[registrars] John Klensin's view on Single-letter second level domains

[Nevett, Jonathon]

I support the establishment of a Working Group on this issue.  These
names are an untapped resource that should be explored.  The WG should
examine and understand whether releasing them would create any serious
technical concerns.  If not, it may be a vehicle for ICANN to achieve
the alternative sources of funding that it has discussed in the past few
approved budgets, and could provide registrars and consumers with
important budgetary relief.  

Jon

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-registrars at gnso.icann.org
[mailto:owner-registrars at gnso.icann.org] On Behalf Of Tim Ruiz
Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 9:51 AM
To: Registrars Constituency
Subject: RE: [registrars] John Klensin's view on Single-letter second
level domains

I don't disagree Ross. But a WG is forming, and any debate of this issue
shouldn't get side tracked with irrelevant concerns, like those of
John's. I think you raise a more valid question that the WG perhaps
should answer at the outset. In any event, the RC should be represented
on this WG.


Tim 
 

 -------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: [registrars] John Klensin's view on  Single-letter second
level domains
From: Ross Rader <ross at tucows.com>
Date: Mon, January 22, 2007 8:33 am
To: Tim Ruiz <tim at godaddy.com>
Cc: Bruce Tonkin <Bruce.Tonkin at melbourneit.com.au>,  Registrars
Constituency <registrars at gnso.icann.org>

Tim Ruiz wrote:
> Not advocating anything one way or another, but I don't buy John's
concern below:

>From my perspective, I'm less concerned with which set of answers is 
more correct than the other's, rather - I'm more interested in learning 
why the entire Internet community should embroil itself in a debate over

which 26 companies will acquire rights to a single letter .com name.

It seems such a waste of energy to me that we're going down this road at

a time when other higher priority issues such as IDNs are just starting 
to get traction after having languished for so many years. I mean, we've

launched quite a few TLDs over the last few years - I haven't heard of 
any great outcry about the default reserved names rules.

-ross