The GNSO Post-Expiration Domain Name Recovery (PEDNR) Working Group (WG) in ICANN was tasked to address questions in relation to what extent registrants should be able to renew their domain names after they expire. At issue is whether the current policies of registrars on the renewal, transfer and deletion of expired domain names are adequate. Registrants are the individuals or organisations who register or license specific domain names for a specific period of time and for a fee from registrars. Registrars are organizations accredited by ICANN that processes the registration for the domain name (once the domain name is available) and transmits the name and registration details to the registry operator which operates the registry (the master database) for the generic Top Level Domain (gTLDs). Currently, there are 21 gTLDs including .com, .net and .org Some in the At-Large community are of the opinion that there is not always adequate notice to registrants whose domain names are expiring. The At Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) request (that ultimately resulted in the WG being formed) noted that issues may include a lack of consistent notification standards, undelivered expiration notification emails, or notification rights inadvertently signed away during initial domain name registration. The PEDNR WG now presents its Proposed Final Report, which contains fourteen (14) recommendations to address the five questions: 1) Whether adequate opportunity exists for registrants to redeem their expired domain names; 2) Whether expiration-related provisions in typical registration agreements are clear and conspicuous enough; 3) Whether adequate notice exists to alert registrants of upcoming expirations; 4) Whether additional measures need to be implemented to indicate that once a domain name enters the Auto-Renew Grace Period, it has expired (e.g., hold status, a notice on the site with a link to information on how to renew, or other options to be determined); 5) Whether to allow the transfer of a domain name during the Redemption Grace Period (RGP). PEDNR Proposed Final Report http://gnso.icann.org/issues/pednr/pednr-proposed-final-report-21feb11-en.pd... PEDNR Proposed Final Report - Executive Summary http://gnso.icann.org/issues/pednr/pednr-proposed-final-report-executive-sum... The deadline for comments on the proposed final report is April 7 2011. ---- Kind Regards, Dev Anand Teelucksingh LACRALO Secretariat