Re: [alac] [fwd] [council] re proposed resolution for issues report on deletednames (from: philip.sheppard@aim.be)

[Izumi AIZU <aizu@xxxxxxx>]

I also quite agree with Jean and Roberto that auctioning the names in
general is not desireable for the public interest. It gives more opportunity
for those who have eccessive money.

I am also concerned about the bad behaviors of registrars.

izumi


At 15:33 05/01/07 +0100, Roberto Gaetano wrote:
> FYI, I am aware of enough evidence of some disruption of registrar 
> services due to "creative" processing. However, I agree that we should 
> base a statement on public info.
>
> For the record, I agree with the statement that deleted names should be 
> free (in the sense that they should be publicly available, not taken as 
> hostage by regiustries or registrars). Moreover, I am strongly opposed to 
> *any* auction. The point is that if we start by accepting auctions on 
> expired/deleted names, we establish a principle that can be used in the 
> future by registries/registrars on auctioning *any* domain name. This 
> might sound irrelevant if we think of .com or any already well-established 
> TLD, but I'm sure you see the point for the future new TLDs.
>
> Regards,
> Roberto GAETANO
> ALAC
> ICANN BoD Liaison
>
>
>
>
> > From: Jean Armour Polly <mom@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: Thomas Roessler <roessler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > CC: alac@xxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: [alac] [fwd] [council] re proposed resolution for issues 
> > report on deleted names (from: philip.sheppard@xxxxxx)
> > Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2005 23:01:54 -0500
> >
> > Thanks for forwarding, It seems far from neutral to me. I would have to 
> > have more data to START from the premise that "the re-selling of certain 
> > deleted or expiring names has lead to unforeseen strains on the ability 
> > of registries and registrars to manage their business efficiently" and 
> > that it has affected the "service level provided to users and the meaning 
> > of ICANN accredited as it applies to registrars."
> >
> > I think expired domain names want to be free- meaning expired ones 
> > should go back to the public to be re-purchased. I certainly don't think 
> > their former registrars have any right at all to auction them and keep 
> > the spoils. I'm sure there's a way to auction them through a 
> > disinterested third party. I agree that resarch should be done and a 
> > report produced.
> > --
> > Jean Armour Polly
> > http://www.netmom.com/
>
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