Consider the following list of registry reserved names: d-o-t-p-r-o-s-u-c-k-s.*.pro d-o-t-p-r-o-s-u-c-k-s.pro dot-pro-sucks.*.pro dot-pro-sucks.pro dotprosucks.*.pro dotprosucks.pro hostway-sucks.*.pro hostway-sucks.pro hostwaysucks.*.pro hostwaysucks.pro netnation-sucks.*.pro netnation-sucks.pro netnationsucks.*.pro netnationsucks.pro p-r-o-n-a-m-e-s-s-u-c-k-s.*.pro p-r-o-n-a-m-e-s-s-u-c-k-s.pro p-r-o-n-a-m-e-s-u-c-k-s.*.pro p-r-o-n-a-m-e-s-u-c-k-s.pro pronamesucks.*.pro pronamesucks.pro r-e-g-i-s-t-r-y-p-r-o-s-u-c-k-s.*.pro r-e-g-i-s-t-r-y-p-r-o-s-u-c-k-s.pro registeryprosucks.*.pro registeryprosucks.pro registriprosucks.*.pro registriprosucks.pro registry-pro-sucks.*.pro registry-pro-sucks.pro registryprosucks.*.pro registryprosucks.pro registryservices-sucks.*.pro registryservices-sucks.pro registryservicessucks.*.pro registryservicessucks.pro registrysolutions-sucks.*.pro registrysolutions-sucks.pro registrysolutionssucks.*.pro registrysolutionssucks.pro v-i-s-u-c-k-s.*.pro v-i-s-u-c-k-s.pro visucks.*.pro visucks.pro The problem, of course, is that the management of the .pro registry really does suck. At last report this global domain had only around 8000 registrations under management. First the registry was owned and operated by the registryPro subsidiary of register.com; later those assets were assigned to Registry Services Corporation, a Nevada corporation fully owned by Hostway Corporation. At issue is the assignment process. Subsection 5.11 of the .pro Registry Agreement provides that "Registry Operator may assign this Agreement as part of the transfer of its registry business if such transfer and assignment are approved in advance by ICANN..."; Did any of us see the assignee's business plan for the TLD? Of course not. In keeping with ICANN's notion of transparency, only new gTLD applicants need to submit a business plan, assignees do not. No one in the public had any right to review the details of the planned takeover of the .pro registry... we had no opportunity to scrutinize an application or to post any challenges or concerns -- a classic example of back-room deal-making that totally excludes the general public. What is needed is a substantially higher level of transparency in the assignment process. In my view, assignees should be required to publicly disclose details to the same degree as any new gTLD applicant.