RE: [registrars] Updating voting member list

["John Berryhill" <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> look at all those phantom registrars.

Some are, of course, subject to ownership by other registrars, some are
folded into hosting companies, etc.  There are a number of reasons why
people seek registrar accreditation.

I don't know about "phantoms".  The main mythical registrars appear to be:

1201   Domainyeti.com LLC
939   Desert Devil, Inc.

Animals seem to be the dominant theme:

59   Tech Dogs, Inc.
459   Domain Monkeys LLC
619   Domainducks, Inc.
835   Falcon Zone, Inc.
838   BatDomains.com Inc.
841   Tiger Technologies LLC.
941   Dynamic Dolphin, Inc.
990   The Black Cow Corp.
987   Fox Edge, Inc.
1014   Lazy Dog Domains, Inc.
1223   Octopusdomains.net LLC
1219   Namecroc.com LLC
950   A Rite Tern, LLC
1110   Register Fox, Inc.	

Presumably, these can all be seen at the:

97   DomainZoo.com, Inc.

There also seems to be a distinct view of domain politics:

609   NameKing.com Inc.
912   Kingdomains, Incorporated
1143   Your Domain King, Inc.
1146   Domain Monarch, Inc.
1196   Domainsovereigns.com LLC
1220   Nameemperor.com LLC
617   NameQueen.com, Inc.
1107   Tech Tyrants, Inc.

The presence of so many royals no doubt leads to frequent:

899   DomainWar.net, Inc.

And a lot of market differentiation:

1104   Name To Fame, Inc.	
1222   NotSoFamousNames.com LLC

My point being that the only reliable way to tell the registrars apart,
unless they are physically represented by such handsome and remarkable
specimens as Bruce, Jon, Jay, Paul, Bhavin, Tim, Ross, Marcus, etc. is by
IANA ID No.

It's a big namespace.  Someone has to fill it.