RE: [ga] price policy

[Tim Ruiz <tim@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

<div>I meant to add at the end, to answer your question more
directly,&nbsp;that if my contractor or ICANN's wanted to charge less
than the price contracted for I doubt any of us&nbsp;would object. I
don't believe that has ever been raised as an issue other than in the
context of equitable&nbsp;pricing to all&nbsp;registrars.</div>
<div><BR><BR>Tim <BR></div>
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<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 8px; MARGIN-LEFT: 8px; BORDER-LEFT:
blue 2px solid">-------- Original Message --------<BR>Subject: RE: [ga]
price policy<BR>From: Tim Ruiz &lt;tim@xxxxxxxxxxx&gt;<BR>Date: Tue,
October 10, 2006 10:37 am<BR>To: Veni Markovski
&lt;veni@xxxxxxxx&gt;<BR>Cc: ga &lt;ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx&gt;<BR><BR>
<DIV>&gt; should there be some regulation for the minimum required price
for TLD?</DIV>
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<DIV>Veni,</DIV>
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<DIV>Since you asked, here are my thoughts.</DIV>
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<DIV>Last year I realized that due to increased travel I would not be
able to take care of my yard properly myself. So I contracted that out.
My yard is still my reponsibility, and if the contractor doesn't do
their job I can get out of the agreement - or even cancel it at my
convenience with notice. Also, I took bids from a few contractors and
the resultant contract specifies the services to be performed and at
what price. It allows for additional costs based on perceived needs of
the contractor with my permission, or if I should request additional
services. There is no way I would have considered a contract that could
not be cancelled or had an open ended pricing structure.</DIV>
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<DIV>Now, I know no one cars about my yard care problems. But the point
is that I see ICANN contracting for Parent Zone services for gTLDs in
much the same way. These agreements should be contracts for a service
at a price. It's true that ICANN is not paying that price, consumers
are.&nbsp;But it's also true that ICANN is a non-profit public benefit
corporation (under CA law) and has committed to operate for the benefit
of the Internet community as a whole -&nbsp;I believe it's reasonable to
assume that they should not be committing that Internet community to
unreasonable contract terms with Registry Operators, including open
ended pricing structures.&nbsp;It's also true that ICANN is ultimately
responsible for the security and stability of the Internet DNS of which
the Parent Zones are an incredibly important part - they should not
abdicate their responsibility by handing the Parent Zone DNS entirely
over to third parties with no option to ever rethink their
decision.</DIV>
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<DIV><BR>Tim<BR></DIV>
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<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 8px; MARGIN-LEFT: 8px; BORDER-LEFT:
blue 2px solid">-------- Original Message --------<BR>Subject: [ga]
price policy<BR>From: Veni Markovski &lt;veni@xxxxxxxx&gt;<BR>Date:
Tue, October 10, 2006 9:06 am<BR>To: ga
&lt;ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx&gt;<BR><BR>Everyone has opinion on the price
policy for TLDs.<BR><BR>I hear arguments about the roof of the prices,
but I haven't seen <BR>anything on the foundation. So, my questions is,
should there be some <BR>regulation for the minimum required price for
TLD?<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>Sincerely,<BR>Veni
Markovski<BR>http://www.veni.com<BR><BR>check also my
blog:<BR>http://blog.veni.com </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>