RE: [bc-gnso] FW: ICANN News Alert -- ICANN Community Declares Success of AGP Limits Consensus Policy

[Marilyn Cade <marilynscade@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks, Mike. Much appreciated that you led on this issue
I would probably like to see the reporting continue, as a safeguard, but 
perhaps less frequently. I note that it may be because there is visible 
reporting that the behavior is dropping off. 
Others who have been affected negatively by the practice may have other 
thoughts to add in here.
Marilyn Cade







From: icann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: bc-gnso@xxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bc-gnso] FW: ICANN News Alert -- ICANN Community Declares Success of 
AGP Limits Consensus Policy
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2010 07:38:20 -0800



Message bodySharing some further info I got from ICANN Staff in response to 
some inquiries I made upon seeing this “Alert”.  Happy to hear any comments, 
but in sum I do not think there is any more to do on this issue and ICANN Staff 
can stop their reporting on it at this point. Best,mike Mike 
RodenbaughRODENBAUGH LAWtel/fax:  +1 (415) 738-8087http://rodenbaugh.com From: 
Craig Schwartz [mailto:craig.schwartz@xxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2010 8:19 AM
To: icann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: 'Rosette, Kristina'
Subject: RE: ICANN News Alert -- ICANN Community Declares Success of AGP Limits 
Consensus Policy Hi Mike, I hope you find the following information helpful as 
a follow-up to your question about blatant tasting. Here are some data points 
and comments: -      June 2008 there were 15,738,292 AGP deletes in .COM vs. 
June 2010 that saw 41,798 = 99.8% decrease-      June 2008 there were 1,860,164 
AGP deletes in .NET vs. June 2010 that saw 5,951 = 99.7% decrease-      June 
2008 there were 1,409 AGP deletes in .BIZ vs. June 2010 that saw 850 = 40% 
decrease-      June 2008 there were 35,052 AGP deletes in .ORG vs. June 2010 
that saw 2,908 = 91.8% decrease-      July 2008 there were 18,945 AGP deletes 
in .INFO vs. July 2010 that saw 8,887 = 53.1% decrease (Note: I used July 
rather than June as in June 2010 there were an unusually high number of AGP 
deletes (far beyond the 2010 average monthly figure of ~6k) that were 
identified in an AGP Exemption Request from one registrar. That information was 
presented in the report recently provided to the GSNO and shared with the 
community.) A particularly interesting statistic is to share with you is that 
the six registrars with the highest number of AGP deletes in June 2008 (for 
.COM and .NET combined) totaled 17,598,476 AGP deletes or roughly 59% of all 
AGP deletes for that month. In contrast, those six registrars reported AGP 
deletes in June 2010 (for .COM and .NET combined) of 1,544 or roughly 2.2% of 
all AGP deletes for that month. Clearly for at least those registrars their 
business practices have changed in response to the AGP Limits Policy. Further 
and in order to assess if there continues to be blatant tasting by some 
registrars, it would be necessary to identify the number of AGP deletes that 
resulted in an excess deletion fee compared to the total number of AGP deletes 
for a particular registrar per month across all the TLDs they are accredited to 
distribute. However, given the overall decline of 99.7% of AGP deletes, it’s 
unclear what the benefit of additional work would be relative to the costs of 
extracting that information and what this would really tell us.  Lastly and as 
you noted in your 22 November 2010 email, there are cases where some registrars 
are deleting, outside of the AGP, a significant number of the names they added. 
What could be inferred from this is that they’re testing the marketability of 
these names and ultimately deciding to delete them. However, since these 
registrars have paid for the names, this doesn’t fit the definition of “domain 
tasting.”  As always, I’m available to answer any questions you or the GNSO may 
have about the implementation of the AGP Limits Policy.  Take care and have a 
good holiday weekend. Best, Craig SchwartzChief gTLD Registry LiaisonICANN 
From: Mike Rodenbaugh [mailto:icann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Saturday, November 20, 2010 11:59 AM
To: Craig Schwartz
Cc: 'Rosette, Kristina'
Subject: FW: ICANN News Alert -- ICANN Community Declares Success of AGP Limits 
Consensus Policy Craig, I recall that early on in implementation of this 
policy, there was still some blatant tasting activity centered at a few 
registrars.  I wonder if that is still so obviously happening, or not. Do you 
know where the ‘Per-Registrar Activity Reports’ are for Verisign?  They are 
referenced in the recent Registry Operator Monthly Reports 
(http://icann.org/en/tlds/monthly-reports/) as ‘provided under separate cover’, 
but are not found from a quick search or near proximity on the ICANN site, or 
link from the Monthly Report.  They recently had been provided directly within 
the monthly reports, I thought?  Anyway I would appreciate help locating them. 
Thanks,Mike Mike RodenbaughRODENBAUGH LAWtel/fax:  +1 (415) 
738-8087http://rodenbaugh.com From: ICANN News Alert 
[mailto:communications@xxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Friday, November 19, 2010 5:38 PM
To: icann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: ICANN News Alert -- ICANN Community Declares Success of AGP Limits 
Consensus Policy News 
Alerthttp://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-19nov10-en.htmICANN 
Community Declares Success of AGP Limits Consensus PolicyProposed Final Status 
Report to the GNSO Council on AGP Limits Policy Implementation19 November 
2010The Add Grace Period (AGP) Limits Policy, implemented on 1 April 2009, 
resulted in a 99.7% decrease in AGP deletes and illustrates the success of 
ICANN’s consensus-driven, bottom-up policy development process. Community 
members identified a problem, initiated policy discussions, and generated a 
solution that has produced effective and sustained results.ICANN today is 
posting its fourth and proposed final status report to the GNSO on the 
implementation of AGP Limits Policy. This report presents ICANN’s experience 
implementing the Policy, provides statistical information on net new 
registrations, AGP deletes, the percent of names deleted during the AGP for 
each TLD, and the disposition of exemption requests for the period.ICANN 
committed to analyzing and reporting on the effects of the Policy to the GNSO 
at six-month intervals for two years after its implementation. The first status 
report was issued on 10 June 2009, the second status report on 14 December 
2009, and the third status report on 1 June 2010. The purpose of these reports 
is “to allow the GNSO to determine when, if ever, these recommendations and any 
ensuing policy require additional clarification or attention based on the 
results of the reports prepared by ICANN Staff.” On 10 June 2010, the GSNO 
Council discussed whether additional Policy work was necessary based upon the 
results of the implementation and whether the reporting requirement should be 
amended or eliminated. At that meeting the GNSO Council determined that the 
successful outcomes from the Policy did not warrant additional work at that 
time and that staff should continue its reporting requirement through the end 
of the two-year cycle. The publication of this fourth and proposed final report 
fulfills this reporting requirement to the GNSO. This message was sent from 
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