Mawaki, There are many issues associated with the proposed registry contracts for .biz, .info and .org: 1. These registries have not abided by the "Procedure for Subsequent Agreement" clause of their current contracts. Without a formally tendered "Renewal Proposal", we cannot review reports on the TLD's operational history, nor can we assess any planned enhancements or properly consider past performance (all of which is critical in arriving at a decision whether to recommend to the Board that it pursue a course of action leading to either renewal or rebid). These registries were given a six month extension as of the 10 January 2006 Board meeting to provide the Renewal Proposals (Resolution 06.02) yet none has submitted such documentation within the required timeframe. I, for one, would be interested in knowing why PIR failed to launch their OrgCloak initiative. 2. Proposed contract provisions allow for mining traffic data associated with non-existent domains. This means that domain name speculators will no longer have to test domains for traffic potential ("domain tasting") as soon they will be able to purchase data that reveals which unregistered names have received the greatest number of hits. The implication is that we can expect a flash flood of typosquatting immediately upon the release of such data as bad actors will instantly put such data to use. 3. Price caps have been lifted. It used to be viewed as appropriate to guard against abuses of market power by having price caps in place. See "General Counsel's Second Analysis of VGRS's Request for Amendment to Registry Agreement", for early thinking on this topic. Those caps are now gone in the new contracts. 4. Consensus Policy constraints. Contract language restricts that which may be the topic of a Consensus Policy determination. This strikes at the heart of the GNSO's activities. Best regards, Danny Younger isoc-ny __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com