Re: [ga] Personal poll: Domain name holder yes/no?

[Eric Dierker <eric@hi-tek.com>]

While I find your sentiment in the right place I conclude a different
reality.

Some of us were involved just a few short years ago in the massive suing
of  perceived cybersquatters.  I know of a least fifteen cases filed in
federal court where everyone under the sun was brought in as a defendant.
(admin contact, providers, registrars, registries, technical contacts
etc.,)  The company I work with still has clients from that period in the
latter part of the last century. To this day we hold their names in a sort
of trust.  With the advent of the screwy methods of dealing with expiry
over at Verisign we would be negligent to throw our clients to fend for
themselves in that environment.  We have recently lost two names through
transferring and it is what we do for a living.  If my son were to obtain a
domain name I would insist he leave it to a professional to manage. And
even then the disclaimer would be a mile long.

So now I think that if we find any member here other than my technically
incompetent self, without a domain name I will be surprised.  But that is
because the others are policy wise incompetent and do not realize their
domain name should be held in a manner more secure than personal ownership.

Sincerely, but somewhat tongue in cheek,
Eric

L Gallegos wrote:

> I'm curious, Alexander, as to what this statistic will tell you.  Since
> GA members are a tiny percentage of domain name holders (even
> every GA member held one), it doesn't tell you how many would
> join if there were an IDNHC.  This would be especially true if there
> were a good outreach program once the constituency was
> estbished.
>
> It would be interesting, however, to know the percentage or number
> of GA members who are dn holders (individuals, of course.)
>
> Leah
>
> On 30 Aug 2001, at 14:38, Alexander Svensson wrote:
>
> >
> > Dear all,
> >
> > I'm curious to know about the percentage of DN holders
> > within the DNSO GA -- let's do some fact-finding.
> > If you're curious too, please send this one-question
> > inofficial poll back to me /personally/, and I will send
> > the results I have received after about a week.
> > Please don't forward this poll to others -- this is
> > not a vote, it's just to get a rough estimate of
> > the percentage of domain name holders amongst GA members.
> > (Needless to say: If you don't want to respond, don't.)
> >
> > Best regards,
> > /// Alexander
> >
> >
> > *** Please tick ALL applicable answers with an [X]
> > *** and make sure you don't send your answer to the list!
> >
> > _____________________________________________________________________
> >
> >    I am the holder of one or more registered domain names...
> >
> >    [ ] ...in a generic Top Level Domain (such as .com, .net, .org)
> >
> >    [ ] ...in a country code Top Level Domain (such as .ca, .it, .tv)
> >
> >    [ ] ...in a non-ICANN Top Level Domain (e.g. New.net, ORSC, etc.)
> >
> >    [ ] I don't hold any registered domain names.
> >
> > _____________________________________________________________________
> >
> > Definition: For this poll, it's not important whether the domain
> > is used for your personal website or your multi-million dollar
> > enterprise, as long as you are the one person 'behind' that domain.
> >
> > Privacy: All the individual data (name, e-mail address, DN holder or
> > not) will be kept secret. I will publish aggregate statistics on the
> > number of DN holders in each category if I receive enough answers. --
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