[9157] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: IAHC Backtracks on Registrar Lottery
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Perry E. Metzger)
Wed May 7 14:47:54 1997
To: Cameo Wood <cameo@netsys.com>
cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 07 May 1997 10:47:41 EDT."
<Pine.SOL.3.90.970507104603.17389L-100000@netsys.com>
Reply-To: perry@piermont.com
Date: Wed, 07 May 1997 14:26:33 -0400
From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com>
Cameo Wood writes:
> 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.
There is no IAHC any more. The IAHC finished its work and disbanded.
The rest of your posting is also a mischaracterization. The POC and
PAB folks announced that we're exploring removing the limits -- no
formal proposal has yet been made.
Perry
speaking personally, and not in any official capacity
> 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.
>
