> http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-12jul10-en.htm > > Your Input Requested on Post-Expiration Domain Name Recovery > Initial Report > Public comment period open until 1 August 2010 > > 12 July 2010 > > The GNSO Post-Expiration Domain Name Recovery (PEDNR) Policy > Development Process (PDP) Working Group published its Initial > Report [PDF, 1.02 MB] on 31 May. The PEDNR WG was tasked to address > questions in relation to what extent registrants should be able to > renew their domain names after they expire. At issue is whether the > current policies of registrars on the renewal, transfer and > deletion of expired domain names are adequate. > > In the Initial Report, the WG has reviewed current registrar and > ICANN practices regarding domain name expiration, renewal, and post- > expiration recovery. Furthermore, in order to assess the views of > the WG members and determine where there might be agreement or > consensus on a possible approach forward, a survey was conducted > amongst the WG membership, details of which are also included in > the Initial Report. The WG is now looking for your input on the > Initial Report to help inform its deliberations going forward. > Comments can be submitted directly to the public comment forum (see > http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/public-comment-201008- > en.htm#pednr-initial-report) and/or you can provide your input by > responding to the following short survey (see http:// > www.zoomerang.com/Survey/WEB22AUYRGHCV4). As prescribed by the > ICANN by-laws, the public comment forum will remain open for a > period of 20 days until 1 August 2010. > > Deadline and how to submit comments > > Comments are welcome via e-mail to [log in to unmask] > and/or by responding to the survey (http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/ > WEB22AUYRGHCV4) until 1 August 2010. > > Access to the public comment forum from which comments can be > posted can be found at http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/ > public-comment-201008-en.htm#pednr-initial-report. > > An archive of all comments received will be publicly posted at > http://forum.icann.org/lists/pednr-initial-report/. > > Further information: > > * PEDNR PDP Initial Report – http://gnso.icann.org/issues/ > pednr/pednr-initial-report-31may10-en.pdf [PDF, 1.02 MB] > * PEDNR PDP Initial Report – Executive Summary > o English [PDF, 128 KB] > o العربية [PDF, 149 KB] > o 中 文 [PDF, 270 KB] > o Français [PDF, 220 KB] > o Español [PDF, 191 KB] > o Русский [PDF, 275 KB] > * PEDNR WG workspace – https://st.icann.org/post-expiration-dn- > recovery-wg/ > > Background > > At the ICANN Meeting in Cairo in November 2008, the At-Large > Advisory Committee (ALAC), voted to request an Issues Report on the > subject of registrants being able to recover domain names after > their formal expiration date. The ALAC request was submitted to > ICANN policy staff and the GNSO Council on 20 November 2008. The > Issues Report on Post-Expiration Domain Name Recovery [PDF, 422 KB] > was submitted to the GNSO Council on 5 December 2008. The GNSO > Council initiated a PDP on 7 May 2009 and tasked a Working Group to > answer the following charter questions: > > * Whether adequate opportunity exists for registrants to redeem > their expired domain names; > * Whether expiration-related provisions in typical registration > agreements are clear and conspicuous enough; > * Whether adequate notice exists to alert registrants of > upcoming expirations; > * Whether additional measures need to be implemented to > indicate that once a domain name enters the Auto-Renew Grace > Period, it has expired (e.g., hold status, a notice on the site > with a link to information on how to renew, or other options to be > determined); > * Whether to allow the transfer of a domain name during the RGP . > > The Post-Expiration Domain Name Recovery (PEDNR) PDP Working Group > started its deliberations in July 2009. > > Staff responsible: Marika Konings > IP JUSTICE Robin Gross, Executive Director 1192 Haight Street, San Francisco, CA 94117 USA p: +1-415-553-6261 f: +1-415-462-6451 w: http://www.ipjustice.org e: [log in to unmask]