RE: [registrars] ICANN - Verisign - .org registry

["Bryan Evans" <bevans@interaccess.com>]

Bob,

As I tried to state in my email, I am not directing any criticism
at you.  At all.  I sincerely apologize to you if you thought I
was.

All I want to do is help ensure that the constituency's *public*
statements maximize our chance of being heard & minimize the chance
that someone will dismiss our concerns regarding fairness because
they claim *we're* not playing fairly.

I've spent enough time in helping to prepare for congressional
and other public hearings to know that the opposition can easily
seize on a single, innocuous sound bite and twist it to their
advantage.

-Bryan

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-registrars@dnso.org [mailto:owner-registrars@dnso.org]On
Behalf Of Robert F. Connelly
Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2001 8:44 PM
To: Bryan Evans
Cc: Registrars List; Duane Connelly
Subject: RE: [registrars] ICANN - Verisign - .org registry


At 07:46 PM 3/7/01 -0600, Bryan Evans wrote:
>When put in this tone, it appears that the only reason you participated
>in Afilias was if it would be the *only* registrar-owned registry.  I'm
>not saying that's necessarily bad (or correct), but that's the tone I
>took away from your email.  I think we should avoid making that statement.
>It could easily be construed as saying "I want to have my cake & eat it
>too."

Dear Bryan:  While it was not a primary reason, it was certainly a reason
the we joined the consortium.  It was also a reason for encouraging CORE to
go for .nom and for CORE to join the consortium, which became Afilias.

I think I know a bit about eating cake.  I really don't think your
criticism is justified.

BobC