Re: Our consensus doesn't decide anything

[Steve Peterson <stevep@ry.com>]

>  Trust is a very rare commidity in this world, always has been.  I am
>non the less hopefull.  It is clear however to me form several other
>sources other than this list that the current Dec 19 draft does not
>serve the majority of the users in it's present form for several of the
>reasons that have been put forth on this list.

I specifically said users as opposed to list members for a reason.  The
proposal must first and foremost serve them.  I'm interested in the
registrar's well being only to the extent that it's necessary to server DNS
users.

>> 
>> >From the end-user standpoint, the only area of controversy that I believe
>> still exists is that of the 60 day waiting period.  While I have an opinion
>> on how that issue should be resolved I don't think deciding either way
>> materially changes the proposal.
>
>  Well I don't know what you have been reading but it is clearly not
>from
>this list.  There seem to be four areas of serious contention. 1.) The
>amount of the registration fee. 2.) The lottery selection process.
>3.) The 60 day waiting period. 4.) A totaly shared model.
>> 

I haven't heard users objecting to 1, 2, or 4.  

As a user, 1 (registrars sharing the cost of the process) is OK with me
because I expect to pay my fair share of the cost to run the registry
through what I pay my registrar.  Seems reasonable.  

2, the lottery, is OK because I want it to be reliable and as long as there
are (say) 10 registrars I'll have plenty of choices.  More would be great.

4, the shared model, means that I can change registrars if service is bad.
I like that.

>  Again you have some flaws in your logic here.  First, it has not been
>proven
>that a shared model will work, to date.  Second, the 800/888 registry is
>not
>a representitive sample in any way.
>

I guess we'll just have to disagree about the 800/888 registry.
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