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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Dear
Councillors <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Absentee
voting is closed on the motion on Post-Expiration Domain Name Recovery,
proposed by Avri Doria, and seconded by Chuck Gomes.<br>
<br>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The final results are
as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>25 votes in favour<br>
<br>
20 Votes in favour cast during the meeting:<br>
Cyril Chua, Ute Decker, Kristina Rosette, Tony Harris, Mike Rodenbaugh, Zahid
Jamil, William Drake, Carlos Souza, Avri Doria, Terry Davis ( one vote each)
Chuck Gomes, Edmon Chung, Jordi Iparraguirre, Tim Ruiz, Stéphane van Gelder
(two votes each)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Absentee ballots received
from: <br>
5 Votes in favour<br>
Philip Sheppard, Mary Wong, Olga Cavalli (one vote each) Adrian Kinderis (two
votes)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Absent from voting: Greg
Ruth, Tony Holmes (2 votes)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><u><span lang=EN-US
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Motion I<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Motion
on Post-Expiration Domain Name Recovery proposed by <b>Avri Doria</b> and
seconded by <b>Chuck Gomes</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:35.4pt'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Whereas on 05 December 2008, the GNSO received
an Issues Report on Post-Expiration Domain Name Recovery (PEDNR);<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:35.4pt'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:35.4pt'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>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;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:35.4pt'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:35.4pt'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Whereas a DT has formed and its
members have discussed and reviewed the issues documented in the Issues Report;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:35.4pt'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:35.4pt'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Whereas the DT has concluded that
although some further information gathering may be needed, it should be done
under the auspices of a PDP;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:35.4pt'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:35.4pt'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:35.4pt'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:35.4pt'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The GNSO Council RESOLVES<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:35.4pt'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:35.4pt'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>To initiate a Policy Development
Process (PDP) to address the issues identified in the Post-Expiration Domain
Name Recovery Issues Report.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:35.4pt'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The charter for this PDP should
instruct the Working Group:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:35.4pt'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:35.4pt'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>that it should consider
recommendations for best practices as well as or instead of recommendations for
Consensus Policy;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:35.4pt'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>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<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:35.4pt'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>that it should specifically consider
the following questions:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:35.4pt'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:35.4pt'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>. Whether adequate opportunity exists
for registrants to redeem their expired domain names;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:35.4pt'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:35.4pt'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>. Whether expiration-related
provisions in typical registration agreements are clear and conspicuous enough;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:35.4pt'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:35.4pt'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>. Whether adequate notice exists to
alert registrants of upcoming expirations;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:35.4pt'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:35.4pt'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>. 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).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:35.4pt'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:35.4pt'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>. Whether to allow the transfer of a
domain name during the RGP.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:35.4pt'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:35.4pt'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:35.4pt'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'>Let me know if you have any questions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'>Thank you.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'>Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'>Glen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>GNSO
Secretariat<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>http://gnso.icann.org<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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