RE: [ga] Call for Elimination of AGP

["Dominik Filipp" <dominik.filipp@xxxxxxxx>]

Pretty harsh for whom? For registrars, tasters, speculators? I do not
care. A big relief for all users/stakeholders/registrants all registrars
should be serving.

For test purposes there is no need for the AGP. It can be contractually
managed with registry and fix say 200 registrations at no charge per
month or during the testing phase.

Dominik


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Ross Rader
Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 8:46 PM
To: chris@xxxxxx
Cc: John Palmer; ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ga] Call for Elimination of AGP


I think eliminating it is pretty harsh, but I agree with most of your
concerns with the current proposals. My preference would instead be to
limit the AGP to a very short period (i.e. less than 24 hours) so that
mistakes can still be fixed, but that the potential for abuse is kept to
an absolute minimum. Mistakes do happen, and speaking as someone who
inadvertently let loose a test script on the registry and registered
hundreds of useless names, I would like to keep the potential to fix
these types of mistakes when they occasionally happen. I'm less
concerned about fraud because this is something that we can actively
control through tight monitoring and screening of credit cards, etc.

On Mar 27, 2008, at 3:05 PM, <chris@xxxxxx> <chris@xxxxxx> wrote:
> So do I. I think I hear a consensus stampeding toward us. Of course 
> this is just a bottom up consensus which ICANN has repeatedly ignored 
> in the past.
>
> Chris McElroy
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: John Palmer
> To: ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 11:27 AM
> Subject: Re: [ga] Call for Elimination of AGP
>
> I have yet to hear of a valid reason for domain tasting. Karl is 
> correct. There should not be any refunds for domain registrations at 
> all for people who are repeat offenders. There isn't any place for 
> this nonsense as it takes up valuable resources that no one gets paid 
> for.
>
> I support the call for elimination of the AGP as well.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Karl Peters - TLDA
> To: Dominik Filipp
> Cc: domain-tasting-motion@xxxxxxxxx ; ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 11:16 AM
> Subject: Re: [ga] Call for Elimination of AGP
>
>        I heartily second the "call for Elimination of AGP" as posted 
> by Dominik Filipp and for reasons explained on the GA list in  the 
> past week and for reasons not yet even enumerated. No one has yet 
> spotlighted even one PROPER use of the domain tasting by a major 
> corporation in market study and the arguments for protection of 
> registrars from credit card fraud and the like are no more compelling 
> that ANY internet sales related company's difficulty.
> Registrars who can not handle the business should drop out of it, as 
> in any other industry. What makes them special?
>
> -Karl E. Peters