-----Original
Message-----
From: Jane Mutimear
[mailto:jane.mutimear@twobirds.com]
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2003 7:09
AM
To: 'Bret Fausett';
nc-deletes@dnso.org
Cc: Jordyn Buchanan; Louis Touton;
Dan Halloran; 'Dr Eberhard W. Lisse'; Gomes, Chuck
Subject: RE: [nc-deletes] FW:
[council] Concerns Regarding Report of DeletesTask Force
I agree with Bret's comments and would be able to make
a conference call this week to discuss further.
Jane
-----Original Message-----
From: Bret Fausett [mailto:fausett@lextext.com]
Sent: 13 April 2003 18:41
To: nc-deletes@dnso.org
Cc: Jordyn A. Buchanan; Louis Touton;
Dan Halloran; 'Dr Eberhard W. Lisse'; Gomes, Chuck
Subject: Re: [nc-deletes] FW:
[council] Concerns Regarding Report of DeletesTask Force
Gomes, Chuck wrote:
> If reasonable and limited
flexibility is not build into the policy...
Remember though that the uniform rule was suggested by
the task force in order to stop what was believed to be an abusive/unfair
registrar practice. The question is how to provide limited flexibility for a
registrar without
(a) reopening the possibility of abuse; and/or (b)
saddling ICANN Staff with an ambiguous or impossible to administer enforcement
burden.
While I'm still reviewing the Staff report, I think
the Staff recommendations can be easily reconciled with our report in at least
three places.
First, I don't believe it was our intent to require a
register to delete a domain name when the name was the subject of an
administrative or legal proceeding and/or when the deletion would be in
violation of law or an applicable court order. I think we can add language to make
that clear, and such a carve-out would be relatively easy for ICANN to enforce.
Second, I also don't believe it was our intention to
preclude a registrar from offering domain name registrations for free. Our real
point was that a registrant should affirmatively indicate an intent to renew
the registration beyond the previously agreed term. Most often, that intent is
expressed by payment for a new term, but I see no reason why a registrar
couldn't offer the renewal for free so long as the registrant takes some
positive step to express agreement with that course of action. Rephrasing some
of the paragraphs to replace payment-related words and phrases with things like
"affirmative intention to renew" might solve this problem.
Finally, I don't believe we had intended to bind a
registrar to the deletion policy it had posted on its web site for the entire
term of its registrations. My assumption is that we simply wanted registrars to
post their then current deletion policy, with an acknowledgment that such a policy
might be updated or revised in the future. We can easily clarify that.
Those are three clarifications that I think are
consistent with our original thinking and that a quick and non-controversial
re-draft could probably resolve.
Perhaps we should schedule a quick conference call in
advance of the NC meeting to discuss the Staff report.
-- Bret
P.S. I've trimmed the cc:s. If you think this message
should go to a broader group though, feel free to forward it as you think
appropriate.
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