Re: [ga] Re: Discussion draft -- ICANN reorganization

[Eric Dierker <eric@hi-tek.com>]

Peter,

I note first that Josh is a good man and one with a vision that we would be
well minded to pay attention to as he has been there and done that.

But it sounds here as though you may be suggesting an alternative to ICANN's
structure and a way to route around their problems.

Do you believe at this time emerging countries would be wise to make such a
move?  I also note with great satisfaction your tone of caring for the end
user and cost analysis that actually effects them.  Here is a reorganization
package I could truly get behind.

How can we knock down costs and increase accessibility and reliability?  It
sounds like you and Josh may be on to something.

Best to both of you!

Sincerely,
Eric

Peter de Blanc wrote:

> I note with interest on the web page cited below,
> ( http://www.icannworld.org/proposal2.htm  ) the proposed  "possible
> ccTLD equitable solution" of (ICANN) charging each ccTLD $ 7200, then
> notifying their governments if they don't pay up.
>
> This is a disturbing concept. I have personally been involved in
> assisting the sub-sahara african ccTLD community to self-organize into a
> regional association. There (in Ghana last year- NOT at the recent ICANN
> meeting), I learned of "emerging ccTLDs" with less than 500 names
> registered, who do NOT charge local residents for domain names, and
> who's governments are "somewhat unstable" ( I am trying to be diplomatic
> here...)
>
> Those ccTLDs can hardly afford US  $ 7,200. in fact in one of the
> countries I am referring to, a special permit is required to convert
> local cash to US $.
>
> Perhaps another alternative is to simply get the US Government to fund
> ICANN to the level of, say $ 5 million per year, or even $ 10 million as
> a "base grant".
>
> Then whe "green paper" movement can continue to be extended, and the
> ICANN staff and management can be secure in their jobs.
>
> I had a conversation with Josh Eliot recently. Many of you remember that
> Josh used to "perform the IANA function" prior to ICANN.
>
> Josh is in the private sector now, having gone through a number of
> interesting ventures already.
>
> The interesting part, and germain to this discussion, is that Josh now
> works for a company called ULTRA-DNS  (that may not be the exact name).
> Anyway, ULTRA-DNS provides DNS as a paid service to large clients,
> corporations, web hosting firms, etc. They do this for a fee based on
> the number of "DNS inquiries" they get, on a per day or per month (per
> "some time interval") basis.
>
> Josh's company gives incredible QoS (Quality of Service) level
> guarantees. I believe they have secondary servers deployed at major NAPs
> and peering points around the world.
>
> I have asked josh for a price to serve secondary DNS for the ccTLD I
> manage, and also for secondary service for "emerging ccTLDs".
>
> The secondary DNS for "emerging ccTLDs" who wished to make use of the
> service would be paid for by a private ccTLD development foundation- a
> group of individuals and corporations who have pledged funds to be used
> for technical development of those ccTLDs who need assistance.
>
> It will be interesting to see what fees Josh's company will charge for
> "guaranteed QoS service level agreements. Of course, we cannot compare
> that to the ICANN-probvided "root server cluster", which, although it is
> presumably part of a possibloe ccTLD contract with ICANN, cannot be
> compared because "There is NO QoS service level guarantee" available.
>
> I would imaging though, that the cost would be a LOT LESS than US $
> 7,200 times 200 ccTLDs, or US $ 1.4 million !!!
>
> Peter de Blanc
>
> I do not have the exact quotation/price yet, but when I do get it
>
> Peter de Blanc
> ccTLD AdCom and manager .VI
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> DannyYounger@cs.com
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> To: ga@dnso.org
> Subject: [ga] Re: Discussion draft -- ICANN reorganization
>
> I have posted comments on the funding aspects of ICANN's problems at
> http://www.icannworld.org/proposal2.htm
>
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