Patrick Jones, ICANN's Registry Liaison Manager, has posted an ICANN Blog entry. I responded to the entry, and Patrick asked me to forward this blog post to the NCUC and ask "if there is anything they would like to add?" Patrick's comment: As part of ICANN’s Registry Failover project, I have been informally asking questions outside ICANN on what types of information the community, users and the public would want to receive in the event of a registry failure. So far the response has been: - When will the TLD be operational again? - What caused the event? - How can that event be prevented in the future? - What are my options? - Who is the point of contact at ICANN for questions and what is their availability? - Is there a resource available to post updates on the event or failure? I am open to other suggestions. As background, an update on the project was provided to the ICANN Board on 13 March 2007 (http://www.icann.org/minutes/minutes-13mar07.htm) and an initial report on ICANN’s gTLD registry data escrow requirements was posted on 5 March 2007 (http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-05mar07.htm). This post is not related to registrars, so please keep the focus of any suggestions on existing TLDs or ideas for new gTLDs, including IDN registries. Danny's comment: Preliminary work on this topic was done by former ICANN Board Director Mike Palage; his article, “Minimizing the Impact of Internet Stakeholders in connection with a gTLD Registry Financial/Business Failure” is a good read — see the attachment at the bottom of this URL http://forum.icann.org/lists/new-gtld-questions/msg00006.html It would be nice to know if Mike’s proposed bonding requirement proposal has as yet been evaluated by the Board or by ICANN Staff. Patrick's reply: Thanks Danny. I have a copy of Mike’s article, and it is part of my working materials for the project. Can you forward this blog post to the NCUC and ask if there is anything they would like to add? NCUC comments? __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com