Good heavens, Milton, yes, given the HouseCANN spooky example, let us keep this presumptive renewal thing by all means! --c.a. Milton Mueller wrote: > Karls position is all rhetoric and no substance. > >>>> Danny Younger <[log in to unmask]> 9/15/2006 5:11:02 PM >>> >> "Do we really believe that these operators need >> "presumptive renewal" to give them the incentive to >> maintain the quality of their TLD businesses so that >> they can continue to attract and retain customers? > > Yes, I really do. If you tell me that I don't own my house after 5 > years, at which point some organization called HouseCANN is going to > roll the dice and decide whether I get to keep it, I am going to be very > cagey about what I invest in that house. I will NOT put any money into > it that doesn't reap a short-term return. And I will also spend a hell > of a lot of time lobbying, and possibly bribing or corrupting, the board > of HouseCANN. Every day they will get a brochure telling them how great > a house administrator I am. I will buy off every GNSO constituency I > can. etc., etc. > > . > -- Carlos A. Afonso diretor de planejamento Rits - Rede de Informações para o Terceiro Setor *************************************************************** Projeto Sacix - Apoio técnico a iniciativas de inclusão digital com software livre, mantido pela Rits em colaboração com o Coletivo Digital. Para mais informações: www.sacix.org.br www.rits.org.br www.coletivodigital.org.br ***************************************************************