ALAC: Advice to the ICANN Board on Subsequent Procedures (R-09B)
| Date Issued | Document | Reference ID | Current Phase |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALAC: Advice to the ICANN Board on Subsequent Procedures (R-09B) | AL-ALAC-ST-0421-02-01-EN (R-09B) | Phase 2 | Understand |
DESCRIPTION
We share the Board’s concerns towards an applicant’s ability to ‘shuffle funds between private auctions’. This ability for a loser to apply proceeds from one private auction to fund their other private auctions only really benefits incumbent multi-TLD registry operators or multiple-string applicants, and clearly disadvantages single-TLD/niche applicants. With ongoing and increasing consolidation of the domain name industry, allowing private auctions will likely exacerbate the advantage for merged contracted parties, leading to less competition among registries.
DEPENDENCIES
Progress pending the New gTLD Subsequent Procedures Final Report.
STATUS UPDATES
| Date | Phase | Type | Status Updates |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phase 2 | Phase Update | As noted at the joint Board-ALAC session at ICANN75, the Board greatly appreciates the ALAC's responses to the Board's questions. The Board continues to review and consider the ALAC advice, to determine whether, in addition to informing the Board’s deliberations, there are actionable items that may require Board action before (or after) the Board takes action on the SubPro policy recommendations. The Board anticipates that this exercise will be completed in the first half of 2023 and that a response to the advice would come at the time of action on the SubPro Final Report – or shortly thereafter. |
| Phase 2 | AP Feedback | The ALAC reiterates that its Advice of April 16 April 2021 in respect of this topic is clear. We are instead unclear on the Board’s question and wish to refer the Board again to our said Advice. |
| Phase 2 | Clarifying Question | The Board would like to note that, in the Applicant Guidebook to the 2012 round, it states: “Applicants that are identified as being in contention are encouraged to reach a settlement or agreement among themselves that resolves the contention.” The Board would like to clarify whether the ALAC advice is intended to state a preference for resolving contention via the ICANN auction, and if so, what kind of parameters would the ALAC set around that? |
| Phase 2 | Phase Change | Now Phase 2 |
| Phase 1 | Phase Update | Acknowledgment sent to ALAC |
