Re: [registrars] Washington & PersonalNames Update

[Paul Westley <paul@internetters.co.uk>]

Hello Michael,

There will be 2 attendees from Internetters for the Registrars meeting in 
Washington, but we will be unable to attend the FTC meeting.

Kind regards,

Paul Westley
Internetters

At 16:46 30/01/03, Michael D. Palage wrote:
>Hello All:
>
>There is important information regarding the Washington meeting and the
>PersonalNames launch contained below.
>
>WASHINTONTON MEETING
>
>As previously stated the registrar constituency will meeting Friday,
>February 21st in Washington DC. This is the day after the two day workshop
>on Cross Border Fraud that the Federal Trade Commission is hosting. The
>registrar meeting will be held at the Phoenix Park Hotel
>(http://www.phoenixparkhotel.com/) located at 520 North Capitol Street, N.W.
>Washington, D.C. 20001. This is conveniently located near Union Station and
>the FTC offices, 600 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20580, where the
>workshop is being held.
>
>For those of you wishing to make reservations at the Phoenix Park Hotel for
>either the FTC work shop or the registrar meeting please call the Phoenix
>Park Hotel at 202-638-6900. Our group number is 3520. The following rates
>(129-single/159-double) will be held until February 4th. After that the
>normal rates I have been told are in excess of $200. This is approximately
>the going rate for a 3-star hotel in downtown DC.
>
>I will be posting an preliminary agenda of the meeting shortly. As
>previously mentioned, by-laws revisions will be a topic of discussion so
>that in and of it self should make for some lively discussion. After a
>session to address registrar specific issues, by-laws and new TLDs, the
>meeting will be expanded to be a cross registrar-registry meeting where we
>will try to tackle some industry problems such as transfers, whois, and
>IDNs.
>
>I would like to thank Bob Connelly for making ancillary arrangements at the
>Army Navy Club. Although the prices for this facility were a little cheaper,
>the Phoenix Park Hotel room discount for attendees more than offset the
>facilities savings. For those making final flight arrangements, Dulles is
>probably the best option for international travelers. Regan/Nation is the
>best for continental US travel, although you can fly into BWI and take
>public transportation (Metro) to DC.
>
>I am currently looking at about 20 registrar attending the meeting, and
>about 6 registries, although other have been expressing an interest in
>attending. I will be putting together a formal list of attendees shortly.
>
>
>PERSONALNAMES.COM
>
>I spoke with Fran Coleman, general counsel and VP of Law and Policy from GNR
>Limited the holding company for both the registry and the registrar. After
>listening to the concerns that I conveyed from the registrar constituency in
>connection with the recent PersonalNames rollout, Mr. Coleman and Charles
>Mancini, CEO of GNR Limited have agreed to host a call with registrars to
>discuss this issue. In order to maximize the productivity of the call, GNR
>Limited will be providing a statement for registrars to review prior to the
>call. This statement will be provided to me shortly, and I will forward it
>along with the dial-in details tomorrow.