[To: Council[at]gnso.icann.org] [To: liaison6c[at]gnso.icann.org] Dear All, The GNSO Council, at its meeting on 17 April, 2008, unanimously approved the creation of a short term drafting team charged with producing a recommendation for Council deliberation that includes precise wording for the 4 provisions for reason for denial of Inter-Registrar transfers. The task includes suggesting changes to the initial formulations based on the comments received from the constituencies and from the public comment period. http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/final-report-irt-policy-09apr08.pdf 1. No payment for previous registration period (including credit card charge-backs) if the domain name is past its expiration date or for previous or current registration periods if the domain name has not yet expired. In all such cases, however, the domain name must be put into "Registrar Hold" status by the Registrar of Record prior to the denial of transfer (Reason #5 in the policy). 2. A domain name was already in “lock status” provided that the Registrar provides a readily accessible and reasonable means for the Registered Name Holder to remove the lock status (Reason #7 in the policy). 3. A domain name is in the first 60 days of an initial registration period (Reason #8 in the policy). 4. A domain name is within 60 days (or a lesser period to be determined) after being transferred (apart from being transferred back to the original Registrar in cases where both Registrars so agree and/or where a decision in the dispute resolution process so directs) (Reason #9 in the policy). The drafting team is open to participants from all constituencies, Nominating Committee appointees and liaisons to the GNSO Council. Olof Nordling will be the staff lead and the proposed timeline should allow for a public comment period on the recommendation and a vote to be taken at the Paris meeting in June 2008. It was further suggested that the group use the mail-server list gnso-trans-pdp[at]icann.org with the public archives at: http://forum.icann.org/lists/gnso-trans-pdp/ Please let the Secretariat <gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org> know by COB on Tuesday 22 April, 2008 who would like to be on the drafting team so that there is no delay in starting work. Thank you. Kind regards, Glen -- Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat - ICANN gnso.secretariat[at]gnso.icann.org http://gnso.icann.org