North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: IAHC Backtracks on Registrar Lottery
Cameo Wood writes: > Acting only five days after its highly publicized adoption of a new system > of registering new domain names, the International Ad Hoc Committee > announced Tuesday that it will remove its limit on registrars. There is no IAHC any more. The IAHC finished its work and disbanded. The rest of your posting is also a mischaracterization. The POC and PAB folks announced that we're exploring removing the limits -- no formal proposal has yet been made. Perry speaking personally, and not in any official capacity > Under a > memorandum of understanding signed last week, the IAHC limited the number > of name registrars to 28 worldwide, to be selected by lottery. Citing > "consistent and universal criticism," the IAHC announced that any service > meeting financial and technical qualifications will be eligible to become > a registrar. No lottery will be held. > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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