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tzNIC meeting with Registrars |
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On 5th January 2012, tzNIC met with the .tz accredited Registrars at Holiday Inn hotel in Dar es Salaam. During the meeting tzNIC updated the registrars on the following issues: i) .tz registry infrastructure - F root hosting at tzNIC and DNSSEC deployment; ii) New policy on domain registration refund; iii) New SLDs establishment for increased registrant (consumer) competition, innovation and choice; iv) .tz domain registrations - growth and fee (merged and with VAT added); v) 3 months (January – March 2012) plan for 3R model adoption.
Other issues discussed at the meeting included: i) Best domain registration practices; ii) Customization of .tz registry system for possible funds transfer by registrars from one SLD account to another; iii) Need for tzNIC to share the earlier deleted domains (before tzNIC took over domain registration responsibilities) for joint efforts of re-registration by domain owners; iv) Need for detailed statistics on tzNIC websites; v) Plan for incentives to registrars and categorization of registrars to gold, silver, Tanzanite or Bronze based on monthly domain registrations and retention; vi) Zone reloading intervals.
During the meeting tzNIC also distributed the FY 2009/10 annual reports and stickers to the attending registrars. The sticker has the caption “.tz accredited Registrar”. At the end of the meeting attendees had a group photo just before the last session, the "networking lunch". |
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Last Updated on Friday, 06 January 2012 13:06 |