RE: [nc-deletes] two additional issues

["Tim Ruiz" <tim@godaddy.com>]

>I'd suggest that a domain name "expires" when the registrant's contract
>with the registrar ends. Is there any other way to define it?

Currently, a domain does not expire until after the date held by the
registry, period. The registration agreement with a registrant may expire,
for example at the time it is transferred, but the domain does expire.

I don't believe it is within our charter to redefine "expiration" to fit
that context. What you're really getting into is domain warehousing and
speculation, both of which are subject to future consensus policy under the
RAA. However, it is not in our charter to deal with these subjects.

Tim


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-nc-deletes@dnso.org [mailto:owner-nc-deletes@dnso.org]On
Behalf Of Bret Fausett
Sent: Friday, January 24, 2003 11:37 AM
To: nc-deletes@dnso.org
Subject: Re: [nc-deletes] two additional issues


Tim Ruiz wrote:
> Let's stick to what we've been asked to do.

The more I think about it, this is exactly what we've been asked to do. If
we have a disagreement about how to handle a situation in which the
agreement between the registrant and the registrar has expired but a
registrar has purchased additional years from the registry, then we really
haven't even solved our core issue: when does a domain name "expire"?

I'd suggest that a domain name "expires" when the registrant's contract with
the registrar ends. Is there any other way to define it?

      Bret