Danny,

I understand that you are calling for the abolishment of the
Registry/Registrar model and for a model based on a single domain
operator. I wonder if that is not beyond the scope of the TORs
involved here. The para you're addressing from the Recommendations
are obviously based on the current (unquestioned) business model
where the registry agreement (and business) is clearly different from
the registrar accreditation (and business). 

As I understand it, if that model remains, then the recommendation
seems relevant to the new gTLD Committee members. The fact that there
might be some legitimacy to a registry retailing gTLD space that
relates to their brand name (e.g., an hypothetical Google registry
for .google TLD) could be considered a matter of exception, in this
current model, but certainly not the right for registries to conduct
registrar business - still under the current model.

Of course, it doesn't hurt to call for a total change of model.

Best regards,

Mawaki

--- Danny Younger <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Mawaki,
> 
> Another issue in the Summary Report:
> 
> 2.6  "The registry shall not act as a registrar with
> respect to the TLD (consistent with the current
> registry-registrar structural separation requirements,
> for example, see clause 7.1 (b) and (c) of the .jobs
> registry agreement)."
> 
> I can think of situations where there would be no
> particular need for traditional registrars.  For
> example, if Google decided to launch a .google TLD and
> offered everyone a free domain (the same way that
> Blogger offers anyone a free subdomain)...
> 
> Why in this case would the sponsoring organization
> require any registrars when it could handle all of its
> own registrations for free domains?  In effect, the
> sponsor would be acting as a registrar with respect to
> the TLD.
> 
> Also, I see nothing wrong with having a registry
> pursue its own dealership model, the same way that
> automobile manufacturers have car dealerships. 
> Instead of the TLD being offered to all registrars, it
> could be offered to registrars wholly-owned by the
> sponsor.  Please see the following URL for further
> comments exploring the dealership competition model:
> http://forum.icann.org/lists/psc/msg00018.html
> 
> The registry-registrar separation model is a legacy
> that we have inherited owing to our history with
> VeriSign.  We should question whether this model is
> indeed sacrosanct.
> 
> best regards,
> Danny
> 
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