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<div>The GNSO will move toward significantly curtailing domain name tasting (see email below).</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>There will be a 21-day public comment period now, so please post any thoughts on the below motion.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>We should probably update our constituency statement in light of the new motion also.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Robin</div><div><br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">"Mike Rodenbaugh" <<a href="mailto:mxrodenbaugh@yahoo.com">mxrodenbaugh@yahoo.com</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">March 2, 2008 6:32:43 PM PST</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><<a href="mailto:gnso-dt-wg@icann.org">gnso-dt-wg@icann.org</a>>, "'Council GNSO'" <<a href="mailto:council@gnso.icann.org">council@gnso.icann.org</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>[council] Motions re Domain Tasting</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">The Domain Tasting team has devised the following motion, which effectively</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">would put the attached substantive motion out for public comments for 21</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">days and set a timeline for final vote in our April 17 Council meeting.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Whereas, the GNSO Council has discussed the Issues Report on Domain Tasting</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">and the Final Outcomes Report of the ad hoc group on Domain Tasting;</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Whereas, the GNSO Council resolved on 31 October 2007 to launch a PDP on</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Domain Tasting and to request Constituency Impact Statements with respect to</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">issues set forth in the Issues Report and in the Final Outcomes Report;</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Whereas, the GNSO Council authorized on 17 January 2008 the formation of a</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">small design team to develop a plan for the deliberations on the Domain</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Tasting PDP (the "Design Team"), the principal volunteers to which had been</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">members of the Ad Hoc Group on Domain Tasting and were well-informed of both</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">the Final Outcomes Report of the Ad Hoc Group on Domain Tasting and the GNSO</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Initial Report on Domain Tasting (collectively with the Issues Report, the</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">"Reports on Domain Tasting");</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Whereas, the Design Team has met and agreed on a Draft Motion [attached] to</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">be set out for public comment and for Constituency Impact review;</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">The GNSO Council RESOLVES:</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">1.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>The Draft Motion shall be posted for 21-day public comment on March 7,</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">2008.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Each Constituency shall have 21 days from March 7, 2008 to update its</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Constituency Impact Statement with respect to this motion, if it so chooses.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">The deadline for amended Statements shall be March 28, 2008.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">2.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>ICANN Staff please shall provide a summary of any public comments</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">and/or amended Constituency Impact Statements to the Council, via submission</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">of a Final Report with respect to this PDP, by April 4, 2008.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">3.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>The Design Team shall then meet and confer with respect to the Final</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Report, in order to consider any public comments and/or amended Constituency</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Impact Statements and to consider any suggested amendments to the Draft</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Motion, and shall recommend a Final Motion to be considered by Council for</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">vote in its scheduled meeting April 17, 2008.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">4.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>It is the intention of the GNSO for the Staff to produce a Board</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Report on this PDP for consideration by the ICANN Board, in the hope that</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">the Board may vote on any recommendations of the GNSO with respect to this</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">PDP, at the scheduled ICANN meeting in Paris in June, 2008</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div></blockquote><div><!--StartFragment--> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri"> --------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:Calibri">Domain Tasting Design Team Motion <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:Calibri">Revised - 26 February 2008 <o:p></o:p></span></p> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri"> <o:p></o:p></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Calibri"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Calibri">Whereas, the GNSO Council has discussed the <a href="http://gnso.icann.org/issues/domain-tasting/gnso-domain-tasting-report-14jun07.pdf">Issues Report on Domain Tasting</a> and the <a href="http://gnso.icann.org/drafts/gnso-domain-tasting-adhoc-outcomes-report-final.pdf">Final Outcomes Report of the ad hoc group on Domain Tasting</a>;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Calibri"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Calibri">Whereas, the GNSO Council resolved on 31 October 2007 to launch a PDP on Domain Tasting;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Calibri"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Calibri">Whereas, the GNSO Council authorized on 17 January 2008 the formation of a small design team to develop a plan for the deliberations on the Domain Tasting PDP (the “Design Team”), the principal volunteers to which had been members of the Ad Hoc Group on Domain Tasting and were well-informed of both the Final Outcomes Report of the Ad Hoc Group on Domain Tasting and the GNSO Initial Report on Domain Tasting (collectively with the Issues Report, the “Reports on Domain Tasting”);<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Calibri"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Calibri">Whereas, the GNSO Council has received the Draft Final Report on Domain Tasting;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Calibri"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Calibri">Whereas, PIR, the .org registry operator, has amended its Registry Agreement to charge an Excess Deletion Fee; and both NeuStar, the .biz registry operator, and Afilias, the .info registry operator, are seeking amendments to their respective Registry Agreements to modify the existing AGP;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Calibri"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Calibri">The GNSO Council recommends to the ICANN Board of Directors that:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Calibri"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in; mso-list:l5 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-family:Calibri">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span><span style="font-family:Calibri">The applicability of the Add Grace Period shall be restricted for any gTLD which has implemented an AGP (“Applicable gTLD Operator”). Specifically, for each Applicable gTLD Operator:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:Calibri"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Bullets-Fullleft" style="margin-left:.75in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4; tab-stops:.5in"><span style="font-family:Calibri">a.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span><span style="font-family:Calibri">During any given month, an Applicable gTLD Operator may not offer any refund for any domain names deleted during the AGP that exceed (i) 10% of its net new registrations in that month (defined as total new registrations less domains deleted during AGP), or (ii) fifty (50) domain names, whichever is greater. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Bullets-Fullleft" style="text-indent:0in;mso-list:none;tab-stops:.5in"><span style="font-family:Calibri"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="legal2tabl1" style="margin-left:.75in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4; tab-stops:.5in"><span style="font-family:Calibri">b.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span><span style="font-family:Calibri">A Registrar may seek an exemption from the application of such restriction in a specific month, upon the documented showing of extraordinary circumstances. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>For any Registrar requesting such an exemption, the Registrar must confirm in writing to the Registry Operator how, at the time the names were deleted, these extraordinary circumstances were not known, reasonably could not have been known, and were outside of the Registrar’s control.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Acceptance of any exemption will be at the sole reasonable discretion of the Registry Operator, however "extraordinary circumstances" which reoccur regularly will not be deemed extraordinary.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Bullets-Fullleft" style="margin-left:.75in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4; tab-stops:.5in"><span style="font-family:Calibri">c.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span><span style="font-family:Calibri">In addition to all other reporting requirements to ICANN, each Applicable gTLD Operator shall identify each Registrar that has sought an exemption, along with a brief descriptive identification of the type of extraordinary circumstance and the action (if any) that was taken by the Applicable gTLD Operator.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Bullets-Fullleft" style="margin-left:0in;text-indent:0in;mso-list:none; tab-stops:.5in"><span style="font-family:Calibri"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Bullets-Fullleft" style="margin-left:.5in;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo3; tab-stops:.5in"><span style="font-family:Calibri">2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span><span style="font-family:Calibri">The above restriction on use of the Add Grace Period shall be considered an “ICANN adopted specification or polic[y] prohibiting or restricting warehousing of or speculation in domain names by registrars” in accordance with Section 3.7.9 of the Registrar Accreditation Agreement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>As such, a Registrar that engages in domain tasting, defined as using the AGP to register domain names in order to test their profitability, shall be deemed in material breach of the Registrar Accreditation Agreement.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Bullets-Fullleft" style="margin-left:0in;text-indent:0in;mso-list:none; tab-stops:.5in"><span style="font-family:Calibri"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri">3.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri">Implementation and execution of these recommendations shall be monitored by the GNSO.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Specifically;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <div class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri"> <o:p></o:p></span></div><p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list: l4 level1 lfo5"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: Calibri">a.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri">ICANN Staff shall analyze and report to the GNSO at six month intervals for two years after implementation, until such time as the GNSO resolves otherwise, with the goal of determining;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <div class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri"> <o:p></o:p></span></div><p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo6"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri">i.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri">How effectively and to what extent the policies have been implemented and followed by Registries and Registrars, and<o:p></o:p></span></p> <div class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri"> <o:p></o:p></span></div><p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:-.5in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo6"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri">ii.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri">Whether or not modifications to these policies should be considered by the GNSO as a result of the experiences gained during the implementation and monitoring stages,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <div class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri"> <o:p></o:p></span></div><p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list: l4 level1 lfo5"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: Calibri">b.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The purpose of these monitoring and reporting requirements are to allow the GNSO to determine when, if ever, these recommendations and any ensuing policy require additional clarification or attention based on the results of the reports prepared by ICANN Staff.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <!--EndFragment--> </div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div></blockquote></div><br><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><br class="khtml-block-placeholder"></div><div><br class="khtml-block-placeholder"></div><div>IP JUSTICE</div><div>Robin Gross, Executive Director</div><div>1192 Haight Street, San Francisco, CA 94117 USA</div><div>p: +1-415-553-6261 f: +1-415-462-6451</div><div>w: <a href="http://www.ipjustice.org">http://www.ipjustice.org</a> e: <a href="mailto:robin@ipjustice.org">robin@ipjustice.org</a></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> </div><br></div></body></html>