Re: [gnso-pednr-dt] PEDNR: A proposed path forward

[Sivasubramanian M <isolatedn@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear James,


On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 12:42 AM, James M. Bladel <jbladel@xxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

>
> Good afternoon, everyone.
>
>
> With our review of community feedback complete, several of us on the WG
> have been working to synthesize all the various positions and opinions
> expressed on PEDNR into a compromise proposal.
>
>
> The objectives of putting this forward are:
>
> (1)  Provide additional safeguards for registrants to guard against the
> inadvertent loss of registrations, secured by Consensus Policy.
> (2)  Provide some consistency in the registrant's experience with
> expiring names.
>

+1


> (3)  Accomplish (1) and (3) in a manner that does not unnecessarily
> disrupt the numerous commercial and non-commercial activities in our
> industry.
>

Fair commercial activities, yes. But can we also pay attention to
speculative practices that have highly distorted the intended purpose of
domain names?


>
> With these in mind, we submit the following slate of proposals for your
> consideration.
>
>
> Grace Period (Secured by Consensus Policy)
> -------------------------------------------
> Guaranteed five-day registrar grace period


5 days? As mike says, it is a good start. But several weeks shorter than
required.


> (what to call it will need to
> be determined so as to avoid confusion with similarly named periods)
> following expiration.  Only the RAE can recover/renew name during this
> period.  While the name will not go to auction during this period, it
> could be explicitly deleted by the Registrar, which commences the RGP.
>
>
> Renewal notices (Secured by Consensus Policy)
> ---------------------------------------------
> Requirement to send (by a method at each registrar's discretion) a
> minimum of one renewal notice to registrant no later than 10 days prior
> to expiry, and a second notice the day prior to the expiry date
> notifying the RAE that the 5-day registrar grace period will begin the
> following day.
>

A little more needs to be done here.


>
>
> Whois
> -----
> No changes to Whois recommended.
>

You are still going to replace the Registrant's name with that of the
Registrar during the expiry phase?


>
>
> Community Education
> -------------------
> Registrars:
> Best practice recommendation: A registrar will design and host a
> neutral-content site with important information about how to properly
> steward a domain name and prevent unintended loss.
>

+1


> Registrar should provide on its web site, and send to registrant in
> separate e-mail to registrant immediately following initial
> registration, a set of instructions for keeping domain name records
> current and for lessening the chance of mistakenly allowing the name to
> expire.
>
> ALAC:
> Budget time/money/resources to public education campaign to encourage
> renewals and prevent unwanted loss of a name.
>

More comments to follow.

Thank you
Sivasubramanian M.