[kictanet] DOMAIN NAME TASTING

[alice]

Dear All:

A Request for Information has been posted by the ad-hoc group formed by 
the GNSO Council to look at Domain Tasting. The announcement can  be 
found at:  http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-2-10aug07.htm
<http://www.icann.org/announcements/>
In particular, an easy-to-use survey of the questions in the Request For 
Information (RFI) is  available in the BigPulse voting/polling system. 
This makes it quick and easy to 
register your answers to the RFI.

This can be found at: https:// <https:///> www.bigpulse.com/872i 
<http://www.bigpulse.com/872i>

Real-time results from the survey are also publicly available at: 
http://www.bigpulse.com/pollresults?code=4Rkitd2chD5rD7eyJHJi

We hope that many in the community will take the time to register their 
views and provide any suggestions of additional  sources of information 
to be analysed while the RFI is open - it  closes 15th September.



DOMAIN NAME TASTING


Background info 
<http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=e68jwbcab.0.rhwdddcab.xrsqb6bab.183&ts=S0263&p=http%3A%2F%2Fpublic.icann.org%2Fissues%2Fdomain-name-tasting>

One sure sign of the growing maturity of the domain name system is the 
speculative market that has grown up around domains. But is this market 
a sign of health, the result of a loophole that needs to be closed, or 
somewhere in between?

An Issues Report 
<http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=e68jwbcab.0.uhwdddcab.xrsqb6bab.183&ts=S0263&p=http%3A%2F%2Fgnso.icann.org%2Fissues%2Fdomain-tasting%2Fgnso-domain-tasting-report-14jun07.pdf> 
on domain tasting was produced for the San Juan ICANN meeting where it 
was discussed in a number of sessions - including a tutorial 
<http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=e68jwbcab.0.whwdddcab.xrsqb6bab.183&ts=S0263&p=http%3A%2F%2Fsanjuan2007.icann.org%2Fnode%2F18> 
on the issue.

There is no simple solution however and the GNSO Council declined to 
launch a formal policy development process (PDP) into it, delaying a 
decision until September in order to provide time for more research to 
be carried out. An ad hoc group will draft a focused terms of reference 
for the possible PDP.

A GNSO process isn't the only route however: ICANN staff pointed out 
that domain tasting may also be tackled through the ICANN Budget 
process; registry contractual changes; and the approval of new registry 
services.

Each change would be aimed at removing the financial incentive that 
currently exists for companies to register and then "drop" tens of 
thousands of domain names every day.

Key date:

September: GNSO Council discussion on whether to launch domain tasting PDP