[ga] accreditation - What is it good for?

[Hugh Dierker <hdierker2204@xxxxxxxxx>]

Registerfly is more a test than an issue to me. 
  It would appear that accreditation from ICANN means that registrar/registries meet certain minimum practices and competency and continue to do so. And then that those standards are enforced with the "teeth" of yanking back accreditation. Here some would argue too little too late - because of damage already caused. And others would argue that it is too harsh in that the standards are not well laid out and are arbitrary in design and enforcement.
   
  I have two questions;
  Do consumers and B2B care about accreditation? This is important if the "teeth" are to be of any consequences.
  Were the standards adopted using best practices? Openness and transparency, broad stakeholder based consensus, inclusiveness, based on common practice in the trade and set forth with concise and reliable monitoring and consequences.
   
  I do not know that the handling of Registerfly meets my standards to be a righteous participant. But i also am not confident in the basis upon which this is determined. And I damned sure am not satisfied with the time lag between complaints and action on behalf of ICANN - delays here caused more damage than the original screw up.
   
  Eric

 
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