Discussions are taking place at ICANN right now about how to disperse the single letter com/net's that have been in reserved status.
One option suggests they be auctioned off to the highest bidder. Another option moves further on that, by suggesting that instead of the windfall from the auction going to Verisign and ICANN (an organisation reknowned for expanding in size in lock step to it's increasing revenues), the windfall is used exclusively to fund the formation and operation of a Registrant's Constituency at ICANN. You know, the people that pay the ICANN tax, yet have no formal representation in the process. So how about those of you disgusted with the way things have turned out, get behind this call? On Oct 31, 2007, at 1:25 PM, Alex Bulan wrote: > Well said. If other registrars are squatting on their expired > names, it > is no excuse for Tucows to be doing the same. All expired names > should be > *released* - even if they're probably going to be snapped up by the > "drop > club". Hopefully ICANN will one day grow some balls and put an end to > this, but until then, there is no justification for wilfully > participating > in this sleazy scam for monetary gain. > > But I know that those of us who feel this way are few in number. > Greed > is a powerful motivator. > > Alex > _______________________________________________ domains-gen mailing list [email protected] http://discuss.tucows.com/mailman/listinfo/domains-gen
