1. Push for Land Rush II (along the lines outlined at
DomeBase.com) including names taken during Sunrise and restoring Land Rushers' chances
at names they originally pre-registered, without paying twice.2. Push for refunds
for pre-reg fees from registrars for names taken during Sunrise and not submitted
during Land Rush. Get cash refund, but lose time, effort and "place in line"
involved in Land Rush I.
3. Give up trying to correct injustice of Sunrise and
Land Rush I.
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#1 is the best outcome
in terms of fairness, but in my now-jaded view, increasingly difficult and complex
to do. Not impossible, but difficult. Thus far, Afilias has generally
done what it wants to do -- despite what is said here or in the press. If people
want to push to #1, they need to think very concretely about how this would be done.
I have worked on it a lot, but gotten flack and seen few results.
#2 is more likely,
but would mean that Land Rusher's would be giving up their time and effort spend
on pre-registration, as well as their place in line. At least one poster on
this board did not like this because it seems like throwing Land Rushers a bone to
get rid of them.
#3 is what Afilias seems to be counting on. Land Rushers
generally do not seem wealthy or well-organized, and they sometimes squabble among
themselves. Sometimes hard to see payoff for work on this subject.
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Some
tough questions and tough choices folks. What do you think?