IAHC Backtracks on Registrar Lottery

Wed May 7 16:28:10 UTC 1997

Stephen,

The announcement came from the iPOC which is really the old IAHC members
(minus the ex-officaio ones) until the real POC is formed.  This has lead
to some confusion and attribution of things to the IAHC which as you
correctly point out, has been disolved.

--->  Phil

Stephen Sprunk supposedly said:
> 
> I fail to see how it is possible that the IAHC announced anything this
> week; the IAHC was dissolved on 1 May 97 when the gTLD-MoU was signed.
> 
> There is absolutely nothing to the effect of your statement on the IAHC web
> page (http://www.iahc.org/), and there is no new IETF draft from the
> (dissolved) IAHC in the InterNIC archives.
> 
> Where did this information come from?
> 
> Stephen
> 
> 
> At 10:47 07 05 97 -0400, Cameo Wood wrote:
> >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.  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. 
> 
> 