[alac] Re: ICANN RGP comment

[Esther Dyson <edyson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

thanks for your note. I wish we *did* have a lot of influence!  But we are 
discussing this very issue and I am cc'ing your comments to the committee.

MEanwhile, may we put you on our mailing list so that we can keep you 
informed and so that when we figure out the membership structure you can be 
invited to join?

Esther

At 06:02 PM 2/17/2003, MKHsFARM@xxxxxxx wrote:
> Esther,
>     I'm sure don't have time for my concern, but I thought I would give it a
> try anyway. I register our domains through AITDomains.com and this winter we
> were caught with not having Internet access and a domain coming up for
> renewal. We were a few days, 4 to be exact to late in being able to "renew"
> the name. Upon inquiry as to what could be done about it I was told we could
> bring it back from "redemption" period for a fee of $150, that the "agency in
> charge" charge quite a bit and of course they had to get their charge in,
> they said. Anyway...if you are the original owning owner of a Domain name and
> you miss this your renewal period and slip into this redemption period, there
> needs to be a better way to "redeem" it. It only costs between $7.50 and $35
> a year to register it.
>     I just wanted to express this to you since you sit on the "at large
> committee" and have influence on new processes. Not having Internet access
> was a process not in our control at the time, so I am the big loser here,
> twice now.
>     Thanks for listening.
> Kay Hayes



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