Hi Bruce.

Will the next reseller contract have a clause so reseller won't be allowed
to use the term "Channel Partner" ?
As we all respect your efforts of getting rid of the term on Melbourne IT's
website, experience shows us that if things are not enforcable, "smarter"
people will still use old tactics to their advantage and find loopholes. It
is understood that "Channel Partner" sounds a hell of a lot better than
"Reseller", so companies with bad intentions will probably go on using for
another million years if "Do not use the term Channel Partner " is not
written in black and white somewhere.

Also, i was just wondering, when Melbourne IT issues a modification of
contract, do all resellers have to sign it and live with it, or is there any
way a few could escape and still work with an older contract ?


Best Regards
Ginge

-----Original Message-----
From: Bruce Tonkin [mailto:Bruce.Tonkin§melbourneit.com.au]
Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 2:35 PM
To: 'dns§lists.auda.org.au'
Subject: RE: [DNS] Interesting IRA


Hello Ron,

>
> They proudly proclaim to be "a fully licensed channel partner
> of Melbourne
> IT",

There is no such thing as a "licensed channel partner".  Melbourne IT has a
reseller agreement with resellers, and hence a company could describe itself
as an "authorised reseller".  We do not licence resellers.

The term "channel partner" is often used in the IT industry to describe
members of a distribution channel (for example see:
http://www.optus.com.au/Vign/ViewMgmt/display/0,2627,3_18278--View_299,00.ht
ml).  As the term "partner" has a specific legal meaning, Melbourne IT is
progressively discontinuing the use of the term "channel partner" on its
websites etc.

> and offer to "renew your domain name through us until
> February 2005"
>

A domain name may only be renewed for a 2 year period.  Thus a name renewed
in May 2002, would expire in May 2004.  A name may only be renewed within 60
days of expiry.

A registrant's agent (reseller) may offer a servide to renew a licence when
it becomes due for renewal, but this should be clearly stated in any
marketing material.

Regards,
Bruce Tonkin


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