Re: Thread 1: Sharing

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

>	sigh.  this will no doubt engender unhappy responses, but the
>reality is that the proposal DOES grant entry for the only authorized,
>existing gTLD registry, namely NSI.
>
>	Yes, I know there are other folks who think that there are other
>registrars but that remains a point of unfortunate confusion.   Work that
>is done independently must be treated as independent.  Independent means
>not getting special position or status.

The position of my company is as unchangable as it is simple: If NSI
gets automatic approval in this procedure, then we do as well. Anything
else will be unacceptable. We feel that *all* qualified applicants should
be allowed to participate immediately. Claims of scaling up are
unfounded - the system will either work or it will not. If it is not
ready, then allow the new registrars to operate exclusively, as NSI is
doing, until the system is ready and tested. Anything else is restraintive
trade practices, and cannot be tolerated.

>From our standpoint, we have been working for well over a year now on
seeing this process through, and patience is now at an end. It is
through my personal resistance of other forces in our firm that we
continue to wait for the 31Jan document, and I continue to work here
towards a fleeting hope at compromise and consensus. Others would have
me step back and let them proceed with other actions that they feel
we should have initiated months ago, long before the IAHC was ever
even formed. Much like I told them that coming to IETF was outside of
their environment, they have made it apparent to me that should this
procedure fail, the ensuing actions are outside of my environment,
and I will revert back to being in charge of technology while they do
their job. As I've said before, I do NOT want to see this happen. I've
only been active in the Internet for 14 years, which is short compared
to some of you, but I have a great respect for the procedure of
compromise and consensus that the Internet has created. I do not want
to see that fall by the wayside.

Image Online Design, Inc. will be very pleased not only to help develop
and test the shared-registry system, but will also offer to help fund
it above and beyond our fees to the IAHC as defined by procedure. This
is my personal pledge as president of my company. I am quickly running
out of ideas and options here, and time is running out on the possibility
of a solution.

--
Christopher Ambler
President, Image Online Design, Inc.