Jac said:
Lee
I totally accept that, but what I am trying to establish is; if people on AD think this should (or should not) give them special status with Nominet or any other Registry. If, as a proposition, we accept that domainers account for 10% of Nominet's registrations, do you think this should allow domainers (who are maybe tag holders of Nominet) special privileges over other registrants with just one or more registrations to their name?
(10% was the estimate offered recently by Whois-Search)
Regards
James Conaghan
[PAB Member]
No, people should have equal rights as members not as to their wealth. Christ, could you imagine if Pipex or an individual company got control of Nominet? as they effectively have under the old rules - saw to the changes with one foul swoop. 123-reg have been murder all week, I wouldn't want them playing a huge part in nominet.
It's never easy, I think as long as you allow for public access and response and continue to take things on board that way then it doesn't matter but like shares in a company, I'm a fan of the football club, pay for match tickets but I don't have shares, the only say I have is to sway mass opinion amongst fellow fans and contact the club, however I don't have a say on the board, the same with nominet, we buy their product but unless you're a member you can't vote.
I don't thing there should be any weighting, you're a member that's it. Someone with 10 domains has as much voting power as that of a member with one domain.
That's not to say their opinion shouldn't be heard, some of you are arguing about security issues on domain transfer and who should pay for it, do a consultation, as with anything there's a medium, I'm pretty sure it could be speeded up, be cost effective and easier to use for a domainer and still keep it secure for your normal bod on the street - you've got the money to do it and to make any changes needed.
There is a small fact that domainers do make up a large percentage while being very few considering the larger holding split amongst many thousands of thousands, however they don't deserve more rights just a better business model and that's one thing people on AcornDomains can provide, their opinion and what would make things easier - and then you lot respond with a reason why it aint viable until it is.
Ultimately I can't see domainers on here doing normal people who hold domains, any wrong, it's not in their best interests to increase fraud rate in any part of the holding is it? Christ, the government wants us to, in ten years time, give them our eyeballs and fingers and DNA and hold it all centrally, one thing I do know at the moment, nominet is going to be a lot safer with transfers than any government run ID card scheme.
One of these days I will be paid to walk on to a board of a company and sort things out and bring fresh ideas - it's what I'm good at, trouble is I need to make my own money first to do that haha but I spend too much. :mrgreen: Special status has never sat well with me, no one on here is more important than me whether they have 1000 domains or 10000, they're just better at it or more loadedbut with that comes knowledge, I've learnt a lot myself.
Nor am I better than someone who's just joined the forum today and only has one domain, that might be worth more than all mine put together. Also most on here are domainers, there's another section of that which do affiliate marketing and domaining, half an half, 90/10% then you've others looking in and many more categories, which is more important?
A lot of words for just one paragraph, want to be a member and vote? be a member. Want to affect change? make sure nominet continue to take public views on board. Most on here just want an efficient secure business to ensure their business is efficient and secure, because as you rightly state we don't own domains, like land in this country, it's leased to us until we do great wrong.
Although I haven't read nominet rules I know the Queen can get me Canadian domains if I ring her up haha :mrgreen: one of her many priviliges over there still.
