And what do the others think about this? apart from pressing for
the committee to complet its work, have we developed or do we
have to develop a position on this?

--- Danny Younger <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> On the Council list, Chuck Gomes has posed the
> question as to whether the Transfer Policy Review
> Committee has completed its work.
> 
> As the Committee's 14 January 2007 "Advisory
> Concerning Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy" fails to
> discuss the issue of registrar transfer-away fees, I
> would argue that the Committee still has work to do.
> 
> ICANN's FAQ for Registrars on Transfers states:
> 
> -- Are we allowed to charge fees to process transfer
> requests?
> 
> -- Yes. The Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy does not
> make any provisions with regard to the fees a
> registrar may charge its customers.
> 
> By contrast, consider the policy in place at AuDa:
> 
> 6. TRANSFER FEES 
> 
> 6.1 The losing registrar must not impose a transfer
> fee on the registrant, or any fee that could
> reasonably be construed as a transfer fee. 
> 
> 6.2 The gaining registrar must not impose a transfer
> fee on the registrant, or any fee that could
> reasonably be construed as a transfer fee. If the
> gaining registrar chooses to bundle the transfer with
> other service offerings, then the gaining registrar
> must advise the registrant that the transfer is free
> of charge. 
> 
> 
> Transfer-away fees defeat the intent of the Transfers
> Policy, namely facile domain name portability.  The
> NCUC should press the Council to have the Transfer
> Policy Review Committee address the issue of fees
> asscociated with the transfer process.
> 
> 
>        
>
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