Re: [registrars] Position Paper??

["Francois Collignon" <collignon@7ways.net>]

Dear Richard and Mike,

I fully support your point of view. Is it possible for the registrar
constituency to organize "by applicants" a short presentation regarding the
aspect of fair access for all Registrars.

francois

----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Lindsay" <richard@interq.ad.jp>
To: <mpalage@infonetworks.com>
Cc: "Registrars List" <Registrars@dnso.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2000 9:32 AM
Subject: Re: [registrars] Position Paper??


> I agree with Mike that it would be difficult for us to appear
> non-interested parties, since most of the active members, and
> all NC reps are involved with one proposal or another.
>
> I think we might get better public support to acknowledge
> that the Registrar constituency, as interested parties that will likely
> have much to loose or gain, will not comment on specific proposals,
> other than to state very briefly that we support the introduction
> of new TLD's with some basic premises.
>
> The individual points Mike has identified are fine, with the
> exception of:
>
> > ・Registrars favor use of existing RRP protocol for shared registries.
>
> since many proposals do not use the exact same protocol.  It may
> be reworded to say:
>
> Registrars favor use of a Registry Registrar Protocol that will
> ensure fair access for all Registrars, and encourage that a
> protocol be submitted to the IETF such that an open source
> solution will be available to all registries.
>
> Or something like that.  I think we can actually do without
> the point if there is any dissent.
>
> Richard
>
>
> "Michael D. Palage" wrote:
> >
> > I have a list of those consensus items (see below) and can put them
together
> > in a report rather quickly. I feel a report like this would be similar
to
> > the ISPC and Business Constituency. I do not believe that we can
objectively
> > create a report like the IPC ranking the proposals because of all of the
> > registrars participating in various proposal.
> >
> > ・Must be new TLDs.
> > ・Must be generic TLDs in testbed.
> > ・Must be chartered TLDs in testbed.
> > ・All ICANN accredited registrars must be able to provide registration
> > services in any new TLDs.
> > ・Registrars favor use of existing RRP protocol for shared registries.
> > ・ICANN must develop criteria for evaluating registries during testbed
> > period.
>
>
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