Re: [registrars] IMPORTANT UPDATE

[Rick H Wesson <wessorh@ar.com>]

On Fri, 12 Oct 2001, Ross Rader wrote:


> Two board seats for the Registrars as part of a Provider category is fine
> but I believe that the proposal also includes a provision to expand the
> mandate of our group to include ccTLD registrar's and related entities as
> well. Even if we could preserve the focus of our efforts, membership of this
> new group would be in the hundreds, if not thousands. If that's the case,
> then perhaps we should re-examine the allocation of seats in this new SO -
> or re-examine whether or not it is appropriate to include non-ICANN
> accredited entities in this replacement Registrar Constituency.

if the second group is prepared to sign contracts with ICANN ad all the
registries then fine, I'd expect to see all the ccTLDs do the same though.

i wish we could see proposals that "made sense" not just from one
constituencies viewpoint but a holistic one.

my $.02

-rick