Historical Resolution Tracking Feature » 2006-11-22 - Approval of New Registry Service by PIR - Excess Deletion Fee

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2006-11-22 - Approval of New Registry Service by PIR - Excess Deletion Fee


Resolution of the ICANN Board
Topic: 
Public Interest Registry (PIR) RSEP request to implement Excess Deletions Fee service
Summary: 

Board authorizes the President and General Counsel to enter into an amendment of the .ORG Registry Agreement to implement the proposed excess deletion fee service.

Category: 
gTLDs
Meeting Date: 
Wed, 22 Nov 2006
Resolution Number: 
06.84
Status: 
Complete
Implementation Actions: 
  • Execute Registry Agreement
    • Responsible entity: ICANN Staff
    • Due date: Not specified
    • Completion date: 13 February 2007
Resolution Text: 

Whereas, PIR is concerned about the growth of domain tasting in the .ORG registry, and has proposed a "restocking fee" on certain .ORG domain names deleted during the 5-day add-grace period.

Whereas, PIR discussed the proposal at the ICANN Meeting in Marrakech, Morocco, consulted with the Non-commercial Users Constituency, the At-Large Advisory Constituency, and with a number of ICANN-accredited registrars.

Whereas, PIR submitted a request for a new registry service called excess deletion fee under the Registry Services Evaluation Policy .

Whereas, ICANN conducted its review of the request and determined that there are no significant competition, security or stability issues.

RESOLVED, (06.84), the President and the General Counsel are authorized to enter into an amendment of the .ORG Registry Agreement to implement the proposed excess deletion fee service.

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