Re: [gnso-vi-feb10] Work-planning

[Richard Tindal <richardtindal@xxxxxx>]

Yes.  Your question better reflects the default

I guess its actually a comparison (and possible trade off) between the 
advantages and the harms.

RT



On Mar 28, 2010, at 3:29 PM, Roberto Gaetano wrote:

> Mmmmhhh...
> I thought it wat the other way around, i.e.:
> In what circumstances might consumers have advantages if a registry owns (or 
> in some other way controls) a retail supplier of its names?
> In other words, the "default" being vertical separation, in which cases 
> vertical integration would produce benefit.
> R.
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> From: owner-gnso-vi-feb10@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-gnso-vi-feb10@xxxxxxxxx] On 
> Behalf Of Richard Tindal
> Sent: Sunday, 28 March 2010 18:11
> To: Mike O'Connor; Gnso-vi-feb10@xxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [gnso-vi-feb10] Work-planning
> 
> Mikey
> 
> Thanks for the hard work.  This sort of process and structure will help get 
> us there.
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> As a general observation, I don't think we should be too daunted by the scope 
> and timeline of the PDP.  At its essence, the question we're asked is simple:
> 
> In what circumstances might consumers be harmed by a registry owning (or in 
> some other way controlling) a retail supplier of its names?
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> I dont think it's that difficult a question.  I believe we'll get there 
> before Brussels
> 
> RT
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> On Mar 27, 2010, at 11:50 AM, Mike O'Connor wrote:
> 
>> hi all,
>> 
>> i wanted to share a little document that i've been chipping away at over the 
>> last few days.  i'm *most* appreciative of the dialog on the list and would 
>> like to stimulate a little more before our meeting next Monday.  advance 
>> alert, i have no editorial pride and am actively looking for thoughts.
>> 
>> this deck is mostly about the way that we might approach our work.  i've 
>> laid out a series of approaches, a little analysis of the pros and cons of 
>> each.  of course, picking an approach to the work will also define the scope 
>> and thus the content and impact of the work as well.  so picking an approach 
>> is more than just an exercise in project management.
>> 
>> there have been lots and lots of very helpful posts about this and we've 
>> been reading them closely and discussing the implications amongst the 
>> leadership group.  i'm thinking that this draft is in good enough shape to 
>> put in front of the rest of you for comments/improvements.  
>> 
>> apologies in advance for the slide-deck, bullet-point format.  i know it can 
>> drive people crazy. it's just the tool i use to think about things like 
>> this.  please give this a read and comment back on this thread.  we'll be 
>> reading closely and i will work your thoughts into the next draft for 
>> discussion during the call on Monday.
>> 
>> thanks!
>> 
>> mikey
>> 
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