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Public Comment

Public Comment is a vital part of our multistakeholder model. It provides a mechanism for stakeholders to have their opinions and recommendations formally and publicly documented. It is an opportunity for the ICANN community to effect change and improve policies and operations.

Numbers and Hyphens in .NAME Domain Names

Open: 16 September 2010
Closed: 16 October 2010

Explanation/Background: ICANN is today opening a public comment period on a proposed amendment from VeriSign Information Services, Inc. to Appendices 6 and 11 of the .NAME Registry Agreement.

On 25 August 2010, ICANN posted for public information a request submitted by VeriSign through the Registry Services Evaluation Process to offer numeric-only and numbers & hyphens domain names under .NAME. The VeriSign proposal is available at http://www.icann.org/en/registries/rsep/#2010010.

As provided for by existing consensus policy, ICANN has undertaken a preliminary determination on whether the proposal might raise significant competition, security or stability issues. ICANN's determination [PDF, 80 KB] is that the proposal does not raise such issues in .NAME.

Implementation of the proposal would require an amendment to Appendices 6 and 11 of the .NAME Registry Agreement. A copy of the proposed amendment is available here: http://www.icann.org/en/tlds/agreements/name/proposed-name-amendment-15sep10-en.pdf [PDF, 55 KB].

Comments on the proposed amendment submitted to name-numbers-and-hyphens-domains@icann.org will be considered until 16 Oct 2010 23:59 UTC. Comments may be viewed at http://forum.icann.org/lists/name-numbers-and-hyphens-domains/.
Staff member responsible: Francisco Arias

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