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Dear
Councillors Absentee
voting is closed on the motion on Post-Expiration Domain Name Recovery,
proposed by Avri Doria, and seconded by Chuck Gomes. The final results are
as follows: 25 votes in favour Absentee ballots received
from: Absent from voting: Greg
Ruth, Tony Holmes (2 votes) Motion I Motion
on Post-Expiration Domain Name Recovery proposed by Avri Doria and
seconded by Chuck Gomes Whereas on 05 December 2008, the GNSO received
an Issues Report on Post-Expiration Domain Name Recovery (PEDNR); Whereas on 29 January 2009 the GNSO
Council decided to form a Drafting Team (DT) to consider the form of policy
development action in regard to PEDNR; Whereas a DT has formed and its
members have discussed and reviewed the issues documented in the Issues Report; Whereas the DT has concluded that
although some further information gathering may be needed, it should be done
under the auspices of a PDP; Whereas staff has suggested and the DT
concurs that the issue of registrar transfer during the RGP might be better
handled during the IRTP Part C PDP. The GNSO Council RESOLVES To initiate a Policy Development
Process (PDP) to address the issues identified in the Post-Expiration Domain
Name Recovery Issues Report. The charter for this PDP should
instruct the Working Group: that it should consider
recommendations for best practices as well as or instead of recommendations for
Consensus Policy; that to inform its work it should
pursue the availability of further information from ICANN compliance staff to
understand how current RAA provisions and consensus policies regarding
deletion, auto-renewal, and recovery of domain names during the RGP are
enforced; and that it should specifically consider
the following questions: . Whether adequate opportunity exists
for registrants to redeem their expired domain names; . Whether expiration-related
provisions in typical registration agreements are clear and conspicuous enough; . Whether adequate notice exists to
alert registrants of upcoming expirations; . Whether additional measures need to
be implemented to indicate that once a domain name enters the Auto-Renew Grace
Period, it has expired (e.g., hold status, a notice on the site with a link to
information on how to renew, or other options to be determined). . Whether to allow the transfer of a
domain name during the RGP. The GNSO Council further resolves that
the issue of logistics of possible registrar transfer during the RGP shall be
incorporated into the charter of the IRTP Part C charter. Let me know if you have any questions. Thank you. Kind regards, Glen GNSO
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