FW: ICANN News Alert -- AGP Deletes Down by 84%
Below is the 'news alert' from ICANN about the effect of the budget measure designed to mitigate commercial domain tasting, by imposing the .20 ICANN fee on every domain deleted over the threshold of 10% of any registrar's net adds in a month. There has definitely been a positive impact, with AGP deletes down 84% overall. Unfortunately, ICANN does not mention that one registrar - NameKing -- accounted for nearly 40% of the .com AGP deletes in July (956,000, vs. 12,000 adds). Another family of registrars - eNom - accounted for approximately 25% of them (559,000 vs. 203,000 adds). See Verisign registry report here: http://www.icann.org/en/tlds/monthly-reports/com-net/verisign-200807.pdf It is particularly glaring that just two registrars accounted for 1.5 million AGP deletes in .com in one month, apparently disregarding the will of the Council and ICANN Board, entirely. Neither ICANN nor Verisign have mentioned why it is taking so long for Verisign to implement the GNSO Council resolution that might mitigate the NameKing and eNom domain tasting business model, as was clearly intended by a supermajority of Council and the ICANN Board. Fwiw, many in the Business Constituency are interested to have some indication of when the resolution will be implemented, and why it has not been implemented to date. Thanks, Mike Rodenbaugh _____ From: ICANN News Alert [mailto:communications@icann.org] Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 3:49 PM To: icann@rodenbaugh.com Subject: ICANN News Alert -- AGP Deletes Down by 84% <http://www.icann.org/> ICANN News Alert http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-13nov08-en.htm _____ AGP Deletes Down by 84% 13 November 2008 In June 2008, the ICANN Board approved the FY09 Budget that contained a provision on AGP deletes. The provision is that domain names deleted during the AGP will be included as transactions if they exceed the maximum of (i) 10% of that registrar's net new registrations in that month, or (ii) fifty (50) domain names, whichever is greater. Therefore the per-transaction fee, currently US$0.20, will be assessed on all AGP deletes that exceed the defined threshold. This provision was adopted as a short-term solution to address excessive AGP delete activity until the consensus policy on domain tasting, now referred to as the AGP Limits Policy, is implemented. The Policy and draft implementation plan were posted for public comment on 20 October 2008 (see, http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-20oct08-en.htm) and are expected to be announced for implementation in early December. Following implementation of the Board approved budget provision that affects the "domain tasting fee," names added and subsequently deleted during the five-day AGP declined from approximately 17.6M in June 2008 to 2.8M in July 2008. Of the 2.8M AGP deletes in July, approximately 2.6M were subject to the registrar-level transaction fee defined by the provision. Therefore, it is expected that the quantity of AGP deletes will continue to decline until few or none are subject to the transaction fee. ICANN will continue to provide updates to the community on AGP delete activity following the three-month confidentiality period for gTLD monthly reports. These reports may be viewed at http://www.icann.org/en/tlds/monthly-reports/. _____ Sign up for ICANN's Monthly Magazine <http://www.icann.org/magazine/> This message was sent from ICANN News Alert to icann@rodenbaugh.com. It was sent from: ICANN, 4676 Admiralty Way, Suite 330 , Marina del Rey, CA 90292-6601. You can modify/update your subscription via the link below. <http://www.icontact.com/a.pl/144186> Email Marketing Software <http://app.icontact.com/icp/static/images/icons/email_manage_subscription.p ng> <http://app.icontact.com/icp/mmail-mprofile.pl?r=11033829&l=6333&s=PWHD&m=19 3464&c=165637> Manage your subscription <http://click.icptrack.com/icp/track.php?msgid=193464&act=PWHD&r=11033829&c= 165637>
The draft implementation plan was posted for comment on Oct 20 - http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-20oct08-en.htm. The plan calls for the policy to be in place no later than March 1, 2009. The date is in square brackets, which I guess implies that it might be changed based on the comments received. There has been only one comment which seems to be spam, so presumably the draft implementation plan will followed. Alan At 19/11/2008 08:19 PM, Mike Rodenbaugh wrote:
Fwiw, many in the Business Constituency are interested to have some indication of when the resolution will be implemented, and why it has not been implemented to date.
Thanks, Mike Rodenbaugh
Forgot to note - the comment period closes tomorrow. At 19/11/2008 09:57 PM, Alan Greenberg wrote:
The draft implementation plan was posted for comment on Oct 20 - http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-20oct08-en.htm.
The plan calls for the policy to be in place no later than March 1, 2009. The date is in square brackets, which I guess implies that it might be changed based on the comments received. There has been only one comment which seems to be spam, so presumably the draft implementation plan will followed.
Alan
At 19/11/2008 08:19 PM, Mike Rodenbaugh wrote:
Fwiw, many in the Business Constituency are interested to have some indication of when the resolution will be implemented, and why it has not been implemented to date.
Thanks, Mike Rodenbaugh
What GNSO resolution are you talking about Mike. Chuck ________________________________ From: owner-council@gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of Mike Rodenbaugh Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 8:19 PM To: BC List; GNSO Council; agp-limits-policy@icann.org Subject: [council] FW: ICANN News Alert -- AGP Deletes Down by 84% Below is the 'news alert' from ICANN about the effect of the budget measure designed to mitigate commercial domain tasting, by imposing the .20 ICANN fee on every domain deleted over the threshold of 10% of any registrar's net adds in a month. There has definitely been a positive impact, with AGP deletes down 84% overall. Unfortunately, ICANN does not mention that one registrar - NameKing -- accounted for nearly 40% of the .com AGP deletes in July (956,000, vs. 12,000 adds). Another family of registrars - eNom - accounted for approximately 25% of them (559,000 vs. 203,000 adds). See Verisign registry report here: http://www.icann.org/en/tlds/monthly-reports/com-net/verisign-200807.pdf It is particularly glaring that just two registrars accounted for 1.5 million AGP deletes in .com in one month, apparently disregarding the will of the Council and ICANN Board, entirely. Neither ICANN nor Verisign have mentioned why it is taking so long for Verisign to implement the GNSO Council resolution that might mitigate the NameKing and eNom domain tasting business model, as was clearly intended by a supermajority of Council and the ICANN Board. Fwiw, many in the Business Constituency are interested to have some indication of when the resolution will be implemented, and why it has not been implemented to date. Thanks, Mike Rodenbaugh ________________________________ From: ICANN News Alert [mailto:communications@icann.org] Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 3:49 PM To: icann@rodenbaugh.com Subject: ICANN News Alert -- AGP Deletes Down by 84% ICANN <http://www.icann.org/> News Alert http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-13nov08-en.htm ________________________________ AGP Deletes Down by 84% 13 November 2008 In June 2008, the ICANN Board approved the FY09 Budget that contained a provision on AGP deletes. The provision is that domain names deleted during the AGP will be included as transactions if they exceed the maximum of (i) 10% of that registrar's net new registrations in that month, or (ii) fifty (50) domain names, whichever is greater. Therefore the per-transaction fee, currently US$0.20, will be assessed on all AGP deletes that exceed the defined threshold. This provision was adopted as a short-term solution to address excessive AGP delete activity until the consensus policy on domain tasting, now referred to as the AGP Limits Policy, is implemented. The Policy and draft implementation plan were posted for public comment on 20 October 2008 (see, http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-20oct08-en.htm) and are expected to be announced for implementation in early December. Following implementation of the Board approved budget provision that affects the "domain tasting fee," names added and subsequently deleted during the five-day AGP declined from approximately 17.6M in June 2008 to 2.8M in July 2008. Of the 2.8M AGP deletes in July, approximately 2.6M were subject to the registrar-level transaction fee defined by the provision. Therefore, it is expected that the quantity of AGP deletes will continue to decline until few or none are subject to the transaction fee. ICANN will continue to provide updates to the community on AGP delete activity following the three-month confidentiality period for gTLD monthly reports. These reports may be viewed at http://www.icann.org/en/tlds/monthly-reports/. ________________________________ Sign up for ICANN's Monthly Magazine <http://www.icann.org/magazine/> This message was sent from ICANN News Alert to icann@rodenbaugh.com. It was sent from: ICANN, 4676 Admiralty Way, Suite 330 , Marina del Rey, CA 90292-6601. You can modify/update your subscription via the link below. Email Marketing Software <http://www.icontact.com/a.pl/144186> <http://app.icontact.com/icp/static/images/icons/email_manage_subscripti on.png> Manage your subscription <http://app.icontact.com/icp/mmail-mprofile.pl?r=11033829&l=6333&s=PWHD& m=193464&c=165637> <http://click.icptrack.com/icp/track.php?msgid=193464&act=PWHD&r=1103382 9&c=165637>
Chuck, I guess I shouldn't be surprised to hear you ask this question! Since it sure seems Verisign has ignored the Council resolution addressing domain tasting, passed by Council in April by supermajority (including your vote from the RyC) and by the Board in June. -Mike _____ From: Gomes, Chuck [mailto:cgomes@verisign.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 8:37 PM To: icann@rodenbaugh.com; BC List; GNSO Council; agp-limits-policy@icann.org Subject: RE: [council] FW: ICANN News Alert -- AGP Deletes Down by 84% What GNSO resolution are you talking about Mike. Chuck _____ From: owner-council@gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of Mike Rodenbaugh Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 8:19 PM To: BC List; GNSO Council; agp-limits-policy@icann.org Subject: [council] FW: ICANN News Alert -- AGP Deletes Down by 84% Below is the 'news alert' from ICANN about the effect of the budget measure designed to mitigate commercial domain tasting, by imposing the .20 ICANN fee on every domain deleted over the threshold of 10% of any registrar's net adds in a month. There has definitely been a positive impact, with AGP deletes down 84% overall. Unfortunately, ICANN does not mention that one registrar - NameKing -- accounted for nearly 40% of the .com AGP deletes in July (956,000, vs. 12,000 adds). Another family of registrars - eNom - accounted for approximately 25% of them (559,000 vs. 203,000 adds). See Verisign registry report here: http://www.icann.org/en/tlds/monthly-reports/com-net/verisign-200807.pdf It is particularly glaring that just two registrars accounted for 1.5 million AGP deletes in .com in one month, apparently disregarding the will of the Council and ICANN Board, entirely. Neither ICANN nor Verisign have mentioned why it is taking so long for Verisign to implement the GNSO Council resolution that might mitigate the NameKing and eNom domain tasting business model, as was clearly intended by a supermajority of Council and the ICANN Board. Fwiw, many in the Business Constituency are interested to have some indication of when the resolution will be implemented, and why it has not been implemented to date. Thanks, Mike Rodenbaugh _____ From: ICANN News Alert [mailto:communications@icann.org] Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 3:49 PM To: icann@rodenbaugh.com Subject: ICANN News Alert -- AGP Deletes Down by 84% <http://www.icann.org/> ICANN News Alert http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-13nov08-en.htm _____ AGP Deletes Down by 84% 13 November 2008 In June 2008, the ICANN Board approved the FY09 Budget that contained a provision on AGP deletes. The provision is that domain names deleted during the AGP will be included as transactions if they exceed the maximum of (i) 10% of that registrar's net new registrations in that month, or (ii) fifty (50) domain names, whichever is greater. Therefore the per-transaction fee, currently US$0.20, will be assessed on all AGP deletes that exceed the defined threshold. This provision was adopted as a short-term solution to address excessive AGP delete activity until the consensus policy on domain tasting, now referred to as the AGP Limits Policy, is implemented. The Policy and draft implementation plan were posted for public comment on 20 October 2008 (see, http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-20oct08-en.htm) and are expected to be announced for implementation in early December. Following implementation of the Board approved budget provision that affects the "domain tasting fee," names added and subsequently deleted during the five-day AGP declined from approximately 17.6M in June 2008 to 2.8M in July 2008. Of the 2.8M AGP deletes in July, approximately 2.6M were subject to the registrar-level transaction fee defined by the provision. Therefore, it is expected that the quantity of AGP deletes will continue to decline until few or none are subject to the transaction fee. ICANN will continue to provide updates to the community on AGP delete activity following the three-month confidentiality period for gTLD monthly reports. These reports may be viewed at http://www.icann.org/en/tlds/monthly-reports/. _____ Sign up for ICANN's Monthly Magazine <http://www.icann.org/magazine/> This message was sent from ICANN News Alert to icann@rodenbaugh.com. It was sent from: ICANN, 4676 Admiralty Way, Suite 330 , Marina del Rey, CA 90292-6601. You can modify/update your subscription via the link below. <http://www.icontact.com/a.pl/144186> Email Marketing Software <http://app.icontact.com/icp/static/images/icons/email_manage_subscription.p ng> <http://app.icontact.com/icp/mmail-mprofile.pl?r=11033829&l=6333&s=PWHD&m=19 3464&c=165637> Manage your subscription <http://click.icptrack.com/icp/track.php?msgid=193464&act=PWHD&r=11033829&c= 165637>
Mike, Forgiving for being dense, but I was asking an honest question. To what motion are you referring? What motion do think VeriSign has ignored? I suppose I can go back to April and check it out when I get time if you don't want to clarify. Chuck ________________________________ From: Mike Rodenbaugh [mailto:icann@rodenbaugh.com] Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2008 10:21 AM To: Gomes, Chuck; icann@rodenbaugh.com; 'BC List'; 'GNSO Council'; agp-limits-policy@icann.org Subject: RE: [council] FW: ICANN News Alert -- AGP Deletes Down by 84% Chuck, I guess I shouldn't be surprised to hear you ask this question! Since it sure seems Verisign has ignored the Council resolution addressing domain tasting, passed by Council in April by supermajority (including your vote from the RyC) and by the Board in June. -Mike ________________________________ From: Gomes, Chuck [mailto:cgomes@verisign.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 8:37 PM To: icann@rodenbaugh.com; BC List; GNSO Council; agp-limits-policy@icann.org Subject: RE: [council] FW: ICANN News Alert -- AGP Deletes Down by 84% What GNSO resolution are you talking about Mike. Chuck ________________________________ From: owner-council@gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of Mike Rodenbaugh Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 8:19 PM To: BC List; GNSO Council; agp-limits-policy@icann.org Subject: [council] FW: ICANN News Alert -- AGP Deletes Down by 84% Below is the 'news alert' from ICANN about the effect of the budget measure designed to mitigate commercial domain tasting, by imposing the .20 ICANN fee on every domain deleted over the threshold of 10% of any registrar's net adds in a month. There has definitely been a positive impact, with AGP deletes down 84% overall. Unfortunately, ICANN does not mention that one registrar - NameKing -- accounted for nearly 40% of the .com AGP deletes in July (956,000, vs. 12,000 adds). Another family of registrars - eNom - accounted for approximately 25% of them (559,000 vs. 203,000 adds). See Verisign registry report here: http://www.icann.org/en/tlds/monthly-reports/com-net/verisign-200807.pdf It is particularly glaring that just two registrars accounted for 1.5 million AGP deletes in .com in one month, apparently disregarding the will of the Council and ICANN Board, entirely. Neither ICANN nor Verisign have mentioned why it is taking so long for Verisign to implement the GNSO Council resolution that might mitigate the NameKing and eNom domain tasting business model, as was clearly intended by a supermajority of Council and the ICANN Board. Fwiw, many in the Business Constituency are interested to have some indication of when the resolution will be implemented, and why it has not been implemented to date. Thanks, Mike Rodenbaugh ________________________________ From: ICANN News Alert [mailto:communications@icann.org] Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 3:49 PM To: icann@rodenbaugh.com Subject: ICANN News Alert -- AGP Deletes Down by 84% ICANN <http://www.icann.org/> News Alert http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-13nov08-en.htm ________________________________ AGP Deletes Down by 84% 13 November 2008 In June 2008, the ICANN Board approved the FY09 Budget that contained a provision on AGP deletes. The provision is that domain names deleted during the AGP will be included as transactions if they exceed the maximum of (i) 10% of that registrar's net new registrations in that month, or (ii) fifty (50) domain names, whichever is greater. Therefore the per-transaction fee, currently US$0.20, will be assessed on all AGP deletes that exceed the defined threshold. This provision was adopted as a short-term solution to address excessive AGP delete activity until the consensus policy on domain tasting, now referred to as the AGP Limits Policy, is implemented. The Policy and draft implementation plan were posted for public comment on 20 October 2008 (see, http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-20oct08-en.htm) and are expected to be announced for implementation in early December. Following implementation of the Board approved budget provision that affects the "domain tasting fee," names added and subsequently deleted during the five-day AGP declined from approximately 17.6M in June 2008 to 2.8M in July 2008. Of the 2.8M AGP deletes in July, approximately 2.6M were subject to the registrar-level transaction fee defined by the provision. Therefore, it is expected that the quantity of AGP deletes will continue to decline until few or none are subject to the transaction fee. ICANN will continue to provide updates to the community on AGP delete activity following the three-month confidentiality period for gTLD monthly reports. These reports may be viewed at http://www.icann.org/en/tlds/monthly-reports/. ________________________________ Sign up for ICANN's Monthly Magazine <http://www.icann.org/magazine/> This message was sent from ICANN News Alert to icann@rodenbaugh.com. It was sent from: ICANN, 4676 Admiralty Way, Suite 330 , Marina del Rey, CA 90292-6601. You can modify/update your subscription via the link below. Email Marketing Software <http://www.icontact.com/a.pl/144186> <http://app.icontact.com/icp/static/images/icons/email_manage_subscripti on.png> Manage your subscription <http://app.icontact.com/icp/mmail-mprofile.pl?r=11033829&l=6333&s=PWHD& m=193464&c=165637> <http://click.icptrack.com/icp/track.php?msgid=193464&act=PWHD&r=1103382 9&c=165637>
Chuck, I consider you one of the wisest voices around ICANN, even though we occasionally disagree. I do not need to belabor this point, and appreciate your and Craig's attention to the concern. It is frustrating to many of us who worked hard for over a year to develop this Consensus Policy recommendation, and obtain a Supermajority vote of Council. Here is the text of the GNSO motion: http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/minutes-gnso-17apr08.shtml. We still see it unimplemented by Verisign seven months later, for no apparent reason, and damage still occurring from the precise practice we tried to stop. Thanks, Mike _____ From: Gomes, Chuck [mailto:cgomes@verisign.com] Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2008 9:43 AM To: icann@rodenbaugh.com; BC List; GNSO Council; agp-limits-policy@icann.org Subject: RE: [council] FW: ICANN News Alert -- AGP Deletes Down by 84% Mike, Forgiving for being dense, but I was asking an honest question. To what motion are you referring? What motion do think VeriSign has ignored? I suppose I can go back to April and check it out when I get time if you don't want to clarify. Chuck _____ From: Mike Rodenbaugh [mailto:icann@rodenbaugh.com] Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2008 10:21 AM To: Gomes, Chuck; icann@rodenbaugh.com; 'BC List'; 'GNSO Council'; agp-limits-policy@icann.org Subject: RE: [council] FW: ICANN News Alert -- AGP Deletes Down by 84% Chuck, I guess I shouldn't be surprised to hear you ask this question! Since it sure seems Verisign has ignored the Council resolution addressing domain tasting, passed by Council in April by supermajority (including your vote from the RyC) and by the Board in June. -Mike _____ From: Gomes, Chuck [mailto:cgomes@verisign.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 8:37 PM To: icann@rodenbaugh.com; BC List; GNSO Council; agp-limits-policy@icann.org Subject: RE: [council] FW: ICANN News Alert -- AGP Deletes Down by 84% What GNSO resolution are you talking about Mike. Chuck _____ From: owner-council@gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of Mike Rodenbaugh Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 8:19 PM To: BC List; GNSO Council; agp-limits-policy@icann.org Subject: [council] FW: ICANN News Alert -- AGP Deletes Down by 84% Below is the 'news alert' from ICANN about the effect of the budget measure designed to mitigate commercial domain tasting, by imposing the .20 ICANN fee on every domain deleted over the threshold of 10% of any registrar's net adds in a month. There has definitely been a positive impact, with AGP deletes down 84% overall. Unfortunately, ICANN does not mention that one registrar - NameKing -- accounted for nearly 40% of the .com AGP deletes in July (956,000, vs. 12,000 adds). Another family of registrars - eNom - accounted for approximately 25% of them (559,000 vs. 203,000 adds). See Verisign registry report here: http://www.icann.org/en/tlds/monthly-reports/com-net/verisign-200807.pdf It is particularly glaring that just two registrars accounted for 1.5 million AGP deletes in .com in one month, apparently disregarding the will of the Council and ICANN Board, entirely. Neither ICANN nor Verisign have mentioned why it is taking so long for Verisign to implement the GNSO Council resolution that might mitigate the NameKing and eNom domain tasting business model, as was clearly intended by a supermajority of Council and the ICANN Board. Fwiw, many in the Business Constituency are interested to have some indication of when the resolution will be implemented, and why it has not been implemented to date. Thanks, Mike Rodenbaugh _____ From: ICANN News Alert [mailto:communications@icann.org] Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 3:49 PM To: icann@rodenbaugh.com Subject: ICANN News Alert -- AGP Deletes Down by 84% <http://www.icann.org/> ICANN News Alert http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-13nov08-en.htm _____ AGP Deletes Down by 84% 13 November 2008 In June 2008, the ICANN Board approved the FY09 Budget that contained a provision on AGP deletes. The provision is that domain names deleted during the AGP will be included as transactions if they exceed the maximum of (i) 10% of that registrar's net new registrations in that month, or (ii) fifty (50) domain names, whichever is greater. Therefore the per-transaction fee, currently US$0.20, will be assessed on all AGP deletes that exceed the defined threshold. This provision was adopted as a short-term solution to address excessive AGP delete activity until the consensus policy on domain tasting, now referred to as the AGP Limits Policy, is implemented. The Policy and draft implementation plan were posted for public comment on 20 October 2008 (see, http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-20oct08-en.htm) and are expected to be announced for implementation in early December. Following implementation of the Board approved budget provision that affects the "domain tasting fee," names added and subsequently deleted during the five-day AGP declined from approximately 17.6M in June 2008 to 2.8M in July 2008. Of the 2.8M AGP deletes in July, approximately 2.6M were subject to the registrar-level transaction fee defined by the provision. Therefore, it is expected that the quantity of AGP deletes will continue to decline until few or none are subject to the transaction fee. ICANN will continue to provide updates to the community on AGP delete activity following the three-month confidentiality period for gTLD monthly reports. These reports may be viewed at http://www.icann.org/en/tlds/monthly-reports/. _____ Sign up for ICANN's Monthly Magazine <http://www.icann.org/magazine/> This message was sent from ICANN News Alert to icann@rodenbaugh.com. It was sent from: ICANN, 4676 Admiralty Way, Suite 330 , Marina del Rey, CA 90292-6601. You can modify/update your subscription via the link below. <http://www.icontact.com/a.pl/144186> Email Marketing Software <http://app.icontact.com/icp/static/images/icons/email_manage_subscription.p ng> <http://app.icontact.com/icp/mmail-mprofile.pl?r=11033829&l=6333&s=PWHD&m=19 3464&c=165637> Manage your subscription <http://click.icptrack.com/icp/track.php?msgid=193464&act=PWHD&r=11033829&c= 165637>
Mike, I now understand that you were referring to the AGP consensus policy recommendation. So what you are asking is why VeriSign didn't implement it in advance of the completion of the process. I can't speak for the business team but I can say that we have contractual obligations with over 800 registrars. As an attorney, I think you would understand that there can be risks associated with making changes that may deviate from our defined business practices. In the case of a consensus policy, we are protected in that regard once the consensus policy process, including implementation is completed. You may also ask why we did not propose a registry service in the interim. I do not have enough information to answer that but I do know that there are some who are not convinced that restricting the AGP will necessarily eliminate the abuse to which you refer. I think it is fair to say that a large percentage of domain tasting would not be classified unless you believe domain tasting is bad, which some do, then you would disagree on that point. While I am not directly involved on a day-to-day basis. I am aware that the VeriSign business team is constantly looking at ways to serve all users of .com and .net names including intellectual property interests and hopefully you will see the results of those efforts in the future. Chuck ________________________________ From: Mike Rodenbaugh [mailto:icann@rodenbaugh.com] Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2008 1:43 PM To: Gomes, Chuck; 'BC List'; 'GNSO Council'; agp-limits-policy@icann.org Subject: RE: [council] FW: ICANN News Alert -- AGP Deletes Down by 84% Chuck, I consider you one of the wisest voices around ICANN, even though we occasionally disagree. I do not need to belabor this point, and appreciate your and Craig's attention to the concern. It is frustrating to many of us who worked hard for over a year to develop this Consensus Policy recommendation, and obtain a Supermajority vote of Council. Here is the text of the GNSO motion: http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/minutes-gnso-17apr08.shtml. We still see it unimplemented by Verisign seven months later, for no apparent reason, and damage still occurring from the precise practice we tried to stop. Thanks, Mike ________________________________ From: Gomes, Chuck [mailto:cgomes@verisign.com] Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2008 9:43 AM To: icann@rodenbaugh.com; BC List; GNSO Council; agp-limits-policy@icann.org Subject: RE: [council] FW: ICANN News Alert -- AGP Deletes Down by 84% Mike, Forgiving for being dense, but I was asking an honest question. To what motion are you referring? What motion do think VeriSign has ignored? I suppose I can go back to April and check it out when I get time if you don't want to clarify. Chuck ________________________________ From: Mike Rodenbaugh [mailto:icann@rodenbaugh.com] Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2008 10:21 AM To: Gomes, Chuck; icann@rodenbaugh.com; 'BC List'; 'GNSO Council'; agp-limits-policy@icann.org Subject: RE: [council] FW: ICANN News Alert -- AGP Deletes Down by 84% Chuck, I guess I shouldn't be surprised to hear you ask this question! Since it sure seems Verisign has ignored the Council resolution addressing domain tasting, passed by Council in April by supermajority (including your vote from the RyC) and by the Board in June. -Mike ________________________________ From: Gomes, Chuck [mailto:cgomes@verisign.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 8:37 PM To: icann@rodenbaugh.com; BC List; GNSO Council; agp-limits-policy@icann.org Subject: RE: [council] FW: ICANN News Alert -- AGP Deletes Down by 84% What GNSO resolution are you talking about Mike. Chuck ________________________________ From: owner-council@gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of Mike Rodenbaugh Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 8:19 PM To: BC List; GNSO Council; agp-limits-policy@icann.org Subject: [council] FW: ICANN News Alert -- AGP Deletes Down by 84% Below is the 'news alert' from ICANN about the effect of the budget measure designed to mitigate commercial domain tasting, by imposing the .20 ICANN fee on every domain deleted over the threshold of 10% of any registrar's net adds in a month. There has definitely been a positive impact, with AGP deletes down 84% overall. Unfortunately, ICANN does not mention that one registrar - NameKing -- accounted for nearly 40% of the .com AGP deletes in July (956,000, vs. 12,000 adds). Another family of registrars - eNom - accounted for approximately 25% of them (559,000 vs. 203,000 adds). See Verisign registry report here: http://www.icann.org/en/tlds/monthly-reports/com-net/verisign-200807.pdf It is particularly glaring that just two registrars accounted for 1.5 million AGP deletes in .com in one month, apparently disregarding the will of the Council and ICANN Board, entirely. Neither ICANN nor Verisign have mentioned why it is taking so long for Verisign to implement the GNSO Council resolution that might mitigate the NameKing and eNom domain tasting business model, as was clearly intended by a supermajority of Council and the ICANN Board. Fwiw, many in the Business Constituency are interested to have some indication of when the resolution will be implemented, and why it has not been implemented to date. Thanks, Mike Rodenbaugh ________________________________ From: ICANN News Alert [mailto:communications@icann.org] Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 3:49 PM To: icann@rodenbaugh.com Subject: ICANN News Alert -- AGP Deletes Down by 84% ICANN <http://www.icann.org/> News Alert http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-13nov08-en.htm ________________________________ AGP Deletes Down by 84% 13 November 2008 In June 2008, the ICANN Board approved the FY09 Budget that contained a provision on AGP deletes. The provision is that domain names deleted during the AGP will be included as transactions if they exceed the maximum of (i) 10% of that registrar's net new registrations in that month, or (ii) fifty (50) domain names, whichever is greater. Therefore the per-transaction fee, currently US$0.20, will be assessed on all AGP deletes that exceed the defined threshold. This provision was adopted as a short-term solution to address excessive AGP delete activity until the consensus policy on domain tasting, now referred to as the AGP Limits Policy, is implemented. The Policy and draft implementation plan were posted for public comment on 20 October 2008 (see, http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-20oct08-en.htm) and are expected to be announced for implementation in early December. Following implementation of the Board approved budget provision that affects the "domain tasting fee," names added and subsequently deleted during the five-day AGP declined from approximately 17.6M in June 2008 to 2.8M in July 2008. Of the 2.8M AGP deletes in July, approximately 2.6M were subject to the registrar-level transaction fee defined by the provision. Therefore, it is expected that the quantity of AGP deletes will continue to decline until few or none are subject to the transaction fee. ICANN will continue to provide updates to the community on AGP delete activity following the three-month confidentiality period for gTLD monthly reports. These reports may be viewed at http://www.icann.org/en/tlds/monthly-reports/. ________________________________ Sign up for ICANN's Monthly Magazine <http://www.icann.org/magazine/> This message was sent from ICANN News Alert to icann@rodenbaugh.com. It was sent from: ICANN, 4676 Admiralty Way, Suite 330 , Marina del Rey, CA 90292-6601. You can modify/update your subscription via the link below. Email Marketing Software <http://www.icontact.com/a.pl/144186> <http://app.icontact.com/icp/static/images/icons/email_manage_subscripti on.png> Manage your subscription <http://app.icontact.com/icp/mmail-mprofile.pl?r=11033829&l=6333&s=PWHD& m=193464&c=165637> <http://click.icptrack.com/icp/track.php?msgid=193464&act=PWHD&r=1103382 9&c=165637>
Hi Mike, I unfortunately will not be able to attended today's GNSO Council call and to provide an update on the AGP Limits Policy, and include here a response to your inquiry. During the GNSO PDP on domain tasting, there was discussion and acknowledgement that implementing a consensus policy on domain tasting could take many months. Recognizing the community's interest in this issue and that it could take up to six months to implement a new policy, the ICANN Board adopted the AGP budget provision (assessing the registrar-level transaction fee on excessive AGP deletes) as a short-term measure to address domain tasting. Following the Board's adoption of the GNSO recommendation, ICANN reached out to the gTLD registry constituency to seek their guidance around how they might define some of the terms (e.g., extraordinary circumstances, recurring regularly, etc.) in the recommendation. A number of gTLD registries responded to the outreach and their input was factored into the draft implementation plan. The draft plan was then circulated to the registry and registrar constituencies for input as the Policy has a direct impact on their operations. Feedback that was received was incorporated to the draft plan and that plan was posted for public comment on 20 October 2008. The public comment on the implementation plan closes today, 20 November 2008. Following publication of the summary and analysis of public comments and any minor adjustments to the plan, if necessary, notice to gTLD registries will be made to implement the AGP Limits Policy. If you have further questions about this, please do not hesitate to call or write. Best, Craig ___________________ Craig Schwartz Chief gTLD Registry Liaison ICANN 1875 I Street, NW, 5th floor Washington, DC 20006 From: owner-council@gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of Mike Rodenbaugh Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 8:19 PM To: BC List; GNSO Council; agp-limits-policy@icann.org Subject: [council] FW: ICANN News Alert -- AGP Deletes Down by 84% Below is the 'news alert' from ICANN about the effect of the budget measure designed to mitigate commercial domain tasting, by imposing the .20 ICANN fee on every domain deleted over the threshold of 10% of any registrar's net adds in a month. There has definitely been a positive impact, with AGP deletes down 84% overall. Unfortunately, ICANN does not mention that one registrar - NameKing -- accounted for nearly 40% of the .com AGP deletes in July (956,000, vs. 12,000 adds). Another family of registrars - eNom - accounted for approximately 25% of them (559,000 vs. 203,000 adds). See Verisign registry report here: http://www.icann.org/en/tlds/monthly-reports/com-net/verisign-200807.pdf It is particularly glaring that just two registrars accounted for 1.5 million AGP deletes in .com in one month, apparently disregarding the will of the Council and ICANN Board, entirely. Neither ICANN nor Verisign have mentioned why it is taking so long for Verisign to implement the GNSO Council resolution that might mitigate the NameKing and eNom domain tasting business model, as was clearly intended by a supermajority of Council and the ICANN Board. Fwiw, many in the Business Constituency are interested to have some indication of when the resolution will be implemented, and why it has not been implemented to date. Thanks, Mike Rodenbaugh ________________________________ From: ICANN News Alert [mailto:communications@icann.org] Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 3:49 PM To: icann@rodenbaugh.com Subject: ICANN News Alert -- AGP Deletes Down by 84% [cid:image001.jpg@01C94B05.C87880F0]<http://www.icann.org/> News Alert http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-13nov08-en.htm ________________________________ AGP Deletes Down by 84% 13 November 2008 In June 2008, the ICANN Board approved the FY09 Budget that contained a provision on AGP deletes. The provision is that domain names deleted during the AGP will be included as transactions if they exceed the maximum of (i) 10% of that registrar's net new registrations in that month, or (ii) fifty (50) domain names, whichever is greater. Therefore the per-transaction fee, currently US$0.20, will be assessed on all AGP deletes that exceed the defined threshold. This provision was adopted as a short-term solution to address excessive AGP delete activity until the consensus policy on domain tasting, now referred to as the AGP Limits Policy, is implemented. The Policy and draft implementation plan were posted for public comment on 20 October 2008 (see, http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-20oct08-en.htm) and are expected to be announced for implementation in early December. Following implementation of the Board approved budget provision that affects the "domain tasting fee," names added and subsequently deleted during the five-day AGP declined from approximately 17.6M in June 2008 to 2.8M in July 2008. Of the 2.8M AGP deletes in July, approximately 2.6M were subject to the registrar-level transaction fee defined by the provision. Therefore, it is expected that the quantity of AGP deletes will continue to decline until few or none are subject to the transaction fee. 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Alan Greenberg -
Craig Schwartz -
Gomes, Chuck -
Mike Rodenbaugh