RE: [registrars] Update: Registrar Meeting

["Josh Elliott" <jelliott@tucows.com>]

All:

We are concerned about the sense of urgency being promoted for this meeting
in D.C., as well as the downplay of the importance of the ICANN meetings in
Yokohama.  It is disturbing that their has been a decision to meet in D.C.
on such a short notice, leaving many international registrars unable to
attend because of the commute, and many others unable to attend because of
scheduled conflicts.  We would appreciate, in the future, that meetings be
planned much further in advance and possibly scheduled outside the D.C. area
or even North America.

Furthermore, we cannot stress the importance of attending the ICANN meetings
in Yokohama.  While discussing issues like COC, funding, what we do, etc. in
D.C. are important, the issues of new gTLDs should be decided in Yokohama,
which directly effects our business, and is much more important for all of
us.

While I personally will be attending the D.C. meeting via teleconference, I
am not thrilled with the timing, and I would prefer that we stay focused to
meet in Yokohama.

Thank you.

Josh Elliott
TUCOWS.com, Inc.


> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-registrars@dnso.org [mailto:owner-registrars@dnso.org]On
> > Behalf Of Michael D. Palage
> > Sent: Monday, June 12, 2000 9:55 PM
> > To: Registrars@Dnso.Org
> > Subject: [registrars] Update: Registrar Meeting
> >
> >
> > A room at the Reston Hyatt has been reserved. Now I need to
> determine the
> > number of attendees. The below listed companies have confirmed
> > that will be
> > attending. Several others have expressed an interest as well,
> if so please
> > notify me. Over the next couple of days I will also be contacting some
> > non-constituency registrars located in the area in an effort to build
> > membership by showing what we can do.
> >
> > REGISTRARS ATTENDING:
> >
> > Register.com (1 in person, 1 via telephone bridge)
> > Core (1 in person)
> > NSI - the registrar (1 or 2 in person)
> > Bulkregister (2 in person)
> > Enet Registry (1or 2 in person)
> > InfoNetworks (1 in person)
> > Domain Bank (1 person)
> > Paul Kane  (Wed afternoon)
> > AllWest (telephone participation)
> >
> > NON-REGISTRARS:
> >
> > I have extended an invitation to NSI-The Registry and law enforcement
> > personal that have been involved with the recent spat of
> hijacking issues.
> > This is a proactive attempt to diffuse a lot of the negative
> > press that has
> > been in the news (both locally and internationally) as of late prior to
> > Yokohama. Remember part of expanding the name space relies upon
> us proving
> > that we can handle the current three top level domains in a responsible
> > manner.
> >
> > I have also extended an invitation to Dan Hollaran - our new compliance
> > officer, however, Louie does not know if he will be able to attend. I
> > believe this will be an excellent opportunity
> >
> > As soon as I have more information on the telephone bridge I
> will send it
> > along to the group.
> >
> > Mike
> >
>