Dear Louis, Thank you very much for sending me this note. I have forwarded it to the Protocol Council. The Protocol Council will very likely consider this issue during the next conference call on Friday, 31 May. I will have a pleasure to inform you on the results. Best regards, Vladimir -----Original Message----- From: Louis Touton [mailto:touton@icann.org] Sent: dimanche, 28. avril 2002 21:40 To: vladmir.androuchko@itu.int Subject: VeriSign Request Concerning Wait-Listing Service Vladimir, Please circulate the appended note to the Protocol Council. Thank you. Louis ============================================================= To the Protocol 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 Protocol 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 Protocol 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