From: owner-council@gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of Alan Greenberg Sent: Monday, April 12, 2010 4:51 PM To: icann@rodenbaugh.com; 'GNSO Council ' Subject: Re: [council] Motion re VRSN RSEP request Mike, one of the other things that the registry service would do is effectively introduce the concept of reducing the effective minimum registration period from one year to one month, without the benefit of any ICANN policy discussion. That may be worth mentioning in the motion. Alan At 12/04/2010 02:28 PM, Mike Rodenbaugh wrote: The BC makes the following motion for Council consideration in our next meeting, and would appreciate a 'second'. In sum, we request that the Council ask ICANN Staff to 'slow down' the process of approving Versign's latest RSEP proposal and accept community input on it. Thanks. Whereas, Verisign has recently made a proposal for an additional registry service called "domain exchange" for the .net TLD. http://www.icann.org/en/registries/rsep/verisign-dnex-05apr10-en.pdf Whereas, it appears the proposal may permit resumption of abusive "domain tasting" activities which have been curbed by the AGP Limits policy, and therefore appropriate limitations on the proposed registry service must be considered. RESOLVED: The Council requests that Staff make the preliminary determination that this RSEP proposal requires further study and public comment, because it could raise significant issues with security and stability and/or competition. Mike Rodenbaugh RODENBAUGH LAW tel/fax: +1 (415) 738-8087 http://rodenbaugh.com <http://rodenbaugh.com/>