Hi George,
I not being a lawyer either, will not take all responsibility. However,
my wife works at a bank so all the services that I am offering are this:
All funds to be accounted for (Who Sent) and deposited earning interest) I
neither have "Knowledge" to go completely through with this on my own,
however given a few weeks I could write some letters to some very "High Up"
cabinet members and "Supreme Ct. Judges" and a couple of well, know proven
Attorneys to see if anyone would accept the case with the best of
intentions.
Even if this is accepted by all, please be aware that I would like to
set guidelines such as "No Funds Are Spent" unless approved by a few (To Be
Announced) members who accept responsibility for making these decisions for
us as a "Group" (How about it George? ;) This would be a group effort, not
just 1 person.
Let me know. That is the best I can do. George, you are getting me excited
about kicking their Butts! BUT, this is the ONLY way to do it. We MUST
UNITE AND BECOME ONE to fight this battle.
--
Mike Allen, 4CheapDomains.Net
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----- Original Message -----
From: "George Kirikos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Joseph McDonald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2002 2:26 AM
Subject: Re: Verisign proceeds with WLS, despite opposition
> Hello,
>
> --- Joseph McDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > If WLS goes through, it spells demise for competing registrars. vrsn
> > will own the namespace.
> >
> > George, set up a paypal site for the legal fund, I will contribute.
> > I
> > think many others will as well. It's so sad that it has to come to
> > this.
>
> I'm not a lawyer, so it'd probably be inappropriate for myself to hold
> funds in trust, or solicit funds. However, if one of the bolder
> registrars would like to take the lead, I'll put in my share, as will
> many in that "invisible opposition" that Verisign likes to pretend
> doesn't exist. I doubt anyone can be found that will fund a pro-WLS
> fund, besides the usual suspects. I don't think actual funds need to be
> spent unless ICANN rubber-stamps the deal, which might be a few months
> away given the paragraphs in the Registrar contracts pointed out
> earlier, as to the independent reviews, etc. Sorry if that ruins your
> Q1 launch and Q2 earnings, VRSN. ;)
>
> If one does rough calculations, eNom's drop club would lose $25,000+
> per month (say $250,000/yr). NameWinner/Dotster's probably doing at
> least that much, if not more, given some of the stats on their catches.
> Other registrars would lose similar scale revenues right away, or the
> opportunity costs of future entry into those markets. Even some of the
> SnapNames registration partners would lose big time, as there's no need
> to pay them for rental of their registry connections once WLS goes
> through -- instead they'd get their $2/slot margin, etc. based on
> whatever they could sell (instead of a share of SnapNames' total
> volume, based on maybe $15 to $20/name). Spending the legal costs just
> to delay WLS for a year or two in the courts would probably be more
> than returned in continuing revenue under the Status Quo in the
> meantime, especially as many of the registrars have in-house counsel,
> and don't necessarily have to spend the big bucks on outside help.
>
> The first registrar (or group of registrars) to setup a trust has my
> cash. Who shall have the first-mover advantage, and benefit from all
> the positive press by being a leader, the David against the mighty
> Goliath?
>
> Sincerely,
>
> George Kirikos
> http://www.kirikos.com/
>
>
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