[registrars] Third Draft Standard form of authorisation for use by losing registrars after a transfer is initiated

[Tim Ruiz]

I don't see as a big a problem with this as is suggested. The ICANN
Accredited Registrar of record is still ultimately responsible for this
process, and its consequences. The Reseller Registrar is the entity the
registrant is familiar with and will cause less confusion if the message
is coming from them than someone the registrant does not normally deal
with.

This is all a result of opening this up to competition. None of us would
even be here if that hadn't happened. We should not now be looking for
ways to control that just because we don't happen to agree with a
particular business model.

Tim


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-registrars at gnso.icann.org
[mailto:owner-registrars at gnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of Robert F. Connelly
Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 11:42 PM
To: Registrars Constituency
Subject: RE: [registrars] Third Draft Standard form of authorisation for
use by losing registrars after a transfer is initiated

At 12:04 AM 10/9/03 -0400, tbarrett wrote:
>Allowing resellers to send emails, either as the losing or gaining
>registrar, causes confusion and opens the door to fraudulent transfers.
I
>know of no way of confirming the identity of a reseller.

Dear Tom:  You are addressing the most important element of the transfer

problem.

Some registrars give their resellers a very long leash -- if any at all.
I 
frankly don't trust some of the reseller networks.

And how about the reseller's resellers networks; and the reseller's 
resellers' resellers?

We're a long long way from the original Code of Conduct provisions:-(
Few 
of these registrants have any idea who is the real registrar.  I think 
ICANN should look at the problems created by these broken lines of 
authority. Certainly I would like to put the resellers' RRA Agreements 
through the scrutiny that *we* Accredited Registrars must contend with.

Regards, BobC



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