Re: consensus and the 60-day issue

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

Scott,

  From the Dec 19 draft,

4.2 Choosing gTLD Registrars

The ultimate goal for registries operating in the gTLD space is that any
qualified entity may be a registrar, and that every registrar shares
responsibility for registering domain names in all gTLDs. Noting its
concern for managing change to a critical Internet resource, IAHC
believes that the number of additional Registrars authorized in the next
year should be limited to between twenty and thirty, with additional
Registrars added at the rate of twenty to thirty per year, subject to an
annual review of the efficient functioning of the system. The limit on
the number of Registrars should be completely removed when the capacity
to register domain names in the present gTLD .com, .org and .net domains
become shared among all Registrars. 

In order to ensure equitable international participation among
Registrars, IAHC has determined that a fixed number of Registrars will
be initially allocated equally to each of the six (6) ITU designated
geographical world zones (X.121 world zones 2-7); the current list being
available at <http://www.itu.int/intreg/itu-zones.html>. 

The selection of registries in a region will be by lottery among
qualified applicants. Registrar rights are non-transferable to other
entities. 

IAHC will establish the qualifications required of each applicant to
become a registrar. These qualifications will be objective and will be
subject to independent confirmation. The application forms for
Registrars will be prepared by IAHC, and will include the following
provisions: 

   1.Each application must be accompanied by a US$ 20,000 fee
[estimated].
     This fee will be refunded in the event an applicant is found to be
not
     qualified or the applicant is not selected in the lottery process; 

   2.Each applicant will be responsible for payment of an appropriate
fee for a report       by an independent business and credit reporting
agency, designated by IAHC, which       will confirm the validity of
information submitted by the applicant; this fee is       
non-refundable; 

   3.Each successful applicant will be required to be a signatory to the
Council of          Registrars Memorandum of Understanding (CORE-MoU);
and 

   4.Each applicant will be required to submit any disputes regarding
the selection          process to binding arbitration in a location to
be specified by IAHC. 

   5.Applicants must commit to sharing all gTLDs. 

   6.Applications are limited to one per organization. An organization
is any unit
     whose legal and financial responsibilities are shared. 

-snip-

In addition,

IAHC notes that the implication of the recommendation in section 5.4 is
that there will be a consequent market demand for domain names which are
available within a more rapid period than 60 days. IAHC recommends that
the administrators of ISO3166 name spaces consider the addition of a
functional name space, proposed to be a network user identifer:
.nui.<iso3166-code>" . The characteristic of this space is that it would
be filled by randomly generated, meaningless alphanumeric strings,
available within 
a short period after application, in order to provide an alternative
mechanism to the process of obtaining a specified name which may include
a 60 day notification period. 

Scott Bradner wrote:
> 
> Jeff,
> 
> oh come on
> 
> > 1.) $20k fee.
> > 2.) 60 day Waituing period.
> > 3.) TM considerations.
> > 4.) Tying 1, 2, 3 to a lottery process.
> 
> there is *no* tie between #2 & #3 with the lottery process

  So, as you see, there is a tie between the two, though not directly
stated
as such. 
> 
> > that the IACH already has some $7m on deposit,
> 
> the IAHC has no such money

  This is not my understanding.  It has been posted that 
there is such a sum deposited, though I have no verification of that,
from other Members.
> 
> if one is going to discuss the draft please discuss the darft on the
> table not some set of figments

  I think that is exactly what I and many others have been doing.
And several are finding sever flaws in this draft, hence the discussion.


Regards,

-- 
Jeffrey A. Williams
DIR. Internet Network Eng/SR. Java Development Eng.
Information Eng. Group. 
Phone :972-447-1878
E-Mail jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com