Members of the Domain Tasting Ad Hoc Group met in
teleconference today.  Consensus emerged on a path
forward -- ICANN Staff, in consultation with the ad
hoc group, is to begin preparing a Request for
Information (RFI) on the topic to be posted to ICANN's
website.

The initial questions cited in the Staff Issues report
will be augmented/refined in the RFI by additional
questions/observations provided by the constituencies.
 The initial questions were:

• Who benefits from domain tasting, and who is harmed?
• Who would benefit from cessation of the practice and
who would be harmed?
• How are registry operators being affected by domain
tasting?
• How are registrars being affected by domain tasting?
• How are registrants being affected by domain
tasting? Are there different
categories of registrants affected differently?
• What enforceable rules could be applied toward
domain tasting activity?
• What would be the impact (positive or negative) of
establishing limitations,
guidelines or restrictions on registrars’ use of the
AGP?
• What would be the impact (positive or negative) on
registries, registrars, and
registrants of eliminating the AGP?

FYI, this Ad Hoc Group was constituted pursuant to the
following Council resolution:

The GNSO Council resolves:

1) To acknowledge the Issues Report on Domain Tasting;


2) To create a small, ad hoc group of GNSO
representatives to direct and consider further
research on domain tasting, including but not limited
to the Questions posed by ICANN staff on page 30 of
the Issues Report, and to draft terms of reference for
a possible GNSO policy development process in a timely
way;

3) To direct the ICANN staff to work with the ad hoc
group to gather further information and data about the
domain tasting issue and make further recommendations
on effectively scoping a PDP; 

4) To consider the further research and terms of
reference, receive a status report on non-PDP
mechanisms regarding domain tasting, and to consider
whether to launch a policy development process on
domain tasting at the  September 2007 GNSO Council
meeting. 

Links:  Issues Report --
http://gnso.icann.org/issues/domain-tasting/gnso-domain-tasting-report-14jun07.pdf




       
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