I agree, running a small registry is incredibly easy.
If you want to do it manually (the way academics used to run most ccTLDs) all you need to do is edit the TLD zone file to include NS records for any second level domains (SLDs) you are asked to create.
Automation is just as easy, I threw together an online registration system for a TLD in Perl in a weekend that allowed people to check availability and then register and pay for SLDs (scalability to handle hundreds of thousands of domains is another issue).
There is no contract. I used to help run 4 or 5 ccTLDs and all we did was send a registration template to IANA listing someone in country as the admin contact and a few weeks later you would have a TLD delegated to you. Mark......
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I agree, running a small registry is incredibly easy.
If you want to do it manually (the way academics used to run most ccTLDs) all you need to do is edit the TLD zone file to include NS records for any second level domains (SLDs) you are asked to create.
Automation is just as easy, I threw together an online registration system for a TLD in Perl in a weekend that allowed people to check availability and then register and pay for SLDs (scalability to handle hundreds of thousands of domains is another issue).
Mark......
ICANN's proposed budget is available at http://www.icann.org/fi nancials/proposed-budget-04may00.htm.
Mark......
There is no contract. I used to help run 4 or 5 ccTLDs and all we did was send a registration template to IANA listing someone in country as the admin contact and a few weeks later you would have a TLD delegated to you. Mark......