Re: [ga] ICANN Board unanimously approves .biz/.info/.org registry agreements by 13-0

["kidsearch" <kidsearch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Arrognace Veni. So basically you discussed that 99% of the comments were 
against the proposal then decided that the 1% was right. The fact that you 
don't see anything wrong with that picture tells a lot.

Chris McElroy aka NameCritic
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Veni Markovski" <veni@xxxxxxxx>
To: "Danny Younger" <dannyyounger@xxxxxxxxx>; "Veni Markovski" 
<veni@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: "kidsearch" <kidsearch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "Prophet Partners Inc." 
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Sent: Saturday, December 09, 2006 2:30 PM
Subject: Re: [ga] ICANN Board unanimously approves .biz/.info/.org registry 
agreements by 13-0


> At 08:38 AM 09.12.2006 '?.'  -0800, Danny Younger wrote:
> > Veni,
> >
> > I and others on this list have opinions.  We put
> > forward reasonable argumentation in support of those
> > opinions.  Yet when the ICANN states their opinion on
> > a matter such as the .biz, .info and .org contracts,
> > it offers no argumentation in support of the
> > conclusion.  It is a mantra, "Resolved that..."
>
> Actually the Board discussed that - as you can tell from the minutes, and 
> the live webcast from Sao Paulo. Your problem is that they discussed, but 
> did not reach to your opinion.
>
> > All I can infer from your recent decision is that
> > ICANN maintains that it must have additional revenue,
> > so the contracts will be approved (with minor token
> > changes) so that the revenue stream can continue to
> > flow.
>
> So, you are not concerned about the business that run the commercial 
> domain name registration, which will actually suffer from potential 
> increase of prices? You care only for the 40 cents / year which the 
> individual domain name holder might have to pay (might, as it's not 
> confirmed, and there are certain mechanism to check that)?
>
> > Don't expect me to believe that the prospect of
> > unchecked yearly registry price increases is actually
> > in the public interest.
>
> I don't expect you to believe anything that is going against your opinion.
>
>
>
> Sincerely,
> Veni Markovski
> http://www.veni.com
>
> check also my blog:
> http://blog.veni.com