Historical Resolution Tracking Feature » 2002-06-28 - Wait-Listing Service Proposal

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2002-06-28 - Wait-Listing Service Proposal

Resolution of the ICANN Board
Topic: 
Recommendations on VerSign's WLS Proposal
Summary: 

Board requests final recommendations and constituency positions from the DNSO Names Council on VeriSign's WLS proposal.

Category: 
gTLDs
Meeting Date: 
Fri, 28 Jun 2002
Resolution Number: 
02.84
URL for Resolution: 
http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/prelim-report-28jun02.htm
Status: 
Complete
Implementation Actions: 
  • Present final recommendations on WLS proposal.
    • Responsible entity: DNSO Names Council
    • Due date: 26 July 2002
    • Completion date: 24 July 2002
Resolution Text: 

Whereas, on 21 March 2002 VeriSign, Inc., the operator of the .com and .net registries, requested amendments to the registry agreements for those top-level domains to allow it to conduct a twelve-month trial of a proposed wait-listing service (WLS) to be offered through accredited registrars for an annual fee;

Whereas, in resolution 02.53 the Board requested the Names Council to coordinate within the DNSO a comprehensive review of issues concerning the deletion of domain names and possible solutions for those issues and to submit to the Board a status report on that review, with the status report to include any recommendations concerning VeriSign's request to modify the .com and .net agreements to allow it to provide the WLS;

Whereas, the DNSO's Transfers Task Force presented to the Board a status report giving preliminary findings and recommendations on WLS, but requiring additional analysis and discussion within the DNSO before the report is finalized;

Whereas, as contemplated by resolution 02.55 ICANN has received various public comments on the WLS on a web-based public comment forum;

Whereas, a Public Forum was held on 27 June 2002 at ICANN's meetings in Bucharest, during which VeriSign gave a presentation of the WLS in which it constructively proposed changes to accommodate concerns expressed in community comments; the DNSO Transfers Task Force summarized its preliminary findings and recommendations; and several members of the Internet community gave their views on WLS;

Whereas, the Board, although very anxious to ensure that action on VeriSign's request proceeds without unnecessary delay, believes that its consideration of the request would be assisted by receiving the final report of the DNSO's bottom-up consensus-development effort, including its views on the modifications recently proposed by VeriSign;

Resolved [02.84] that the Names Council is requested to provide, no later than 26 July 2002, its final recommendations, with its supporting rationale and any separate positions of DNSO constituencies, on the VeriSign WLS request (including the modifications made on 27 June 2002), so that the Board may act shortly thereafter.

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