RE: [gnso-acc-sgb] Blended proposal

["Palmer Hamilton" <PalmerHamilton@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I am afraid that you misunderstand how Visa and Mastercard operate.
Banks issue Visa and MasterCard credit cards.  I am not talking about
Visa and Mastercard having access.  As for registrar costs, why would
registrars have any more costs under the Blended Proposal than they have
under the existing regime? 

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-gnso-acc-sgb@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-gnso-acc-sgb@xxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Ross Rader
Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 8:46 AM
Cc: gnso-acc-sgb@xxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [gnso-acc-sgb] Blended proposal

Palmer Hamilton wrote:
>  
> First, MasterCard and Visa are run by banks.  The banks that issue the

> cards will have access.  So, it does cover credit cards.  In other 
> words, it have the coverage you imply you would like.

So any entity owned or controlled by a chartered bank would have these
privileges? If yes, the proposal becomes even more problematic due to
regulatory issue.

> Second, as far as cost, I would ask that you read the proposal.  When 
> you do, you will see that participation in the process would be 
> voluntary and that the regulators and the affected banks would not 
> bear this cost. Thus, it is unclear to me the basis of your statement 
> that the cost would be borne by the registrars and registrants?

The data, etc. to populate the system you propose will not magically
appear. To the extent that registrars are involved in populating this
data, there will be costs. Are you proposing to purchase the data at
market rates in order to ensure a proper allocation of costs?

-ross