Re: Specific Questions

[Karl Denninger <karl@Mcs.Net>]

> 
> Okay, in an attempt to make another pass at my draft towards consensus,
> I have the following questions. I would like everyone who has an
> opinion to forward me the answers (Cc to the list is your option).
> 
> As an aside, to the gentleman who pointed out that what I'm doing
> is more "compromise" than "consensus," I would like to take this
> opportunity to say thank you - that's the nicest thing anyone has
> said to me this week.
> 
> 1. Application Fee - How Much and why? Refundable if not selected for
>   any reason?

$1,000.  Refundable (to create incentive to approve absent CLEAR evidence that
doing so is not in the public interest).  Just enough to handle the
paperwork processing.

> 2. Fee for credit check - Fair?

No.  D&B charges ~$30.00 for a credit report.  If that's not good enough,
they can pay out of their own pockets (we're a D&B subscriber and that's
what we pay for a credit check on a BUSINESS)

> 3. Registration procedure. n-day wait, or n-day publishing or both?
>   Define n (valid answers are 0 to 365 for n)

30 day publication, achieved by Usenet group and web site. No wait (ie: if a
registry can come up with a valid domain in 30 minutes, they should be able
to use that for competitive advantage).  The current policy PENALIZES people
who have put effort into automating the process and extending excellent
customer service.

> 4. Lottery or Objective Criteria?

Objective, with minimalist standards.

> 5. gTLDs selected by IAHC, CORE, or the registries (or some combination
>   thereof?)

Selected by the registries.

> 6. Shared only, exclusive only, shared on choice of registry, or
>   shared when feasable, exclusive until then?

Shared when EVERYONE does if you want (including the ISO country code 
domains), exclusive until then.  (BTW, the "shared" mandate means that no
standards are necessary for entrance, since the net effect of a registry
failure to the net population is ZERO)

> 7. Finally, anything MISSING from the draft?
> 
> If there is no interest in what I'm trying to accomplish, then I shall
> submit my draft to the IAHC as my comments on the 19Dec document and
> leave it at that. Anyone who wishes to sign on as supporting it can
> lend a voice.
> 
> On a personal note, anyone who knows me knows that I much prefer to
> reach agreements where everyone is happy. It's no secret that my
> company intends to run a registry (be a registrar, what have you), and
> that I'm biased in that respect. What I'm trying to do here is put
> that aside and promote a solution. Whether the IAHC listens at that
> point or not is the question, but at least they cannot claim that this
> discussion list degenerated into anarchy, which is why they just went
> ahead and decided on their own.
> 
> I swear, I will go down trying on this one before I give up and turn
> the whole thing over to others in my company. I do NOT look forward to
> what this will become at that point.
> 
> --
> Christopher Ambler
> President, Image Online Design, Inc.

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