Re: [registrars] Meeting ? Vendors *pitching* ccTLDs to the Registrar Constituency -

[elliot noss <enoss@tucows.com>]

Frankly, they (ccTLDs) should be organizing this, not us. We should 
have none of this on our agenda. If that means we have to use our own 
money to pay for lunch so what.

Regards

On Monday, May 26, 2003, at 09:49 AM, Rob Hall wrote:

> Hey,
>
> Why don't we setup a day, lets say the day after the constituency 
> meeting,
> and ask any ccTLD that wants to come pitch us to do so.
>
> We could rent a room (or better yet, they could), and if it was 
> scheduled
> properly and posted, we could decide what pitches we wanted to attend, 
> and
> which ones we didn't need to.
>
> This would give them access to us, and give us scheduled access to 
> them that
> we could plan our day around.
>
> That would leave the constituency meeting for real business (and 
> updates
> from gTLD Registries) and still allow us to get the information we 
> want (if
> we in fact want it).
>
> Just a thought.
>
> Rob.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-registrars@dnso.org [mailto:owner-registrars@dnso.org]On
> Behalf Of Robert F. Connelly
> Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2003 11:02 AM
> To: Registrar Constituency
> Subject: [registrars] Vendors *pitching* ccTLDs to the Registrar
> Constituency
>
>
> Dear Colleagues:
>
> At the DC meeting, we listened to sales pitches by registries for .cn ,
> .tv, .cc, and other ccTLDs during our lunch.
>
> At the close of the meeting, with the time I'd been saving up by not
> speaking 2 minutes on a whole bunch of issues, Michael permitted to 
> pitch
> this final missive:
>
> Registers must pay their RC dues to vote.
>
> ICANN dues throw a financial burden upon gTLD registrars.
>
> Therefore, ccTLDs that address the RC should pay all past "dues" or
> "donations".
>
> I suspect that the combined ccTLDs discussed at today's lunch owe 
> money to
> ICANN well in excess of the $2,500 they paid to have our ear during 
> lunch;-(
>
> close quote:
>
> I hope our Excom will keep this thought in mind as other vendors seek 
> our
> ear (and pocket book.).
>
> Regards, BobC
>
>
>