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- Category: gTLD gTLDs
- Topic: Negotiations on VeriSign WLS Proposal
- Board meeting date: 23 August 2002
- Resolution number: 02.100
- URL for Board minutes/resolution: http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/prelim-report-23aug02.htm
- Status: (replace this text with: Completed, Ongoing, Suspended)
Summary
Authorizes staff Board authorizes ICANN Staff to negotiate revisions to .COM and .NET agreements for implementation of WLS, under certain defined conditions.
Text
Whereas, on 21 March 2002 VeriSign, Inc., the operator of the .com and .net registries, requested amendments to the registry agreements for those top-level domains to allow it to conduct a twelve-month trial of a proposed wait-listing service (WLS) to be offered through accredited registrars for an annual fee;
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Whereas, the Board notes that the implementation of mechanisms for ICANN to consult on economic and competition issues should be in place in time to be of assistance in connection with evaluation of any WLS trial;unmigrated-wiki-markup
Resolved \ [02.100\] that the President and General Counsel are authorized to conduct negotiations on behalf of ICANN toward appropriate revisions to the .com and .net registry agreements between ICANN and VeriSign to provide for the offering of a wait-listing service as proposed by VeriSign, with the following additional conditions:
(a) Subscriptions under the WLS in the .com and .net top-level domains shall not be taken by VeriSign Global Registry Services until at least six months have elapsed after implementation of the Redemption Grace Period for all deleted names in those top-level domains;
(b) No preference in connection with, or exclusion from, WLS shall be given because of any registrar-level reservation service;
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(f) There shall be a data-gathering and evaluation program, to be specified in the negotiated revisions to the agreements, that includes mechanisms for analyzing whether the WLS harms the legitimate interests of consumers or others.
(The Board approved the above resolution by a 11-2-2 vote, with Mr. Abril i Abril and Mr. Auerbach opposed and Dr. Kyong and Mr. Mueller-Maguhn abstaining.)
Implementation Actions
- Negotiations conducted with Registry Operator Negotiate revisions of registry agreements with VeriSign for implementation of WLS.
- Responsible entity: ICANN staff, Registry OperatorOffice of General Counsel
- Due date: None provided
- Completion date: (replace this text with Date action was implemented)6 March 2004
Other Related Resolutions
- Approval of WLS Negotiations with VeriSign: http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/rome-resolutions-06mar04.htm
- Request for report on deletion issues and invitation for public comment on WLS proposal: http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/minutes-22apr02.htm
- Request for Names Council to provide final recommendations and constituency statements from Names Council positions on WLS proposal: http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/minutes-28jun02.htm
Additional Information
- The resolution does not address funding for the items identified therein.
Explanatory text does not modify or override Resolutions. See Board Resolutions Page for more information.
