[aso-council] VeriSign Request Concerning Wait-Listing Service

[Louis Touton <touton@icann.org>]

To the Address Council:

On 21 March 2002, VeriSign, Inc. requested that ICANN agree to amend the
registry agreements for the .com and .net top-level domains to allow it
to charge registrars an annual subscription fee of US$35.00 (with
rebates of US$7.00 or US$11.00 depending on volume) for providing a
proposed wait-listing service (WLS).  The ICANN Board discussed this
request at its meeting on 22 April 2002 and decided to consider the
request at its meeting in Bucharest, Romania, to be held 24-28 June
2002.  Although the request relates primarily to domain-name issues, the
Board believes that the Address Council may have helpful advice, and
therefore invited the Council to submit comments (if any) on the request
before the Bucharest meeting.  (See ICANN Board Resolution 02.54
<http://www.icann.org/minutes/prelim-report-22apr02.htm#VeriSignWLSProposal>.)

Useful background material on this request includes:

 + VeriSign material on the request: 
   <http://www.verisign-grs.com/wls.html>
 + ICANN General Counsel's analysis:  
   <http://www.icann.org/minutes/report-vgrs-wls-17apr02.htm>
 + VeriSign's response:   
   <http://www.icann.org/minutes/response-vgrs-wls-21apr02.htm>

In the event that the Address Council wishes to submit advice or
comments, 
please send the response to my attention for circulation to the Board
and 
community.

Best regards,

Louis Touton
ICANN Secretary
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