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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=062463604-20112008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>What GNSO resolution are you talking about
Mike.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=062463604-20112008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Chuck</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> owner-council@gnso.icann.org
[mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Mike
Rodenbaugh<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, November 19, 2008 8:19 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
BC List; GNSO Council; agp-limits-policy@icann.org<BR><B>Subject:</B>
[council] FW: ICANN News Alert -- AGP Deletes Down by 84%<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Below is the ‘news
alert’ from ICANN about the effect of the budget measure designed to mitigate
commercial domain tasting, by imposing the .20 ICANN fee on every domain
deleted over the threshold of 10% of any registrar’s net adds in a
month. There has definitely been a positive impact, with AGP deletes
down 84% overall.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Unfortunately, ICANN
does not mention that one registrar – NameKing -- accounted for nearly 40% of
the .com AGP deletes in July (956,000, vs. 12,000 adds). Another family
of registrars – eNom – accounted for approximately 25% of them (559,000 vs.
203,000 adds). <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">See Verisign registry
report here: <A
href="http://www.icann.org/en/tlds/monthly-reports/com-net/verisign-200807.pdf">http://www.icann.org/en/tlds/monthly-reports/com-net/verisign-200807.pdf</A>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">It is particularly
glaring that just two registrars accounted for 1.5 million AGP deletes in .com
in one month, apparently disregarding the will of the Council and ICANN Board,
entirely. Neither ICANN nor Verisign have mentioned why it is taking so
long for Verisign to implement the GNSO Council resolution that might mitigate
the NameKing and eNom domain tasting business model, as was clearly intended
by a supermajority of Council and the ICANN Board. Fwiw, many in the
Business Constituency are interested to have some indication of when the
resolution will be implemented, and why it has not been implemented to
date. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Mike
Rodenbaugh<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> ICANN
News Alert [mailto:communications@icann.org] <BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Thursday, November 13, 2008 3:49
PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B>
icann@rodenbaugh.com<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B>
ICANN News Alert -- AGP Deletes Down by 84%</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<H2 style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt"><B><FONT face=Arial size=5><SPAN
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84%<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></H2>
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November 2008<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">In June 2008, the ICANN Board
approved the FY09 Budget that contained a provision on AGP deletes. The
provision is that domain names deleted during the AGP will be included as
transactions if they exceed the maximum of (i) 10% of that registrar's net new
registrations in that month, or (ii) fifty (50) domain names, whichever is
greater. Therefore the per-transaction fee, currently US$0.20, will be
assessed on all AGP deletes that exceed the defined threshold.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">This provision was adopted as a
short-term solution to address excessive AGP delete activity until the
consensus policy on domain tasting, now referred to as the AGP Limits Policy,
is implemented. The Policy and draft implementation plan were posted for
public comment on 20 October 2008 (see, <A
href="http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-20oct08-en.htm">http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-20oct08-en.htm</A>)
and are expected to be announced for implementation in early December.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Following implementation of the
Board approved budget provision that affects the "domain tasting fee," names
added and subsequently deleted during the five-day AGP declined from
approximately 17.6M in June 2008 to 2.8M in July 2008. Of the 2.8M AGP deletes
in July, approximately 2.6M were subject to the registrar-level transaction
fee defined by the provision. Therefore, it is expected that the quantity of
AGP deletes will continue to decline until few or none are subject to the
transaction fee.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">ICANN will continue to provide
updates to the community on AGP delete activity following the three-month
confidentiality period for gTLD monthly reports. These reports may be viewed
at <A
href="http://www.icann.org/en/tlds/monthly-reports/">http://www.icann.org/en/tlds/monthly-reports/</A>.
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