Blimey, I go to a conference for a few days and look what happens! Well after reading the last ten pages I've almost lost the will to live but I will have a go
1. The idea of a five day grace period to correct your details is certainly something we can consider - I will raise it internally.
2. Yes we have thought about how the WHOIS is used. In fact we have thought about it in a public way and in the most extraordinary detail. This has all taken place in the Policy Advisory Board meetings and details are on our web site. If you wish to reopen some of those discussions then please contact a PAB member (such as Jac ;-))
3. Yes we do send transfer forms to someone other than the registrant, or to someone who we believe may be the registrant at a different address. We have done this for years and is a clear part of our operational policy.
4. This one is very, very important so please remember this one as I find myself repeating it regularly. Nominet is a *very* broad church, which means that we have an enormous range of customers (both tag holders and registrants) with a very wide range of views and requirements. I say this with particular regard to the registrant transfer process. Just the other week I was at one of our member lunches (book now!) and almost every tag hlder there said 'do not change the transfer process to a fast online system, the paper based one is exactly the right way to do it'.
Now, don't mistake what I am saying as agreeing with this. My point is that this is diametrically opposite to the POV on this forum and for us to move from our current system to one that satisfies everyone is tricky. We have to consider things such as differentiated services (i.e. you pay more to only allow transfer by paper/DNA sample), lock states to prevent it being spoofed and the security issues of an online system for all registrants. But this is an area we are actively examining.
5. I haven't been on this forum for a while because of a combination of holidays, hard work and days out of the office. The long and lovely summer evening don't help either. Nothing sinister. Please remember you can always email me direct -
[email protected].
6. On the anonymity point - I have always said that I find it difficult to understand how people who want us to accept them as professional business people can hide behind anonymity.
Now, for those of you who hang on my every word - I've got a long meeting tomorrow and so may not join this thread again until Thursday. Let's just hope I don't have another ten pages to read. Please. No really, please.
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