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RE: [registrars] Proposed short term solution to registry contention

  • To: "Eric Brunner-Williams in Portland Maine" <brunner@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Subject: RE: [registrars] Proposed short term solution to registry contention
  • From: "Bruce Tonkin" <Bruce.Tonkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 11:53:32 +1000
  • Cc: "Registrars Constituency" <registrars@xxxxxxxx>
  • Sender: owner-registrars@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Thread-index: AcSwxr36ctr3r2GKSfmEiRKgJjqbrAAAD2Ow
  • Thread-topic: [registrars] Proposed short term solution to registry contention

Hello Eric,

> 
> > (1) Registry implement auction mode for deleted names where 
> there is 
> > more than one registrar wishing to register the same name
> 
> My preference today <registrar hat==on> is for registrars to 
> "own" the "deleted front-end". My preference tomorrow 
> <registry hat==on> may not be the same. I suspect I'll always 
> want vgrs not to implement the auction mode.

Does that mean you would prefer a different entity run the auction
system rather than the registry?

I guess this could be done using a competitive tender process operated
by ICANN to operate the ".com registry auction system" for names about
to be re-released.  Problem is it would take time.

Regards,
Bruce



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