[council] Your Input Requested on Post-Expiration Domain Name Recovery Initial Report

[Glen de Saint Géry <Glen@xxxxxxxxx>]

http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-12jul10-en.htm
Your Input Requested on Post-Expiration Domain Name Recovery Initial Report
Public comment period open until 1 August 2010

12 July 2010

The GNSO Post-Expiration Domain Name Recovery (PEDNR) Policy Development 
Process (PDP) Working Group published its Initial Report [PDF, 1.02 MB] on 31 
May. The PEDNR WG 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.

In the Initial Report, the WG has reviewed current registrar and ICANN 
practices regarding domain name expiration, renewal, and post-expiration 
recovery. Furthermore, in order to assess the views of the WG members and 
determine where there might be agreement or consensus on a possible approach 
forward, a survey was conducted amongst the WG membership, details of which are 
also included in the Initial Report. The WG is now looking for your input on 
the Initial Report to help inform its deliberations going forward. Comments can 
be submitted directly to the public comment forum (see 
http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/public-comment-201008-en.htm#pednr-initial-report)
 and/or you can provide your input by responding to the following short survey 
(see http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/WEB22AUYRGHCV4). As prescribed by the 
ICANN by-laws, the public comment forum will remain open for a period of 20 
days until 1 August 2010.

Deadline and how to submit comments

Comments are welcome via e-mail to pednr-initial-report@xxxxxxxxx and/or by 
responding to the survey (http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/WEB22AUYRGHCV4) until 
1 August 2010.

Access to the public comment forum from which comments can be posted can be 
found at 
http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/public-comment-201008-en.htm#pednr-initial-report.

An archive of all comments received will be publicly posted at 
http://forum.icann.org/lists/pednr-initial-report/.

Further information:

    * PEDNR PDP Initial Report – 
http://gnso.icann.org/issues/pednr/pednr-initial-report-31may10-en.pdf [PDF, 
1.02 MB]
    * PEDNR PDP Initial Report – Executive Summary
          o English [PDF, 128 KB]
          o العربية [PDF, 149 KB]
          o 中 文 [PDF, 270 KB]
          o Français [PDF, 220 KB]
          o Español [PDF, 191 KB]
          o Русский [PDF, 275 KB]
    * PEDNR WG workspace – https://st.icann.org/post-expiration-dn-recovery-wg/

Background

At the ICANN Meeting in Cairo in November 2008, the At-Large Advisory Committee 
(ALAC), voted to request an Issues Report on the subject of registrants being 
able to recover domain names after their formal expiration date. The ALAC 
request was submitted to ICANN policy staff and the GNSO Council on 20 November 
2008. The Issues Report on Post-Expiration Domain Name Recovery [PDF, 422 KB] 
was submitted to the GNSO Council on 5 December 2008. The GNSO Council 
initiated a PDP on 7 May 2009 and tasked a Working Group to answer the 
following charter questions:

    * Whether adequate opportunity exists for registrants to redeem their 
expired domain names;
    * Whether expiration-related provisions in typical registration agreements 
are clear and conspicuous enough;
    * Whether adequate notice exists to alert registrants of upcoming 
expirations;
    * 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);
    * Whether to allow the transfer of a domain name during the RGP .

The Post-Expiration Domain Name Recovery (PEDNR) PDP Working Group started its 
deliberations in July 2009.

Staff responsible: Marika Konings

Glen de Saint Géry
GNSO Secretariat
gnso.secretariat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://gnso.icann.org