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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Dear Councilors,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>The AGP Limits Policy contains a
provision that requires ICANN staff to provide semi-annual updates to the GSNO
on the implementation of the Policy. To date ICANN has issued two reports, the first
in June 2009 and the second in December 2009. With excessive AGP deletes down
by 99.7%, the Policy is achieving its desired outcome and this was stated in
the last report. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Also noted in the last report were
some registrar complaints about exemptions requests that had been denied when
the basis for the request was fraud. From the 14 December 2009 report, ICANN
noted: <i>A question the GNSO Council may wish to consider in the future is
whether modifications to the Policy are necessary and/or appropriate given the results
and community reaction to date. For example, should the GNSO Council consider
defining the terms “extraordinary circumstances” or “reoccur
regularly?” During the policy development process on domain tasting some
community members suggested that the mitigation of instances of consumer fraud
may be a legitimate use of AGP deletes. Additionally, if a registrar
proactively takes down (i.e., deletes) domains that are known to propagate a
fraudulent activity such as phishing, should the registrar bear the cost if the
deletions cause the registrar to exceed the threshold defined in the Policy?</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Staff recommends that the GSNO
consider whether further work is needed in light of the fact that excessive AGP
deletes are down by 99.7%. Staff further recommends that the Council
consider whether semi-annual reports should be continued and if so, with what
frequency? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>I’m
happy to join the next GNSO call to discuss this and to answer any questions
you may have.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Craig
Schwartz<br>
Chief gTLD Registry Liaison<br>
ICANN<br>
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