Re: [ga] WHOIS Outreach [Fwd: Names Council]

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>]

Sotiris and all assembly members,

  I am in strong agreement with sotiris here in that new members in the
GA would be a welcome addition and likely a fresh contribution as well.
However in that the GA has seemingly turned itself into a "Club" of late
and has almost always been one for that matter, new members are routinely
turned away.  Several of our members for example have not been
able to subscribe or shortly after joining have been accused of all sorts
of silly things and were permanently banned (CENSORED) as a result.

  Given that this attitude has not been fairly wide spread from a number
of our [INEGroup] members, the DNSO GA is circumspect as a result.

Sotiris Sotiropoulos wrote:

> technizmo wrote:
>
> > Sotiris,
> >
> > I appreciate the sentiment... but are you suggesting
> > we spam the WHOIS list?
> >
> > Sincerely,
> > Jason Graff
>
> Jason,
>
> I am not suggesting we indiscriminately spam the WHOIS list, even though other
> less scrupulous elements do so regularly (even selling its contents to
> marketers).  All I did was conduct a few searches of domain names that in all
> likelihood suggest registrant familiarity/interest in domain name
> issues/matters.  The fellow I emailed seemed a likely candidate to approach as
> he'd registered the domain "namescouncil.com".  Now, I may be wrong, but I am
> not aware of any other "Names Council" in existence.  If we were able to reach
> out to 50 such individuals, I'm sure the word would spread even further and we
> might see a (to my mind) much anicipated influx of fresh members to the GA.
> As far as I'm concerned, the participation rate among the current 300 or so
> members is less than inspiring.  Perhaps some new blood is just what we need
> to stir the pot around here a little...
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Sotiris Sotiropoulos
>
> >
> >
> > --- Sotiris Sotiropoulos <sotiris@hermesnetwork.com>
> > wrote:
> > > Dear All,
> > >
> > > Below, I have forwarded the text of a message I sent
> > > out this afternoon to a
> > > complete stranger. I found his email address in the
> > > WHOIS (which may turn out
> > > to be quite a useful tool after all).
> >
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Regards,

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