MARINA DEL REY, CA - The Post-Expiration Domain Name Recovery Working Group that was launched following the adoption of its charter by the GNSO Council on June 24, 2009 is requesting input to inform its deliberations to answer the questions outlined below, according to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).
In addition to the views on these questions, the Working Group is particularly interested in receiving supporting data and information related to the questions outlined below.
To what extent should registrants be able to reclaim their domain names after they expire? At issue is whether the current policies on the renewal, transfer and deletion of expired domain names are adequate.
To this end, the GNSO Council initiated a Policy Development Process (PDP) on June 24, 2009 and chartered a Working Group to answer the following questions:
1. Whether adequate opportunity exists for registrants to redeem their expired domain names;
2. Whether expiration-related provisions in typical registration agreements are clear and conspicuous enough;
3. Whether adequate notice exists to alert registrants of upcoming expirations;
4. 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);
5. Whether to allow the transfer of a domain name during the Redemption Grace Period (RGP).
