ICANN special meeting today on WLS

[AdoptableDomains]

ICANN has as special meeting today, Feb 18 to discuss the WLS approval. A threat to sue by a coalition of registrars has been sent to them. The letter is on the site linked below.

Full article on CircleID
http://www.circleid.com/article/495_0_1_0_C/

meeting agenda: http://www.icann.org/minutes/

From the ICANN meeting minues, it also looks like they'll be approving the .pro ownership change and possibly redeligating the .ng ccTLD. Just what we need, another ccTLD trying to sell as an unrestricted TLD. After all the nigerian scams, who would want to have one of their domains?

 

[Raf]

Thanks for posting the news AdoptableDomains, keep us posted on any other news you might have regarding this topic.

 

[armstrong]

possibly redeligating the .ng ccTLD

WeAreUpTo.ng :hehe:

 

[InteractAsia]

interesting

I wonder what the outcome of the WLS issue would be.

 

[aww]

This letter that was sent yesterday was for the above meeting:
http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=20979

 

[Anthony]

Thanks Mark!

 

[domaindude]

Great information AdoptableDomains,

Names Pros members are always on top of changes that effort the domain market.

 

[AdoptableDomains]

Here's the result of that meeting:

Item 4 -- WLS Negotiations with VeriSign

The Board reviewed with staff the current status of the negotiations with VeriSign regarding WLS. On 2 June 2003, ICANN's Board adopted Resolutions 03.79 and 03.80, which partially granted VeriSign's request for reconsideration by revising the conditions under which ICANN would consent to modifying VeriSign's registry agreements to allow for the offering of WLS.

On 26 January 2004, ICANN's General Counsel wrote to VeriSign to document the conclusion of negotiations concerning the conditions on VeriSign's proposed offering of WLS.

During this Board Meeting, the Board authorized the public posting of the 26 January 2004 letter (PDF) setting forth the results of the negotiations and asked that this matter be placed on the Board's agenda for the publicly-held Board Meeting for 6 March 2004 in Rome, Italy.

ICANN's requirements to Verisign to enter negotiations for WLS are here:
http://www.icann.org/correspondence/jeffrey-to-lewis-26jan04.pdf

Interesting.

 

[Anthony]

So is that a yes or a no?