[registrars] Single letter domain names

[Paul Stahura]

Why not auction them with X% of the proceeds going to ICANN?

BTW, some single-letter names are already registered.  Examples:
i.net (an ICANN-accredited registrar is the registrant
x.com (ebay/paypal is the registrant)



-----Original Message-----
From: owner-registrars at gnso.icann.org
[mailto:owner-registrars at gnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of Marcus Faure
Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 3:05 AM
To: Bruce Tonkin
Cc: registrars at dnso.org
Subject: Re: [registrars] Single letter domain names


Hi Bruce,

I can not speak for the constituency, but on behalf of CORE. Opening up
the TLDs will open Pandora's box. You will see requests for all names
from
all registrars. I would not know how to provide guidelines for a fair 
distribution of those names. As long as that is the case, opening the
TLD
up does not sound like a good idea.

Yours,
Marcus


> Hello All,
> 
> A member of the GNSO Council, Marilyn Cade, has placed the topic of
> single letter domain names on the agenda for the GNSO Council call
this
> week.
> 
> I would like to hear the views of the registrars constituency on this.
> 
> Presently it is not possible to register names like:
> A.com. O.com. Y.com. M.com etc
> 
> I assume that there would be businesses interested in such names.  It
> would appear to require a change in IETF standards/ICANN policy to
allow
> this.
> 
> If it was allowed, there would need to be a suitable method of
> allocating the names.  I don't think first-come, first-served will
> really work.
> 
> Regards,
> Bruce Tonkin
>