[9150] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: IAHC Backtracks on Registrar Lottery
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Stephen Sprunk)
Wed May 7 12:14:57 1997
Date: Wed, 07 May 1997 10:57:14 -0500
To: Cameo Wood <cameo@netsys.com>
From: Stephen Sprunk <spsprunk@paranet.com>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.3.90.970507104603.17389L-100000@netsys.com>
I fail to see how it is possible that the IAHC announced anything this
week; the IAHC was dissolved on 1 May 97 when the gTLD-MoU was signed.
There is absolutely nothing to the effect of your statement on the IAHC web
page (http://www.iahc.org/), and there is no new IETF draft from the
(dissolved) IAHC in the InterNIC archives.
Where did this information come from?
Stephen
At 10:47 07 05 97 -0400, Cameo Wood wrote:
>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. 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.
