[IFWP] @Large Voting Statistics

2000-10-11 Thread Ellen Rony
Stats: Looks like winner needed 50% plus one vote http://www.election.com/us/icann/icannresult.html NORTH AMERICA 10,632 activated 3449 voting Karl Auerbach: 1728 votes (six passes) AFRICA 315 activated 130 voting Winner Nii Quaynor 67 votes (single pass) ASIA/AUSTRALIA/PACIFIC 38246

[IFWP] Pre-emptive Registrations

2000-10-11 Thread Jay Fenello
Infoworld is researching multiple reports from people who have checked on domain names that were available, only to find later that they were registered shortly after their inquiry. Anyone having similar experiences, or having insight into why this might be happening, should contact:

[IFWP] Re: [bwg+] Pre-emptive Registrations

2000-10-11 Thread James Love
We have seen this too, and have been warned about it. Is this a violation of an ICANN registration rules? Jamie Jay Fenello wrote: Infoworld is researching multiple reports from people who have checked on domain names that were available, only to find later that they were registered

Re: [IFWP] Re: [bwg+] Pre-emptive Registrations

2000-10-11 Thread Jay Fenello
Hi Jamie, The reporter asked me the same thing. Even if it is not illegal, it certainly seems unethical. I suspect it is counter to the registrar agreement as well, but we have seen registrars "work" with other domain name warehousers in the past. In other words, it would be

[IFWP] Fallout From An Exchange of Emails with Esther Dyson About ICANN Disenfranchising Internet Users Right to Vote For the ICANN Board Governing the Internet

2000-10-11 Thread cpart
Hey everyone, 1. Two ICANN critics have been elected to ICANN Board. Here is an article by Aaron Pressman of the Standard on the recently concluded ICANN election: http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,19272,00.html?nl=ias 2. Is There Anyone Out There Who is Good at Doing

[IFWP] Fwd: Re: Pre-emptive Registrations

2000-10-11 Thread Jay Fenello
From Domain Policy: Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 23:32:39 -0400 To: Ron Bennett [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Jay Fenello [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Pre-emptive Registrations Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] At 11:26 PM 10/11/00, Ron Bennett wrote: Another possibility which is *NOT*