Re: [wg-c] Pre-sold TLDs

[John Charles Broomfield <jbroom@manta.outremer.com>]

To the chair:
	Have we reached consensus as William states it? Ie consensus on
running gTLDs (as in generic, not as in chartered) in different ways? If
so, could I have the wording and the date when we (WG-C) reached this
agreement?

	AFAIK it is still being discussed.

	Also, AFAIK, a large amount of the members of this workgroup would
not settle for a gTLD to be run in any other way except shared, which is why
I find strange that William affirms this.

Thanks in advance.

Yours, John Broomfield.

William Walsh wrote:
> On 18-Apr-2000 John Charles Broomfield wrote:
> > fashion. My position on how I feel gTLDs should be run at the registry level
> > is not going to change (shared registrar model, low profile backoffice,
> > regular rebid on an open basis) is not going to change. As your position
> 
> Your position doesn't really matter, as for if it changes or not.  What matters
> is what we have agreed to here, and so far we have previous consensus on a
> diversity of models, not a single model as you are stating above.
> 
> If this is the forced model, then I (and I am sure many others) would remove
> any and all support for expansion of the namespace under those terms.  The only
> possible motive for those type of model is to make the ICANN Accredited
> registrars more money, and not to provide for a truly competitive namespace,
> with real competition at the registry level.
> 
> Your arguments pro your position have all been refuted by experts, experts who
> hold degrees and whose real world experience is far more valuable in analysis
> than your opinion.
> 
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