Here is another point. At the very least we could attempt to get ICANN to clearly define the compliance issues that they are trying to achieve and then ask that they lessen the burden on registrars by attempting to outsource the functions to a third party by using, of course, competitive bidding. It is hard to believe that this won't result in lower costs for registrars or that they would have valid reasons for not considering this approach. Larry Erlich Bhavin Turakhia wrote:
2) Self Policing. We should be exploring ways to lessen the administrative burden that ICANN has by assuming as many (or all) of the enforcement issues as a group, so that ICANN doesn't have to increase fees to do the same thing that we can probably do for less money. I think that an organization setup and funded by registrars can take care of the issues for 25% of what it would cost for ICANN to do the same. I would be willing to support such an organization.
I am quite certain of this. Infact I would very much be in favour of this too. However this is wishful thinking since it is not about to happen. Nevertheless I cannot for the life of me figure out how did ICANN spend $19000 on me last year or will spend $19000 on me this year. There is no way that I have had as much communication with them to make them spend that kind of money on me annually
bhavin
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