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<P><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Ross, Ken, Council</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I fully support Ross's guidance here. My initial paragraph of explanation was only intended to explain the consequences of the stability and operational issues to those who may be un familiar with the issue.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I attempted with the resolution itself</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="fr-be"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> (repeated below)</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> - the only part that need go forward to ICANN staff manager - to word it neutrally.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Philip</FONT></SPAN>
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<P><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Draft resolution</FONT></B> </SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Whereas the re-selling of certain deleted or expiring names has lead to unforeseen strains on the ability of registries and registrars to manage their business efficiently,</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Whereas this affects the service level provided to users and the meaning of ICANN accredited as it applies to registrars,</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Council resolves, </FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-gb"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">to request the ICANN staff manager to write an issues report (as specified in annex A to the ICANN by-laws) on the "Re-selling of valuable deleted/expiring domain names in a secondary market", so that Council can subsequently decide if a policy development process would be appropriate.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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