PAB Notarization of domain transfers.

["Robert F. Connelly" <rconnell@psi-japan.com>]

Dear Colleagues:

It looks as though NSI has come up with a tricky new way of circumventing
"portability" of domains.

Werner has just sent me three sets of documents to transfer corenic.com,
.net and .org to CORE.  The first I can sign, the second must be someone at
Freedom Communications and my son, Bill, must sign the third.

Worse than that, they all require *notarizations*;-{

Were I in Japan, I'd have to go to the American Embassy and pay US$55.00 to
get it notarized.  Japanese nationals can only have documents notarized at
the Embassy on Wednesdays.  The cost for a similar service by a Japanese
Juridical Scribner (Shiho Shoshi) is even more expensive.

Other than better service (and perhaps a fee of *less than* $35.00), what
incentive does a registrant have to transfer his NSI domain to a different
registrar in the NSI registry?

Is NSI going to demand the signature of the President of Freedom
Communications to be notarized to effect a transfer?  How about getting the
notarized signatures of the presidents of France Telecom and Deutch Telecom
to trot down to the appropriate official to get a notarization?  Never
happen:-{

This new wrinkle appears to me to be another blatant attempt by NSI to
defeat the intent of the White Paper.  

I've never had to have a document notarized before for such a minor $35.00
matter.  Sure NSI can claim that they have had difficulties with transfers,
but the underlying motive *must certainly* be lock in their tie on the
"annuity" of domain name registrations.

BAD!

BobC

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Internet Council of Domain Name Registrars (CORE)
Elected 15 May 1998
Ken Stubbs, Chair (USA)                    <kstubbs@dninet.net>
Jonathan Robinson, Deputy-Chair (UK) <jonathan@gate.netbenefit.co.uk>
Francois-luc Collignon (Monaco)          <collignon@netbay.net>   
Robert F. Connelly (Japan)                <rconnell@psi-japan.com>
Hal Lubson (USA)                             <hlubsen@altronics.com>
Leni Mayo (Australia)                        <leni@moniker.net>
Werner Staub (Switzerland)              <werner@axone.ch>
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