[council] Registrars' Statement of Views on Domain Name Tasting

[Tim Ruiz <tim@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

The attached is the Registrar Constituency statement of views on Domain
Name Tasting.

Tim 

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\par }{\lang9\langfe1033\langnp9\insrsid2635334 The following statement of 
views was put to a vote and the Registrar Constituency (RC) approved it by 
majority vote. }{\lang9\langfe1033\langnp9\insrsid2256934 Votes were cast by 31 
of the RC\rquote 
s 65 members, 20 voted in favor, 4 voted against, and 7 
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\par }{\b\lang9\langfe1033\langnp9\insrsid5723255\charrsid5723255 Registrar 
Constituency Statement of Views on Domain Name 
Tasting}{\b\lang9\langfe1033\langnp9\insrsid5723255 
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\par }{\lang9\langfe1033\langnp9\insrsid6107023 Registrars Constituency (RC) 
has not reached Supermajority support for a particular position on Domain Name 
Tasting. Below are statements of the views/positions espoused by RC members. 
\par }{\b\lang9\langfe1033\langnp9\insrsid6107023\charrsid6107023 View 
1.}{\lang9\langfe1033\langnp9\insrsid6107023  Many registrars believe that 
Tasting should be curbed if not eliminated altogether for one or more of the 
following reasons: 
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a. Tasting is causing general confusion among registrants and potential 
registrants trying to register domain names. 
\par b. Tasting is eroding consumer confidence in the security and 
trustworthiness of domain name registration services and our industry in 
general. 
\par c. Tasting is causing an increase in support costs for Registrars. 
\par d. Tasting violates well-established codes of conduct and good practice 
intended to ensure security and stability by: 
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i. disturbing the stability of a set of existing services that had been 
functioning satisfactorily, namely the competitive domain name registration 
services developed by Registrars; 
\par ii. disturbing other existing systems and value added services, for 
example those relying on Zone files, and various third party WHOIS services; 
\par iii. increasing costs that must be absorbed by others not participating in 
or benefiting from Tasting. 
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 {\lang9\langfe1033\langnp9\insrsid6107023 e. Despite the long held tenet of 
"First do no harm
," there has been no research, testing for potential disruption of existing 
services, public review, or comment prior to this high volume activity abruptly 
occurring in the DNS. 
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 {\lang9\langfe1033\langnp9\insrsid6107023 In summary, high volume Tasting 
activity has undermined expectations about re
liable behavior and in so doing has reduced trust in the security and stability 
of the system and has increased costs for registrars, registrants, and others 
not participating in the activity. 
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2.}{\lang9\langfe1033\langnp9\insrsid6107023  Many registrars believe that 
Tasting should not be a m
atter of concern or action by the GNSO or ICANN for one or more of the 
following reasons: 
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a. Tasting takes place due to market demand, and the market should be allowed 
to evolve as demand dictates. 
\par b. ICANN is not a regulatory body, and according to its own bylaws, 
coordinates policy development reasonably and appropriately related to 
technical functions of the DNS. ICANN should not be regulating market activity. 
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Notwithstanding the above, the RC is in near unanimous agreement that 
sun-setting the Add Gr
ace Period (AGP) is not an appropriate action should the GNSO decide to address 
Tasting activity. Many Registrars who do not participate in Tasting use the AGP 
in various ways not related to Tasting, as detailed in section 4.4 of the 
Outcomes Report of th
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\par Sun-setting the AGP would unnecessarily put additional burdens and costs 
on Registrars and Registrants using the AGP for these non-Tasting reasons. 
\par To the extent that the GNSO should decide to recommend policy or actions 
with the intent of curbing or eliminating Tasting activity, RC members are in 
general agreement that: 
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}{\lang9\langfe1033\langnp9\insrsid6107023 \endash 
 The GNSO should recommend that ICANN make the transactional fee component of 
the variable Registrar fee
s apply to all new registrations except for a reasonable number that are 
deleted within the AGP. Implementation time for Registrars would be negligible. 
\par }{\b\lang9\langfe1033\langnp9\insrsid6107023\charrsid6107023 Acceptable 
but not preferred}{\lang9\langfe1033\langnp9\insrsid6107023  \endash  The GNSO 
should encourage gTLD Registries to only allow AGP refunds on 
a reasonable number of new registrations, noting that such action is affective 
only if all gTLD registries apply it, and do so in a reasonably consistent 
manner. Implementation time for Registrars could be substantial depending on 
how each Registry decide
d to define their policy. If Registrars need to modify their systems and/or 
services a minimum of 90-days advance notice should be given. 
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Note that neither of the above actions requires new policy or modifications to 
existing policy. Therefore the RC, regardless of their view, is generally 
opposed to a PDP on this issue. 
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