Re: [registrars] Nomination for Ken Stubbs for Names Council

[Larry Erlich <erlich@domainregistry.com>]

Robert F. Connelly wrote:
> 

> 
> Let me speak right off the cuff.  The majority of the members of the RC are
> small or medium sized registrars.  I think we should be very careful about
> our selections to the NC.  IMSO, it would not be good to select a delegate
> whose business is also a registrY.  That would exclude Verisign and
> Registrar.com.  Due to the Tucows operation of the "Open SRS", they are a
> defacto registrY.

Bob, not sure how you come to the
conclusion that Open SRS makes them
a defacto registry.

Larry Erlich

http://www.DomainRegistry.com


>  In addition, their subsidiary or affiliate, Liberty, is
> the registrY for .info.
> 
> I have the highest respect for our colleagues in Tucows, for example, our
> very own able Secretary, Tim.  Also, Ross who has expended yeoman's efforts
> advancing the auto-Nack issue.  Yet, I think his efforts are best applied
> other than as our NC representative from North America.
> 
> OTOH, I think the Philipp is eminently qualified to represent us for Europe
> as he does not represent a large registraR or a registrY.
> 
> Please don't put those pins in my kachina doll;-{
> 
> Sincerely spoken, BobC
> 
> P.S.  Some of your might think that Ken Stubbs also represents a registrY,
> namely, Afilias.
> 
> Let me tell you a thing or two.  Any one of you have just as much chance of
> directing the way Afilias operates has as does Ken or any other Director or
> any Member of Afilias -- namely, no chance at all.  Afilias management goes
> off on their own thing with no apparent response to any request made by a
> Director, or a Member, or any other Afilias Accredited RegistraR;-(
> 
> I made a request 2.5 months ago of the minutes of the Afilias Excom,
> something required by Irish Law.  Still no response.
> 
> Afilias' Members and Afilias' Directors met in Dublin on 20 October.  Under
> Irish Law, they are required to provide Minutes within a week.  They are
> yet to be received.
> 
> So don't hold Afilias against Ken, he's as impotent with them as am
> I:-(.  That's why I passed my Director's seat on to Don Heath.
> 
> CC:  Michael Gilroy, Irish Counsel.
> 
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> "Measure twice and cut once."
>  From "Little Britches".
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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