[registrars] Proposed short term solution to registry contention

[Bruce Tonkin]

Hello Eric,

> 
> > (1) Registry implement auction mode for deleted names where 
> there is 
> > more than one registrar wishing to register the same name
> 
> My preference today <registrar hat==on> is for registrars to 
> "own" the "deleted front-end". My preference tomorrow 
> <registry hat==on> may not be the same. I suspect I'll always 
> want vgrs not to implement the auction mode.

Does that mean you would prefer a different entity run the auction
system rather than the registry?

I guess this could be done using a competitive tender process operated
by ICANN to operate the ".com registry auction system" for names about
to be re-released.  Problem is it would take time.

Regards,
Bruce