🚀 go-pugleaf

In general we only have a small number of prblems with the proposal. However
first for historic accuracy:

> INP services have been free of charge until the end of 1995 and were 
> performed voluntarily by SWITCH personnel since 1987. 

Switch didn't exist in any -real- way in 1987, the .CH domain name server
was run by CSNET and formal registration authority was held by an ETH
institute which more or less refused to register domain names for third
parties anyway. In 1988 this ETH institute, -not- IANA transfered the 
registration responsibility to Switch, in a process that today would never
be acceptable and depite very loud protests from interested parties, using
the word "voluntarily" in this context is a bit misplaced.

Actual DNS service by Switch didn't start before the end of 1989 (since
Switch didn't have "Internet" connectivity before then).

> Financially, the organizational form of the INP service is non-profit based. 
> A fund is raised to cover anticipated expenditures for lawyers, experts, 
> additional work etc. This fund will also serve as financial feedback 
> regarding fees: when the fund exceeds a certain amount, fees are 
> to be reduced.

Will the financial aspects of this fund be avaialable for public review?

> Background:
> 
> SWITCH has received responsibility for country-specific top level domain CH 
> in 1987 and for LI in 1993. In other words: SWITCH has been delegated to 
> assign names, specifically secondlevel domain names, within designated parts 
> (CH and LI) of the DNS name space. This responsibility has been delegated by 
> the Internet Assigned Number Authority (IANA), which itself currently 
> has responsibility for the Internet domain name space. 

See above for correct rendering of history.

> The delegated responsibilities are documented in various RFC�s (Request For 
> Comment): RFC-1031/32/33/34, 1480 und 1592. 
                                        ^^^^
                                        1591

Switch has previously refused to adhere to RFC1591, will RFC1591 now govern
the new policies?


Simon Poole

EUnet AG, Zuerich

PS: credentials: I actual typed in the first domain application form for Switch.