Directi is apparently trying to divert some of the attention away from the Worldcom debacle. Or possibly trying to offer more evidence that registry contracts aren't worth the paper they are printed on.
----- Original Message ----- From: "ST" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Charles Daminato" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2002 8:41 AM Subject: RE: Registrar extends bidding on .info LR2 weeks PAST notification! > Perhaps you should read my post more carefully. hehehe > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Charles > Daminato > Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2002 4:57 AM > To: ST > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Registrar extends bidding on .info LR2 weeks PAST > notification! > > > Well, that's a registrar simply auctioning off names that they > *might* get > as part of the LR2, nothing more (and has nothing to do with > Tucows, or > the registry) > > Charles Daminato > TUCOWS Product Manager > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Thu, 27 Jun 2002, ST wrote: > > > Is it just me, or is there something VERY wrong about this? > ST > > > > From: Sales@Directi > > Subject: Extension of .INFO LR2 Bidding Deadline > > > > The bidding deadline has now been extended until 2 weeks after > > Afilias > > announces the Successful domain results. Below is the timeline > > schedule > > for our bidding and domain allocation process > > > > July 1st: > > We will have submitted all names through all our queues (6 > > already and > > counting) by this date. These names will temporarily be in the > > name of > > Directi. After the bidding is over the names will be > transferred > > to the > > highest bidder. > > > > July 8th: > > Some of the Registrars we use do not have a provision to > import > > these > > names into their DB and allow us to change contact info of the > > successful > > registrations. We will be developing the programs to do this > by > > this date > > > > July 9th: > > Afilias will announce their results sometime around this date > > > > July 10th: > > We will retain all successful registrations in our bidding > queue > > and > > remove all the other names. Therefore the bidding will > continue > > ONLY on > > successfully registered names from this point on. > > > > July 22nd: > > We will close the bids and send out mails to the highest > bidders > > to send > > in their payments for their domains > > > > July 28th: > > All domains for which payments are recvd will be transferred > to > > the > > appropriate bidders. For those domains that payments have not > > been recvd > > from the highest bidder, we will contact the next highest > bidder > > > > Regards > > Sales@Directi > > > >
