----- Original Message ----- From: "Ross Wm. Rader" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 20, 2003 2:19 AM Subject: Transfers
> A couple of you have asked me over the last few days where we are at on the > transfers issue...some of this is official, some of it isn't, all of it > should help you understand what the lay of the transfers land looks like... > > At the end of November, ICANN's Transfer Task Force forwarded 29 > recommendations[1] to the Names Council describing how ICANN's policies > surrounding transfers could be modified in a positive manner. The intention > of these recommendations was to increase the security, transparency and > stability of these types of transactions. As a participant in this task > force representing registrars, I fully believe that these recommendations > fulfill that goal. > > Currently, ICANN's Names Council is analysing the feasibility of these > recommendations. Tucows analysis[2] has been submitted to the Transfers > Implementation Analsysis Committee as have the comments of other parties[3] > > At the end of this month, this committee will be forwarding its final > analysis to the Names Council for their consideration. If the > recommendations are deemed feasible and implementable by the Council, they > will be forwarded to the ICANN Board who may vote to accept them as > consensus policy recommendations to be implemented in the operating > contracts. > > This could all happen as early as March. > > Tucows has mixed feelings concerning how realistic it is to expect positive > change as a result of these recommendations. There are factions that have > chosen to oppose the development of this policy since day one. They may > choose to continue their opposition through these final stages towards > adoption - which at the very least, could make things difficult. > > In the meantime, we are working towards our own interim implementations and > some new processes that may make it easier to deal with registrars like > Verisign, TotalNIC and other registrars that have chosen to make it > difficult for their registrants to leave them for other registrars. Have a look at Joker.com's system. Registrant and admin contact have to open up a transfer window via The Joker.com web site. Effectively preventing us instigating the transfer on their request. Usually the web host is the admin contact so the chance of approval are already slim. Assuming they both approve then this opens up a 3 day transfer window in 10 days time. It is very difficult to synchronise with this. Regards Gordon Hudson Hostroute.com Ltd www.hostroute.net ------------------------------------------------
