Re:[RAA] [ga] Fee raising

[Hugh Dierker <hdierker2204@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Jeff,
   
  But I will leave the string labelling up to the leader of the group, which in this case is Sotiris and he will begin public work shortly.
   
  Eric

Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
  Dr. Dierker and all,

Shouldn't this be an RAA subject? Who is charring that WG?
Hence I changed the subject line as indicated.

As to your remarks, indeed a seller of any service should set
the price for that service, yet the current RAA contract with
Verisign locks in a escalating pricing scheme. However this may
be appreciate as Verisign is also contracted to ICANN and ICANN
is a public service non profit corp. whom is in turn contracted to
the USG via DOC/NTIA.

Hugh Dierker wrote:

> Clearly in a free market environ a seller should set his price at
> whatever he can get, keeping in mind inventory, demand and some social
> responsibility (not too much).
>
> Clearly in a restricted quasi-regulated industry the regulator
> should work with the public and private, buyers and sellers to reach a
> price that is manageable by all. Certainly not whatever can be gotten.
>
> {ccTLDs are seperate as cost is often a matter of regulation or
> intentional lack thereof and whatever is set in those communities one
> must assume is legitimate, assuming the government is legititmate}
>
> And I do not think that the fees at the new level are intolerable or
> even wrong. But the manner and mechanism for raising the fee is dead
> wrong and intolerable. It seems to me that ICANN has no logical
> responsible choice but to require hearing and public input prior to
> any raises in pricing.
>
> Eric

Regards,

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