[ga] Re: Board Decisions

["William X. Walsh" <william@userfriendly.com>]

Hello Patrick,

Thursday, March 15, 2001, 12:34:32 AM, Patrick Corliss wrote:

> On Thursday, March 15, 2001 5:13 PM (local time)
> William X. Walsh <william@userfriendly.com> wrote:
> Subject: Re[2]: [ga] Re: Board descisions


>> So I ask you for the third time, and the second time just this
>> evening, what do you find in this agreement that makes it preferable
>> over the existing one, and how do you see those benefits overweighing
>> the drawbacks that have been addressed here (And ignored by you) ?

> Hi William

> In Melbourne, I saw two separate presentations made by Joe Sims.  In both of
> these Joe describes both Plans and outlined their advantages and disadvantages
> to ICANN and the community.   Schlavos separately outlined the advantages to
> Verisign of Plan B.

> I do not want to make that particular case at the moment (for or against) but
> would like to draw out some aspects for consideration by the list.

> Some of the issues included that it would bring Verisign into line with all of
> the new registries.

And what exactly are the benefits to this over the existing contract?
For all we know, the internet community is not benefited by having
those contacts be the same.

> It would also separate the .com, .net and .org agreements.

I consider this to be a drawback at this stage, to be honest, since it
further opens the door to the board considering inappropriate changes
in the policies of existing gTLDs like .org and .net.

This is not a selling point in my opinion, its a drawback.  I have
yet to see someone really justify this as a benefit.

> My feeling was that the most important consideration was that Verisign would
> have a "presumptive right" to renew .com.  Thus if Verisign managed the TLD
> properly, it would be expected for them to continue with .com in perpetuity.

And this is a benefit....to Verisign, but I'm not interested in how it
benefits them. We've established there are plenty of benefits to
Verisign in this agreement.  I want to know what the benefits to the
internet community are.

> I would also say that some of the new arrangements were imposed by ICANN staff
> (rather than requested by Verisign) as a trade-off for this presumptive right to
> renew.  This includes the separation into three agreements and the loss of .org
> and the possible loss of .net.

I still see no substantive evidence that spinning off .net and .org
brings any real benefit to the internet community.

I want someone to point out the real benefits that accrue to the
internet community, not to Verisign, and not to the ICANN
puppetmasters.

Dave and Kent seem to think there are such benefits, but neither of
them are able to present just what those benefits are in any kind of
specific manner.

-- 
Best regards,
 William                            mailto:william@userfriendly.com


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