Public participation site

The recent decision to change how things are is fine. The registrars imput is needed but also I would go further and ask that public would as well. We must prevent the chaos after register fly incident. There is no mention on the front page. It is like business as usual. The people who lost a domain because of Register fly not applying the renewal fees should have redress. There should be an easier mediation process in extreme cases like what happened at registerfly. There should be shared liability between domain reseller and the orgiginal registry.

At the request of ICANN, I have removed the information from this post as it contains no relevant information regarding the ICANN Conference.

Allow me to introduce myself. My name is AJ Doyle and I hail from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. I had been a registerfly customer since December of 2004. When I first registered my domain, I didn't really have the cash on hand to go more than a year. I registered for one year in December of 2004. In December of 2005, I went ahead and added an additional 2 years to my registration.

My domain wasn't due to expire until 12-15-2007 or so I thought.

Voicing my thanks for action taken by ICANN. I know I speak for a larger number of festering people who have awaited the presence of a firm hand in these matters.

However. i have to redact some info here, due to the fact that expectations are now changed. Sorry.

One thing that burns me up. I get tons of snail mail from registry companies if i do not have my domains privacy enabled or use false names. One reason is i hope ICANN allows users to pick who they move to a new registrar because of the registerfly situatino after the 31st. It should be done at Registerfly's dime. Icann should email the owners and decide where to go.

I think it is wrong for a government to regulate an industry that is not US based. The banning of the transfers is wrong. It is not fair nor right to force business to shut down operations. This is going to affect tournament recruiting for texas holdem. There has to be a better way.

Registery fly is soon to be toast. I dont like fact if they force it up for bids that we may not get to choose if we do not move them by March 31. It costs to move domains. It may make some non profits and others.
We should be compensated for this hassle.

I wonder, what is ICANN official position towards New.net and their 'alternate gTLDs'?

Looks like anyone can invent their 'private Internet', introducing their own root DNSes and any 'gTLDs' they only wish to create.

If these 'private Internets' continue to grow and multiply, the very basics of Internet will be ruined.

It is remarkable that many a registrar support both 'official' (ICANN-governed) and New.net's 'Internets'. That's weird, in my opinion.

It's very necessary to planify a regional and subregional meeting and to allow the local actors to be involved in debate.
It will be a good opportunity for goverment actors and private sectors to take part activelly.

Thanks for having an open area for discussion and participation. I have been in the web since it was launched and through the years have moderated in many open community environments. I lived through being a "Poderator" at TRIPOD for ALT_MUSIC. I observed ICANN come into existence and grow.

Although i'm sure that many would consider the world of webmasters and designers to be an essentially intemperate unwashed horde, those of us that do WebMastering as a craft for rich media ( audio video flash ) are a bit more likeable, I hope you will accept me.