Re: [ga] Tiered (Variable) Pricing

["kidsearch" <kidsearch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Exactly on point George. There is no need to renegotiate anything at this
time. The registries should be trying to give something away not get
something for an early renewal.

What are they offering to sweeten the deal for renewing their contract at
this early stage?

Why do some think that we need to somehow reward them for asking for early
renewal?

Now if they came and said if you renew our contract now instead of later, we
will reduce the price of domain names gradually over the term of the
contract, then it would be worth a look.

Chris McElroy aka NameCritic
http://icann.thingsthatjustpissmeoff.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "George Kirikos" <gkirikos@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2006 11:53 AM
Subject: RE: [ga] Tiered (Variable) Pricing


> Hello,
>
> --- "Michael D. Palage" <Michael@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > I respect the position of you and others with regard to this issue. I
> > realized when posting this proposal I would be taking a position in
> > between two diametrically opposed viewpoints where I was likely to
> > get
> > shot at by both sides. Notwithstanding this reality, I think my
> > proposed
> > contractual changes are such that it provides the registry operator
> > the
> > flexibility that it needs in its operations, while protecting the
> > reasonable expectation interests of existing registrants.
>
> Suppose you have a consulting contract with a registry, for $300/hr
> that ends in 3 years. You come to them in 2006, before the term of the
> contract is over, that you want $750/hr, and that you want to
> perpetually renew the contract at your whim. The shareholders of the
> registry say "No, we have a contract...a deal is a deal."
>
> Is it a "compromise" to then say to them "ok, let's make it $500/hr"?
>
> The above demonstrates that calling something a "compromise" is simply
> a weak attempt to frame the issue, when there isn't anything that one
> is supposed to compromise or negotiate about. There is a contract in
> place. The registries simply want to rewrite the contract, to get
> "more". If they don't get $30 million in benefits, they'll take $10
> million instead, as it is "more" than zero.
>
> What happens if ICANN does nothing, and tells them to go take a hike?
> Nothing happens....a contract is already in place, it gets re-bid at
> the end of the term, and life goes on as normal.
>
> It's pretty simple. Instead of discussing this issue, ICANN's Board
> should spend the time in its next Board meeting discussing which staff
> members need to be fired for wasting resources renegotiating contracts
> that don't need to be renegotiated, and showing poor judgement in
> thinking that the terms they negotiated benefit the public in any way.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> George Kirikos
> http://www.kirikos.com/
>
>
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