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[Philipp Schafft <lion AT lion.leolix.org>]

Good morning,

On Mon, 2026-02-16 at 09:45 +0700, Travis Peacock wrote:
> As one of those abandoners (I was going through one of my long
> depressive phases, thanks Jeff for stepping in)

I wish you the very best, hope you can find your path :)


> maybe I shouldn't get a say here

Or exactly the other way around: I mean you add a valuable point of
view we generally don't have: Most of the time people go *poof* and are
not to be seen again.

So I think your input on the matter is of high value. :)


> but I do totally agree with what you're addressing. 
> 
> Off the top of my head there are two solutions that are not
> exclusive: 
> 
> * Create an OpenNIC SSO service that we encourage T1s to use
> * Move to a registrar model and maybe setup a single official
> registrar as the template if others want to have one that's fine. 
> 
> Basically try to centralize contact information and make T1 operation
> less user focused by default making the system more fail proof for
> the T1s

I mean one could even do that in a way that who brought the TLD up has
an exclusive right to manage registrations (policy, manual approval if
needed, registration form/website, ...) for as long as they are around.
And once the person seems to be gone, one would try to reach them, and
if unreachable declare (maybe: vote) the TLD to be "community managed"
so everyone can step in using the system components you outlines above.

This is even something a TLD owner could do by themselves: Declare the
TLD "community managed" when they feel they can't keep up anymore, but
also take it back once back in a stable situation (which might again
require a vote just to make sure everyone is on the same page with
"stable").


With best regards,

-- 
Philipp.
 (Rah of PH2)