Re: [ga] Re: VeriSign Proposal a Done Deal??

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>]

Chuck and all assembly members,

Gomes, Chuck wrote:

> George,
>
> Let me change the analogy.  Is it okay for a property manager to have a
> waiting list?

  The answer is really bound in yet another question.  That being, whom
is the property manager, the registry or the registrar?  With the WLS
proposal that Verisign seem to favor, their answer would be the Registry.
However with the contracted and ICANN "Accredited" Registrars,
the answer may be the Registrar.  I personally would say that
there is a conundrum here.  I would say that BOTH the Registry
and the original Registrar or Registrar of last record, share the
responsibility of "Property Manager" given this analogy.

  So therefore if BOTH the Registry and Registrar of last record
or original Registrar, if both are the same, must agree on such a
policy process such as WLS.  In fact ALL of the registrars
must agree that this proposed policy method along with the
current registrants by vote, before this policy is accepted and
implemented.

  I know that our members would not be in favor of this proposal
for a number of reasons.  They are as I know them thus far as follows:

1.) A number of our members are stock holders in VRSN.  They
feel this proposal would incur legal disputes for some registrars
and have a potential negative effect on the VRSN stock price.

2.) Our members, DN holders all, do not feel that the service level
      of the registry would or is adequate to adequately effect this
       proposal in a manner that is fair

>
>
> Chuck
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: George Kirikos [mailto:gkirikos@yahoo.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 5:19 PM
> > To: Gomes, Chuck; 'Joop Teernstra'; 'abel@able-towers.com'
> > Cc: ga@dnso.org; discuss-list@opensrs.org
> > Subject: RE: Re[2]: [ga] Re: VeriSign Proposal a Done Deal??
> >
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > --- "Gomes, Chuck" <cgomes@verisign.com> wrote:
> > > On a different note, let me try an analogy.  Is it okay for a
> > > landlord
> > > to have a waiting list for a house in case the current
> > rentors do not
> > > renew their lease?
> >
> > Are you suggesting that Verisign is the LANDLORD for dot-com?
> > Yes or no
> > would be nice.
> >
> > Landlords have ownership, and simply rent out names. As far as I am
> > aware (please correct me if I am mistaken), Verisign registry
> > is simply
> > the property manager on behalf of the true owners (be it ICANN, the US
> > Government, internet society at large, who really knows, etc.),
> > managing the registration database. Having been the property managers
> > for so long, Verisign might feel that they can do what they
> > want....but
> > some day the absentee landlords might wake up and decide to
> > replace the
> > property managers, or at a minimum remind them that they have a
> > property manager's contract and code of behaviour.
> >
> > Sincerely,
> >
> > George Kirikos
> > http://www.kirikos.com/
> >
> >
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Regards,

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