John wrote:
Have you read the requirements in the GP for being a registry? (24hour guards, connectivity, redundant sites etc...) I'd pitch that at somewhere in the region of $200K *at least*. And also note the subtle way that they mention the requirements of the registrars. It's hinting at more of the same. In comparison, the 10K joining fee of CORE is CHEAP!!! (And I've always argued that the $10K was only to get CORE running, once it WAS up and running, as it would be managed on cost recovery, then the amount charged to "join" would be very low).
*Both* concepts are flawed. There is no aknowledged role in these proposals (with the exception of Alternate Domain Registry advocates) for small, indies and charitable DNR's. Since these form the real majority of companies and individuals actually supporting the Internet this is an extremely serious oversight which *must* be corrected. "We" make the Net what it is. "We" defined as sixty million (and counting) people, each of whom has an equal right to the namespace to any other. John continued:
In the case of the IAHC, there were members from ITU (representing telco's), members from WIPO (representing the trademark group), and members appointed from different "I" associations amongst others. A *lot* of discussion was carried out in the open on mailing lists etc. (Have you ever seen Ira or *any* USG official ask any questions on any mailing lists and/or enter ANY type of debate?), and then they went away and talked amongst themselves and came out with a document. To be fair, I think that there is NO openess in the way the USG has created the GP. One can argue if there was a lot or a little openess in the IAHC process, but it takes a fool to think that the IAHC was less open.
All sides have displayed quite disturbing tendancies towards repetative error syndrome. All sides have engaged in the same flawed, behind closed doors and damn fool tactics. Please visit http://www.fcn.net for my various suggestions. However long it takes we must do it the right way. With thought of future generations at the forefront of our minds. TeleVirtually Yours, Bob Allisat http://www.wtv.net -------- Logged at Mon Feb 9 10:34:04 MET 1998 ---------