Re: A question about protocol

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

Chris, I do not agree that we have come to a consensus on the Shared
registry idea at all.  Let's take a vote here on this issue?

 

For Shared- Registry Yes ___   No ___

  I hope you didn't want to lul us to sleep Chris, did you?

Also on the issue to the fee of $20k  Let's takd a vote
Right here as well.  

$20k Fee  Yes___  NO___

Regards,


Christopher Ambler wrote:
> 
> Das, I believe that we are moving towards consensus on this list
> with regards to the major issues. I believe that everyone, for the
> most part supports a shared-registry model. Interesting, in that
> I do not, but that's what compromise is all about. I also believe
> that most feel the 60-day wait is a bad idea, and that the lottery
> is a bad idea. Slightly less discussed is the item where the IAHC
> selects the 7 gTLDs, the points being their selection and the
> number 7. This, too, seems a bad idea.
> 
> The point I'm going for, however, is that the IAHC draft of the 19th
> has been rather soundly shot up. There are some very good parts of
> it, and it encapsulates the necessities well. The whole issue of
> CORE, operational logistics aside, is a brilliant idea. But quite
> a few of the key points of the draft have been shown to have serious
> objections by the majority of the voices on this list. It is very
> apparent to me that the next draft will either be significantly
> different, or the IAHC will demonstrate their complete lack of
> interest in discourse-achieved consensus.
> 
> My "revised draft" was an effort to synthesize some of the major
> concerns with the 19Dec draft into something closer to consensus.
> I would like very much to have the list give feedback on my
> revised draft, positive and negative, so I can continue to revise
> it, perhaps as often as every other day (at this breakneck pace,
> which I very much like), until we can reach consensus. At that
> point, it can be presented to the IAHC with the compliments of
> the list as a true show of the position of the members of this list.
> 
> Will someone from the IAHC please officially disclose whether or
> not there will be an interim draft? To wait and publish a final
> draft at the end of January would not be acceptable in light of
> the serious objections to the first.
> 
> If the former, then I continue to support this process and will
> work to make it succeed. If the latter, I will sadly persue other
> action that I am desperately trying to avoid. Either way, I'm in
> this to the end. In the meantime, let's see if we can come up with
> a working document that the whole list can get behind. Let's make
> some compromises and make this process work. Please.
> 
> --
> Christopher Ambler
> President, Image Online Design, Inc.

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Jeffrey A. Williams
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