Greg and all,
Greg Skinner wrote:
> "David Schutt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >I'd recommend that ICANN be a registration authority only. The keeper of
> >lists of unique entries.
>
> >ICANN controls the collection, not the individual entries. ICANN does not
> >publish (provide name resolution service).
>
> Doesn't this conflict with ICANN's bylaws? This would effectively make
> ICANN a registry.
Not exactly a registry, but rather a policy making body that determines
policies for registries/registrars. And this should be the function
of ICANN. however those policies must pass muster with the stakeholder
community through the membership by majority vote. This does not
seem to be the direction that this ICANN "Initial" and Interim Board
is taking based on some of the decisions that it made in Singapore
as well as public statements the Mike Roberts has made in the press.
>
>
> >I or my organization registers a name with ICANN, and they add it to the
> >list, guaranteeing that it will remain unique in the context of that list.
> >That's it. I pay once.
>
> The primary advantage of this model seems to be that you pay once.
> However, you might wind up paying more for this registration than
> paying the Internic (or whoever) to make modifications to your
> entries, as appropriate. I think this would be a bad idea, because it
> effectively makes ICANN a competitor to the other registries.
ICANN should not be acting as a registry or "Mother of all Registries"
itself as we currently have with NSI. Hence our position that
there should be multiple REGISTRIES as well as REGISTRARS.
Many find this to be a potential to "Fragment the net". We disagree
with that assessment for many obvious reasons.
The ICANN should however have the ability to temporarily take
over any REGISTRIES/REGISTRARS should the fall on hard times
an go out of business.
>
>
> --gregbo
Regards,
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