Changes

[[Verisign]] proposed the Waiting List Service as a new registry offering to domain name subscribers to ICANN on March 21, 2002. In addition, the company also requested the body to change its [[.com]] & [[.net]] registry agreement to include WLS with a $35 subscription fee.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/meetings/bucharest/dnso-deletes-report-10jun02.htm DNSO Status Report Regarding Deletions, Solutions, and WLS]</ref>

[[Verisign]] proposed the Waiting List Service as a new registry offering to domain name subscribers to ICANN on March 21, 2002. In addition, the company also requested the body to change its [[.com]] & [[.net]] registry agreement to include WLS with a $35 subscription fee.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/meetings/bucharest/dnso-deletes-report-10jun02.htm DNSO Status Report Regarding Deletions, Solutions, and WLS]</ref>

==ICANN Board's Approval of the WLS==

==WLS Negotiations==

In August 2002, The [[ICANN Board]] approved the Waiting List Service proposal of Verisign to test the company's expiring domain name service despite the controversy surrounding it. The WLS became controversial due to the objections raised by the [[DNSO|Domain Name Supporting Organization]], which emphasized that it would not cooperate with the Board unless its recommendations were adopted. The DNSO's recommendations adopted by the Board include:<ref>[http://www.internetnews.com/xSP/article.php/1451891/ICANN-Approves-Waiting-List-Service.htm Internetnews.com]</ref>

On March 2002, during the ICANN Meeting in Bucharest, Verisign presented its revised proposal to the [[ICANN Board]] regarding implementation of its Waiting List Service. Under its new proposal, Verisign informed the Board that it included all the concerns and recommendations submitted by registrars to the [[DNSO|Domain Name Supporting Organization]].<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/meetings/bucharest/vgrs-wls-proposal-20mar02.pdf Domain Name Wait Listing Service]</ref> Verisign's revised proposal ignited contradicting reactions from the internet community. Some expressed their strong oppositions while others  supported the WLS proposal. To resolve the issue,the ICANN Board adopted Resolution 02.100 on August 23, 2002 delegating it's president [[Paul Twomey]] and general counsel [[John O. Jeffrey]] to negotiate and make proper amendments to .com and .net Registry Agreement between ICANN and Verisign to be able to offer the proposed WLS under certain conditions:<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/minutes-23aug02.htm#02.100  ICANN Board Special Meeting]</ref>

# A redemption grace period for 6 months for all deleted domain names to give opportunity to the domain owners who unconsciously let their domain name expired to retrieve it.

# A redemption grace period for 6 months for all deleted domain names to give opportunity to the domain owners who unconsciously let their domain name expired to retrieve it.

# The WLS will be implemented on test run for one year.

# The WLS will be implemented on test run for one year.

#  Current domain owners should receive notification that there is an interested buyer for his or her domain name, however the identity of the buyer will not be disclosed.

#  Current domain owners should receive notification that there is an interested buyer for his or her domain name, however the identity of the buyer will not be disclosed.

# Registrars won't be able to include the domain name on the WLS more than 60 days from expiration.  

# Registrars won't be able to include the domain name on the WLS more than 60 days from expiration.  

# Data from the WLS trial period should be collected to determine its relevance.

# Data from the WLS trial period should be collected to determine its relevance.  

 

 

==WLS Objections==  

==WLS Objections==