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<P><FONT face=Verdana size=2><BR>Hi all,</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana size=2>Please find below details on a workshop to be held
at Capetown with regards to developing a solution to the Verisign Batch pool
issue. It is important to ensure maximum participation in order to have a
fruitful discussion. Also the workshop presents opportunity to any interested
party to present papers on this issue. Please read below for details</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana size=2>- Bhavin</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana><U><B>Registrar Constituency Workshop: Announcement and
Call for Papers</B></U><BR><FONT size=2><BR><BR><B>Workshop
Purpose</B><BR>Jointly sponsored by the Registrar Constituency and ICANN to
develop solutions to the contention for domain names made available by a gTLD
registry (i.e., the deleted names or batch pool market).<BR><BR><B>Date:</B> 1
Dec 2004, two hours in duration, precise time to be
announced.<BR><BR><B>Location:</B> ICANN Meeting, Cape Town, South Africa, room
to be announced.<BR><BR><B>Due date for papers:</B> 24 Nov
2004<BR><BR><B>Overview</B><BR>When a domain name is cancelled, the registry
releases the domain name for re-registration following a redemption grace period
and a notice period of pending delete. In many cases there is more than one
entity that wishes to re-register the domain. The time at which a particular
domain name will be available for re-registration is known to registrars. This
causes contention at the registry, with many registrars sending add commands to
seek to register the name at the same time. This process is an inefficient use
of both registry and registrar resources. This problem has been most noticeable
for the com/net registry due to its large volume of names, but may equally apply
to other registries as the number of names under management grows.<BR><BR>The
purpose of the workshop is to receive industry input on possible long-term
solutions to the contention problem. This discussion is also timely because the
contention problem also applies at the time a new TLD is created, and a new set
of domain names becomes available for registration. Therefore, the workshop
results and ensuing steps will become part of the process for introducing new
TLDs.<BR><BR>The workshop will not discuss the various mechanisms introduced by
some registrars for re-allocating registered domain names after expiry to
different registrants, and the workshop will not discuss the proposed WLS
service. Although these mechanisms may limit the number of names that are made
available for re-registration, domain names will still be released by the
registry for re-registration, and thus the contention problem will still
exist.<BR><BR><B>Agenda</B><BR>The agenda will consist of short presentations
(10 minutes each) from those wishing to present a proposal, followed by
discussion, with the aim to identify via straw poll the most favored solution
for further work. The workshop will be run in the style of IETF meetings where
written proposals are discussed prior to converging on a particular
solution.<BR><BR>All those wishing to present MUST submit a paper in advance
(not later than 24 Nov 2004). All submitted papers will be published in advance
so that workshop participants may read the papers in advance and consider
questions in advance. <BR><BR><B>Details</B><BR>The meeting will be co-chaired
by the Registrar Constituency and ICANN. Representatives from other
constituencies may be invited; the list of invitees is being determined.
<BR><BR>Papers should be submitted to Registrar Constituency Chair Bhavin
Turakhia <A href="mailto:[bhavin.t@directi.com">[bhavin.t@directi.com</A>] and
ICANN Chief Registrar Liaison Tim Cole <A
href="mailto:[cole@icann.org">[cole@icann.org</A>]. Questions should be
addressed to those individuals.<BR><BR>The meeting will probably occur the
afternoon of 1 December, the precise time depending upon room availability. The
time will be settled within the next several
days.</FONT></FONT></P></BODY></HTML>