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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=281544518-20112008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Mike,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=281544518-20112008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>I now understand that you were referring to the AGP
consensus policy recommendation. So what you are asking is why VeriSign didn't
implement it in advance of the completion of the process. I can't speak
for the business team but I can say that we have contractual obligations with
over 800 registrars. As an attorney, I think you would understand that there can
be risks associated with making changes that may deviate from our defined
business practices. In the case of a consensus policy, we are protected in
that regard once the consensus policy process, including implementation is
completed. You may also ask why we did not propose a registry service in
the interim. I do not have enough information to answer that but I do
know that there are some who are not convinced that restricting the AGP will
necessarily eliminate the abuse to which you refer. I think it is
fair to say that a large percentage of domain tasting would not be
classified unless you believe domain tasting is bad, which some do, then
you would disagree on that point.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=281544518-20112008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>While I am not directly involved on a day-to-day basis. I
am aware that the VeriSign business team is constantly looking at ways to serve
all users of .com and .net names including intellectual property interests and
hopefully you will see the results of those efforts in the
future.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=281544518-20112008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Chuck</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> Mike Rodenbaugh
[mailto:icann@rodenbaugh.com] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, November 20, 2008
1:43 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Gomes, Chuck; 'BC List'; 'GNSO Council';
agp-limits-policy@icann.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [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">Chuck, I consider you
one of the wisest voices around ICANN, even though we occasionally
disagree. I do not need to belabor this point, and appreciate your and
Craig’s attention to the concern. It is frustrating to many of us who
worked hard for over a year to develop this Consensus Policy recommendation,
and obtain a Supermajority vote of Council. Here is the text of the GNSO
motion: <A
href="http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/minutes-gnso-17apr08.shtml">http://gnso.icann.org/meetings/minutes-gnso-17apr08.shtml</A>.
We still see it unimplemented by Verisign seven months later, for no apparent
reason, and damage still occurring from the precise practice we tried to
stop. <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"><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">Thanks,<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">Mike<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">From:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> Gomes,
Chuck [mailto:cgomes@verisign.com] <BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Thursday, November 20, 2008 9:43
AM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> icann@rodenbaugh.com;
BC List; GNSO Council; agp-limits-policy@icann.org<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> RE: [council] FW: ICANN News
Alert -- AGP Deletes Down by 84%</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Mike,</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Forgiving for being
dense, but I was asking an honest question. To what motion are you
referring? What motion do think VeriSign has ignored? I suppose I
can go back to April and check it out when I get time if you don't want to
clarify.</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Chuck</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
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size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">From:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> Mike
Rodenbaugh [mailto:icann@rodenbaugh.com] <BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Thursday, November 20, 2008 10:21
AM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> Gomes, Chuck;
icann@rodenbaugh.com; 'BC List'; 'GNSO Council';
agp-limits-policy@icann.org<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> RE: [council] FW: ICANN News
Alert -- AGP Deletes Down by 84%</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Chuck, I guess I
shouldn’t be surprised to hear you ask this question! Since it sure
seems Verisign has ignored the Council resolution addressing domain tasting,
passed by Council in April by supermajority (including your vote from the
RyC) and by the Board in June.<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">-Mike<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>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">From:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">
Gomes, Chuck [mailto:cgomes@verisign.com] <BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Wednesday, November 19, 2008 8:37
PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B>
icann@rodenbaugh.com; BC List; GNSO Council;
agp-limits-policy@icann.org<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> RE: [council] FW: ICANN News
Alert -- AGP Deletes Down by 84%</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">What GNSO
resolution are you talking about Mike.</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Chuck</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt"><B><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">From:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">
owner-council@gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council@gnso.icann.org]
<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of </SPAN></B>Mike
Rodenbaugh<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B>
Wednesday, November 19, 2008 8:19 PM<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> BC List; GNSO Council;
agp-limits-policy@icann.org<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> [council] FW: ICANN News
Alert -- AGP Deletes Down by 84%</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<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>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
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>
<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"><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">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>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
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">Thanks,<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">Mike
Rodenbaugh<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"><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
style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">AGP Deletes Down by
84%<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></H2>
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face=Arial size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">13
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
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