Thanks for the answers, Rick.
To clarify one point, you say "Only the pre-regs covered by your account
balance are entered into the pool.", and then say if we "have an idea of
what portion" ... "will be eliminated in the de-duplication" ..."can take a
chance and put less money in".
By "the pool", do you mean the pre-de-duplication pool of all pre-regs? If
so, it seems like even if we expect 50% loss during de-duplication, and fund
our accounts accordingly, we would automatically lose out on having the rest
of our pre-reg's submitted for de-duplication.
It seems like all my pre-reg's should be eligible for the de-duplication
process, until the number of my pre-reg's that survive de-duplication
exhausts my available funds, and then no more of my pre-reg's would be
considered.
I want to be absolutely clear, so let me give an example. Let's say my
account is at $2500, and I have 250 regular pre-reg's ordered, for a
potential amount due (to be placed on hold) of $5000. Let's say I am
confident less than half of those pre-regs will survive de-duplication among
other RSP's, and I believe the $2500 will more than cover any of my pre-regs
that could ultimately be submitted to Afilias. My main question is: will
all 250 of my pre-reg's have a shot at the de-duplication process, assuming
no more than 125 of them are ultimately selected for submission?
I appreciate your recommendation to ensure enough funds for all pre-reg's,
but what I want to do is to maximize the number of possible pre-reg's for
whatever funds I do decide to commit, without having half of them
automatically discarded before the first selection occurs.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rick Baraniuk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Chuck Hatcher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2001 9:45 AM
Subject: RE: .INFO timeline questions / OpenSRS Live Reseller Update -
09/11/01
> Chuck
> You are correct. The key message to take from the chart is this:
resellers
> may submit their pre-registrations up until September 17 at 6:00pm EST.
If
> they are submitted before this time, then Tucows will submit them into the
> first Afilias queue. Anything received after 6:01pm on the 17th will be
> submitted to the second Afilias queue. Again, if resellers submit to the
> second queue prior to 6:00pm on Sept 24 then they will be processed in the
> second queue. Anything submitted after 6:00pm will not be accepted -
> users/resellers will have to wait until October 1 to register in
real-time.
>
> With regards to the de-duplication proceedures, when to get an accurate
> balance owing, etc. We have left ourselves with a buffer zone to do all
of
> these processes. Without cutting it too close to the wire, your best bet
is
> to ensure you have the necessary funds in your account before day end of
> business (EST) September 17.
>
> Only the pre-regs covered by your account balance are entered into the
pool.
> If you are doing some forecasting and have an idea of what portion of your
> names have already been registered in Sunrise, or what will be eliminated
in
> the de-duplication that is run, then you can take a chance and put less
> money in your account. However if your estimates are incorrect than you
run
> the risk of not even having them submitted.
>
> I would highly reccommend that you ensure sufficient funds for ALL
> pre-registrations. The upside is that we will be emailing all resellers a
> list of successful and unsuccesful domains that were submitted in
Landrush.
> This will happen shortly after September 22 when the WHOIS is officially
> published. This way your money isn't on hold for any period of
significant
> length.
>
> If you require further clarification on this - dont hesitate to ask.
>
> Thanks
>
> Rick
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Chuck Hatcher [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2001 8:59 AM
> > To: Rick Baraniuk; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: .INFO timeline questions / OpenSRS Live Reseller Update -
> > 09/11/01
> >
> >
> > The .info timeline shows Sept 14 and Sept 17 as the dates for Tucows
> > submissions to Afilias.
> >
> > Does this mean pre-reg's can continue to be submitted until then? And
if
> > so, will the random selection of which RSP's pre-reg for a
> > particular domain
> > name is to be submitted not occur until then? (And we won't have any
> > feedback about how much $$ is placed on hold until that time.) Or will
> > already existing pre-regs begin to be processed before then?
> >
> > It isn't clear to me what will happen if my account balance doesn't
cover
> > the total of all my pre-regs, but would cover the total of my
> > pre-regs after
> > RSP selection deletes half of them. In other words, is money put on
hold
> > name by name as each random RSP selection (by Tucows) occurs, or are
only
> > the pre-regs that are covered by my account balance entered into
> > the random
> > RSP selection?
> >
> >
