Re: .NU Domain Has a Governance Model

[Einar Stefferud <Stef@nma.com>]

As an afterthought, I want to agree totally with the postion that we
should use RFC 1591 as the initial basis for developing policies for
the budding DNS "industry".  In my comments here, I have no intention
to deviate from this position.

Cheers...\Stef

On Wed, 03 Feb 1999 10:48:13 -0800 I wrote:
} It is not at all clear to me that what is good for Niue is good for
} all gTLDs.  
} 
} I believe that the gTLD industry is a very different beast from the
} ccTLD industry and as such needs to be allowed to develop its own
} appropriate business models.
} 
} In short, I do not see this as a Goverance Issue aws much as that of a
} Business Model Issue.
} 
} And, I am reminded agbain to be careful about the "Linus Pauling
} Syndrome" where in a very famous man won two Nobel prizes in different
} fields of science, and then applied his reputation vigorously in a
} third field (health) where he had no expertise.  
} 
} Remember his Vitimin C advocacy, which has been totally discredited.
} 
} So, lets take care in applying analogies without due care.
} 
} I do not believe we have seen a serious exploration of alternative
} business models for TLD registries, icluding both ccTLDs and gTLDs.
} And so it is very premature to settle on one scheme for all at this
} point.
} 
} I do however find that the Niue model is indeed very interesting and
} shows a clearly enlightened approach to involving all the relevant
} parties in the administration of policy.
} 
} Cheers...\Stef
} 
} From your message Wed, 3 Feb 1999 12:51:07 EDT:
} }
} }Hello Michael;
} }
} }In reply to 03 Feb message from Michael Sondow <msondow@iciiu.org>:
} }
} }
} }>I think the DNSO and ICANN would be very well advised to do
} }>exactly what Bill Semich suggests, as an immediate and practical
} }>work to be organized and accomplished: study this and other
} }>well-functioning models, codify them as a set of principles and
} }>practical implementations, including channels of communication
} }>between governments, educational institutions, commercial 
} }>organizations, etc., and put into the DNSO and ICANN bylaws
} }>working mechanisms for establishing cooperative, private
} }>administration of the ccTLDs. 
} }
} }Actually, and most appropriately, it is my belief that this should be
} }the model for building a future governance system for *gTLDs*. 
} }
} }It happens that ccTLDs are already running under it (RFC 1591), which is
} }the point of my press release. 
} }
} }There need to be some governing principls for the gTLD registries of the
} }future....I suggest they start with RFC 1591
} }
} }Regards,
} }
} }Bill Semich (NIC JWS7)
} }bsemich@mail.nu
} }.NU Domain (Niue)