Re: IAHC Backtracks on Registrar Lottery

["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. 
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