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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:black'>Hi Mike,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:black'>I unfortunately will not be able to attended today’s GNSO
Council call and to provide an update on the AGP Limits Policy, and include
here a response to your inquiry.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:black'>During the GNSO PDP on domain tasting, there was discussion and
acknowledgement that implementing a consensus policy on domain tasting could
take many months. Recognizing the community’s interest in this issue and
that it could take up to six months to implement a new policy, the ICANN Board
adopted the AGP budget provision (assessing the registrar-level transaction fee
on excessive AGP deletes) as a short-term measure to address domain tasting. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:black'>Following the Board’s adoption of the GNSO recommendation,
ICANN reached out to the gTLD registry constituency to seek their guidance
around how they might define some of the terms (e.g., extraordinary
circumstances, recurring regularly, etc.) in the recommendation. A number of
gTLD registries responded to the outreach and their input was factored into the
draft implementation plan. The draft plan was then circulated to the registry
and registrar constituencies for input as the Policy has a direct impact on
their operations. Feedback that was received was incorporated to the draft plan
and that plan was posted for public comment on 20 October 2008.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:black'>The public comment on the implementation plan closes today, 20
November 2008. Following publication of the summary and analysis of public
comments and any minor adjustments to the plan, if necessary, notice to gTLD
registries will be made to implement the AGP Limits Policy. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:black'>If you have further questions about this, please do not hesitate
to call or write.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:black'>Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:black'>Craig <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";
color:black'>___________________<br>
Craig Schwartz<br>
Chief gTLD Registry Liaison<br>
ICANN<br>
1875 I Street, NW, 5th floor<br>
Washington, DC 20006<br>
<br>
<br>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>
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%<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:navy'>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></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:navy'>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></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:navy'>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>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:navy'>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></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:navy'>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:navy'>Mike Rodenbaugh<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> ICANN News Alert
[mailto:communications@icann.org] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, November 13, 2008 3:49 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> icann@rodenbaugh.com<br>
<b>Subject:</b> ICANN News Alert -- AGP Deletes Down by 84%</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<h2><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>News Alert<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<h2 style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'>AGP Deletes Down by 84%<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>13
November 2008<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>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></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>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></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>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></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>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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