Re: [ga] .ie Seeks to Organize Irish Bid to Run .eu

[Sandy Harris <sandy@storm.ca>]

Roeland Meyer wrote:

> > Do I have a second? Debate?
> 
> I can second this motion with caveats and clarifacations;

I have no problem with those.

> EU will most probably be run from RIPE. RIPE already has zone servers of
> their own. The only this is that NSI must make the zone entries into the DOC
> root zone. For that, the USG/DOC/NTIA must approve it. Therefore, that is
> where the letter must go. ICANN has no direct power to instruct Verisign to
> do this.
> 
> > I see no reason and admin fee should be more than about $100,
> > 50 bucks each for
> > clerical work at ICANN and an hour's system admin time at
> > Verisign. I wouldn't
> > argue if someone with better knowledge than mine of ICANN and
> > Verisgn systems
> > said $1000 was justified, though.
> 
> It is the height of arrogance to presume to tell a sovreign state, or other
> militarily strong political body, what they can or can't do within their
> domain. EU will charge whatever they want.

Of course charges within .eu are up to them. I meant that ICANN and Verisign
should charge only a reasonable fee for making entries in the root.
  
> > Nor do I see any reason this needs much discussion. The
> > domain makes sense
> > and the organisation seems quite likely to be competent to
> > administer it.
> 
> Drop the fee limits and it might pass. Otherwise, further discussions are
> certainly guaranteed.
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