[ga] ICANN Posts Draft Implementation Plan for the Add Grace Period (AGP) Limits Policy

[Glen de Saint Géry <Glen@xxxxxxxxx>]

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http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-20oct08-en.htm
ICANN Posts Draft Implementation Plan for the Add Grace Period (AGP) Limits 
Policy

ICANN is today opening a public comment period on the draft implementation plan 
for the AGP Limits Policy.
http://www.icann.org/en/tlds/agp-draft-20oct08-en.html
This recently approved consensus policy is intended to limit the behavior known 
as domain tasting through modifications to the AGP. The Policy will affect gTLD 
Operators (hereinafter referred to as "Operators") and ICANN-accredited 
registrars (hereinafter referred to as "Registrars") and become effective 
following appropriate comment and notice periods on the implementation plan.

On 26 June 2008, at its meeting in Paris, the ICANN Board resolved
http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-26jun08.htm#_Toc76113173
to adopt the GNSO recommendation on domain tasting. Following implementation of 
the Policy, Operators will be prohibited from making refunds of registration 
fees to Registrars for AGP deletes that exceed the threshold limits set by the 
Policy unless an exemption has been granted by an Operator. The limits defined 
by the Policy are (i) 10% of that Registrar's net new registrations ( 
calculated as the total number of net adds of one-year through ten-year 
registrations as defined in Operator Agreements) in that month, or (ii) fifty 
(50) domain names, whichever is greater. The draft implementation plan details 
how this Policy will be implemented.

Comments on the proposed AGP Limits Policy implementation may be submitted to 
agp-limits-policy@xxxxxxxxx and will be considered until 20 November 2008 23:59 
UTC. Comments may be viewed at http://forum.icann.org/lists/agp-limits-policy/.



Glen de Saint Géry
GNSO Secretariat
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