RE: [ga] Domain Tasting is Dead

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

George,

I would say, no. Even if tasting seems to be currently dead in massive
volume there are no actual reasons for being such. The proposed measures
have not been approved by the board yet and are therefore not being
applied in practice.
Ergo, in my opinion, the tasters are just silently waiting for the board
decision in a hope not to instigate the board members and ICANN staff to
approve a stronger measure. Once the decision has been approved we'll
see a reciprocal reaction.

Dominik


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of George Kirikos
Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 12:01 AM
To: ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ga] Domain Tasting is Dead


Hi folks,

I noticed from www.dailychanges.com (in particular the sections near the
bottom with "NEW" domains and "DELETED" domains that for the most part,
domain tasting is now dead. Some folks doubted that the problem would
end with the non-refundable ICANN fee, but it's pretty clear that the
economic solution did work.

Hopefully economics will continue to be a way to deter other abusive or
undesirable practices in the future.

Just off hand, one of the reasons that there are some registrars with
multiple accreditations is that it's a way to get access to extra
"threads" for expired domains, and for extra "firepower" during
sunrises/landrushes. With appropriate economic changes (i.e. paying for
extra threads, or for sunrise/landrush access), all that wasted
paperwork, etc. setting up multiple registrars could be eliminated, and
a "win-win" solution could be achieved.

Sincerely,

George Kirikos
http://www.kirikos.com/