Re: [ga] [Fwd: Clarification of statement made in press]

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Richard and all former DNSO GA members or other interested stakeholders/users,

It is very clear that ICANN was more interested in getting a bigger piece
of the pie than anything else.  It is also clear that bidding for TLD's doesn't
work given the experience for new gTLD's and sT:D's that has already
taken place i.e. .BIZ and .INFO, ect., ect.  ICANN's relationship with
it's own registries and especially registrars has been poor to terrible
for some time.  It is also clear that ICANN cannot please everyone
all the time either, which should be expected.  But what is more
important is that registrants//stakeholders/users are getting the
shaft, and they all know it. So does ICANN itself.  But hay,
as long as they get a little more money and can dictate fees they
really could care less about registrants/stakeholders/users, and only
a little bit about Registries and registrars.

Richard Henderson wrote:

> Haven't Paul and the ICANN team proceeded with the .dotcom agreement because
> that's what they've decided they wanted to do?
>
> What has bottom-up got to do with it, apart from window dressing?
>
> Shouldn't we just leave poor Paul in peace and not bother with consultation
> at all?
>
> ...but seriously, wouldn't it have been better to take open bids to see
> which potential companies would have been prepared to *reduce* the cost of
> these number-strings (domain names), rather than increase the cost annually.
>
> What the hell's the point of raising prices when other people would probably
> be willing to provide the same service and *reduce* the prices?
>
> yrs,
>
> Richard Henderson
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Danny Younger" <dannyyounger@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, November 04, 2005 8:41 PM
> Subject: [ga] [Fwd: Clarification of statement made in press]
>
> > FYI -
> >
> > -------- Original Message --------
> > Subject: Clarification of statement made in press
> > Date: Sat, 5 Nov 2005 00:49:41 +0530
> > From: Bhavin Turakhia <bhavin.t@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: 'Paul Twomey' <twomey@xxxxxxxxx>
> > CC: <ross@xxxxxxxxxx>, "'Bruce Tonkin'"
> > <Bruce.Tonkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "'H1L174'"
> > <tom@xxxxxxxxxx>, <ombudsman@xxxxxxxxx>,
> > <vint@xxxxxxxxxx>, <secretariat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> > <registrars@xxxxxxxx>, <settlement-comments@xxxxxxxxx>
> >
> >
> > Dear Paul;
> >
> >
> > I write to you in an official capacity as the chair of
> > the GNSO Registrar
> > Constituency. Recent press reports quote you as having
> > consulted with the
> > members of registrar community, with regards to the
> > dotcom settlement
> > agreement, and concluded that registrars  "...almost
> > universally don't care
> > for the fees clause, they are generally happy with the
> > agreement overall."
> > [Ref:
> > http://www.internetnews.com/xSP/article.php/3559731]
> >
> >
> > This statement comes as a surprise to us because -
> >
> >
> > (1) the Registrar Constituency has yet to take a
> > formal position on the
> > matter
> >
> >
> > (2) the positions of those registrars who have
> > publicly voiced their
> > concerns as well as registrars who are engaging in
> > active discussion on this
> > subject within the constituency, about this
> > settlement, contradict your
> > statements. Infact it is apparent that registrars are
> > "generally unhappy"
> > with the agreement.
> >
> >
> > Unfortunately, your statements have created some
> > confusion within the
> > community. We are now hearing further reports from
> > third parties that the
> > registrar community is generally on board with moving
> > forward with this
> > proposed settlement arrangement despite our lack of a
> > formal position.
> >
> >
> > To help us resolve this confusion, we would like to
> > request that these
> > statements be substantiated so that we may better
> > understand the scope of
> > your consultation and the issues raised by it. To the
> > extent that your
> > comments represent isolated comments by specific
> > registrars, we also request
> > that you issue a formal clarification or a retraction
> > of your original
> > statement.
> >
> >
> > Thank you in advance for your cooperation. We look
> > forward to resolving this
> > highly important matter in a way that benefits the
> > interests of the broad
> > internet community.
> >
> >
> > Best Regards
> > Bhavin Turakhia
> > Founder, Chairman & CEO
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Regards,

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