RE: [nc-transfer] FW: [council] VeriSign WLS

["Cade,Marilyn S - LGA" <mcade@att.com>]

Thanks, Dan, will make sure all have.  Will need to work with Dan/Louis to obtain.

-----Original Message-----
From: Dan Steinberg [mailto:synthesis@videotron.ca]
Sent: Monday, July 01, 2002 8:17 PM
To: Cade,Marilyn S - LGA
Cc: Transfer TF (E-mail); Louis Touton (E-mail); Juliano,Marie M - LGA
Subject: Re: [nc-transfer] FW: [council] VeriSign WLS


Marilyn,

It would be useful for me (and perhaps others) to have the version of
the verisign proposal that the board voted on.  With all the changes
that have taken place, I want to be sure Im working on the right doc.

"Cade,Marilyn S - LGA" wrote:
> 
> Dear Transfer TF:
> 
> Please note deadline. Marie will post meeting/conference dates by Wednesday.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Louis Touton [mailto:touton@icann.org]
> Sent: Monday, July 01, 2002 12:42 PM
> To: council@dnso.org
> Subject: [council] VeriSign WLS
> 
> To the Names Council:
> 
> At its meeting on 28 June 2002, the ICANN Board adopted the resolution
> shown below concerning VeriSign's request to implement a wait-listing
> service, for a fee.  As you will note, the Board took note of VeriSign's
> constructive proposal, presented at the Public Forum on 27 June, to
> amend its offering in various respects to address concerns raised by the
> interim report of the DNSO Transfers Task Force.  The Board believes it
> would benefit by having the final recommendations of the Names Council
> (considering the substantial revisions proposed by VeriSign to address
> the concerns that have been raised) before deciding, and has requested
> the report be submitted by 26 July so that the Board may act shortly
> thereafter.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Louis Touton
> ================================================================
> Wait-Listing Service Proposal
> 
> 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.

-- 
Dan Steinberg

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