[gnso-irtp-pdp-jun08] moving thick registries across the board

["Mike O'Connor" <mike@xxxxxxxxxx>]

in the spirit of Paul's request that we submit email to the list with 
some of our ideas, here's one that i brought up on the call today.
as we were discussing our first question ("Whether there could be a 
way for registrars to make Registrant Email Address data available to 
one another. Currently there is no way of automating approval from 
the Registrant, as the Registrant Email Address is not a required 
field in the registrar Whois. This slows down and/or complicates the 
process for registrants, especially since the Registrant can overrule 
the Admin Contact.") i raised a question as to whether this question 
might be rendered moot if registries were all "thick registries" 
(maintaining full information about the domain).
we agreed that this was an issue that;

- has been discussed before
- is outside our scope
- would probably require a different project to figure out

but i think it's worth noting nonetheless.

one approach might be to encourage a separate process to develop a 
preliminary justification of such a move.  we noted on the call that 
this is not the only issue associated with the thick/thin registry 
conversation -- it might be helpful to pull a list of those issues 
together.  we also noted that some of the reasons for maintaining 
thin registries may now be moot as well, and deserving of another 
look.  and finally, there may be a justification which show how all 
parties benefit from such a move.
i don't have a really strong feeling about this -- unless we find 
that we're tying ourselves in knots trying to craft a solution that 
sidesteps this issue.  at that point, we may want to take another look at it.
thanks,

mikey