On 13 Jun 2002, Mike Gifford wrote:
> There are lots of opinions about how to run a dotCA business, but if the > basic mechanics of registering, transferring and owning a dotCA are a > pain (and compared to a .com they are), many folks just aren't going to > bother.. The mechanics with interfacing with CIRA are in my opinion the > largest disincentive to owning a dotCA, followed shortly afterwords by > the cost of ownership. Registration in dot-com land wasn't always peachy. I was not going to respond but cannot let your 'transfer' comment pass. A transfer in CIRA can be done in 5 minutes flat. There is the admin contact issue which I know that the process > > CIRA seems to lack a certain level of technical competence. Javascript > has some security concerns, some browsers don't have it enabled, and yet > to vote in these elections you need to have javascript enabled. It also > doesn't work with Netscape 4.76 as they haven't built it with > accessibility in mind. The technical staff was well aware of this. They did not want to use Javascript but felt they had little choice to handle directions from the elections people. > Getting to the voting booth always seems to take more clicks and > attention that should be required.. The participation rate must be > pretty small.. Same as above. > These aren't OpenSRS issues, but I would hope that the new board would > have the technical awareness to recognise I agree with you that avoiding such things needs to be done if possible. And look! I'm even on the board! > The three listed in the TuCows supported http://www.ciraboard.ca/ > IAN MACEACHERN > RICHARD M. ANDERSON > DENIS TANGUAY > > All seem to have business & marketing backgrounds. Denis is an > engineer, but you can be an engineer without knowing how to turn on a > computer. I'm also an engineer and I assure you Denis knows how to turn on a computer. He's also an OpenSRS reseller! --- Paul Andersen (InterNIC:PA137) [EMAIL PROTECTED] E-Gate Communications Inc. T: +1 (416) 447-7700x23 "The Trouble with doing anything right the first time is that nobody appreciates how difficult it was." - NANOG
