Thread 1: Sharing

[chris@hal.iodesign.com (Christopher Ambler)]

This seems to be the big one, although I see a rough consensus towards
sharing. Perhaps I don't see it that clearly.

My take on it is that sharing is fine, as long as the two major barriers
are taken down.

First, a technical solution. There are many on this list who claim that
a technical solution is already at hand. If this is so, then there's
no barrier. Shouldn't CORE make this decision at the very first meeting,
then?

Second, the status of NSI. Is it not fair to decide that everyone shares
as soon as everyone agrees to share? An agreement between the new
registrars is simple to execute. Then, as soon as NSI joins in, we all
share. This, too, may be immediate - or it may be when the NSF agreement
runs out. It's out of our hands. To expect the new registrars to share
the new gTLDs, while allowing NSI to continue to have exclusive use
of the 3 existing gTLDs is grossly unfair.

The draft resolution, then, could be that everyone agrees to share as
soon as a technical solution is found and NSI agrees to share as well.
Until that time, registrars have exclusive use of selected gTLDs, while
NSI continues as they have been. CORE will define/choose and implement
a sharing procedure immediately, and implement it as soon as sharing
is an option.

I see this as a compromise that all sides can feel comfortable with.

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Christopher Ambler
President, Image Online Design, Inc.