Domain Renewals

Wed Apr 8 01:18:37 EEST 2020

Thanks for Sharing Peter. 

My thought is - what are the "Internet People” giving back - support to the International business community. It will not just be Very.Good PR for the RySG & ICANN but a true statement that we are fighting together. 

My Addition to Steve’s List (If you can Share with him please) - India’s leading property Listing Portal 99acres.com <http://99acres.com/> gives an extension of Validity on Paid Listings for two Months. 

Looking forward to getting the group involved. 

Regards,
-VA

> On Apr 8, 2020, at 2:32 AM, Peter Micek <petermicek at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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> Thanks for getting this idea going. I wholly support calling on the industry to take mitigation measures that acknowledge the financial pressures and other burdens on registrants at this time.  
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> Not every registrar has to take the same action. Look at this great spreadsheet that Steve Song started compiling showing actions by regulators, telcos and ISPs, for example, to see the breadth of actions available to service providers: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DsJ6YS8hBIpD9CQqVcrASCgGsFo6syDIakZCQohABGQ/edit#gid=0 <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DsJ6YS8hBIpD9CQqVcrASCgGsFo6syDIakZCQohABGQ/edit#gid=0>
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> It is entirely reasonable to ask similar of this industry, and I would argue that providing discounts, postponing fees, or providing in kind services for free at times of crisis aligns with the private sector's duty to respect human rights under the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. Specifically, it would mitigate the risk of people losing access to public health information and data that is crucial to understand the threat they face to health and wellbeing. Domain registrars can avoid causing or contributing to this lack of access by extending services and delaying costs.
> 
> Best,
> Peter
> 
> On Tue, Apr 7, 2020 at 4:38 PM Vaibhav Aggarwal <va at bladebrains.com <mailto:va at bladebrains.com>> wrote:
> Thanks Kristy. I appreciate it. 
> 
> Amr my few points : 
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> 1. There is definitive news in the market where renewals by digital businesses r being curtailed due to their business cycles taking a hit. The data at this juncture may b suppressed or undeclared for obvious reasons;
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> 2. ICANN may not have the power to interfere in the business of individual registries, but it’s obligation is surely not towards them but the consumers. So if NCSG mounts enough pressure, even a recommendation in that direction would have achieved a significant push for the “Non-Commercial” SG, making a statement in the larger interest of the society !
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> 3. There Is a responsibility for every group that should be there to support digital businesses. Zoom for instance, from 5 million users, have gone to 100mil + users over just in 7 days. Please appreciate that the subscriptions that zoom has, are yearly or some are long term.  So we are asking for a couple of months !!
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> 4. As far as the technical aspect is concerned, it is very simple. I don’t suppose as the NCSG we should Not worry about anyone’s business & their revenue cycles. 
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> 5. Legally, My suggestion is iron clad. The force Majure Clause in all international agreements including those of the local contracting parties will take care of the extension of the domain renewal dates. 100% enforceable by law ! 
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> Just a few points to ponder. We can discuss more. 
> 
> Regards 
> -VA
> 
> Sent from my mobile device. Typos regretted. 
> 
>> On Apr 8, 2020, at 1:31 AM, Kristi Hoffmaster <kristi.hoffmaster at gmail.com <mailto:kristi.hoffmaster at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>> 
>> Kristi - first commment since joining.  I think that is very smart and makes sense. Great idea.
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>> On Tue, Apr 7, 2020 at 3:46 PM Vaibhav Aggarwal <va at bladebrains.com <mailto:va at bladebrains.com>> wrote:
>> Hello Team, 
>> 
>> I hope everyone is Well & taking good care in this tough global situation. 
>> 
>> I have a question - while the business globally is stand still, there are domain renewals that are coming up. Why should the domain renewals be not  given a grace of at least 2 months before they expire (for the months of April & May). 
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>> Most of the Digital platforms which are there for listing, online businesses, are allowing extended listing complimentary in the interest of business. 
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>> Just raising - if we agree, which makes complete sense, then we can draft a formal letter to the board & the registry group for taking this forward quickly. 
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>> Regards 
>> -Vaibhav Aggarwal
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>> Sent from my mobile device. Typos regretted.
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