Afilias had to spend at least US $1,000,000 for marketing expenses. Have you seen any marketing for .info? As I see it, Afilias has not fulfilled their contract and ICANN failed to intervene.
----- Original Message ----- From: "James M Woods" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 2:42 AM Subject: RE: [TLDA-Members] Fwd: BulkRegister partners with New.Net > I don't want to put words in your mouth... but the way I read this is > that you're faulting ICANN for not reigning in Afilias with respect to > not being creative enough (in your opinion) with a Market Development > fund?! That doesn't sound like a technical co-ordination issue to me. > You want to talk about sunrise fiasco? Check out neulevels scheme...it > would make the former owners of Amway proud ;-) Nice to see that the > courts are sticking it to them for it. > > So I still don't get your point. But we're so off topic now I think we > should just let it rest and get back to OpenSRS business. > > Cheers, > > James > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, February 02, 2003 4:13 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [TLDA-Members] Fwd: BulkRegister partners with New.Net > > > And all that came from on this topic is a vacuum. > > "7. Cooperative Marketing Campaign > > Afilias shall initially allocate a minimum of US $6,000,000 for > cooperative marketing expenses. Such funds will be restricted solely for > Afilias' activities in marketing the Registry TLD. > > Afilias shall develop a cooperative marketing campaign for > ICANN-Accredited Registrars that are parties to Registry-Registrar > Agreements with Afilias. Under this campaign, for every dollar (US $1) > spent by an Eligible Registrar, Afilias shall provide a matching > contribution of fifty cents (US $0.50), provided that no individual > Eligible Registrar may receive more than 10% of the amount allocated by > Afilias for that year's cooperative marketing campaign. > > At least US $1,000,000 of the US $6,000,000 initially allocated for > cooperative marketing expenses shall be allocated for the cooperative > marketing campaign during the first year after the > Commencement-of-Service Date. After the first year, the remainder of the > US $6,000,000 will be utilized for cooperative marketing unless Afilias > determines that these funds should be reallocated based on the > experience of the first year's cooperative marketing campaign. The > reallocation of these funds will be subject to ICANN consent, which > consent may not be unreasonably withheld or delayed." > http://www.icann.org/tlds/agreements/info/registry-agmt-appw-26apr01.htm > > If one is really creative, one could make a really effective marketing > campaign out of this money (no money burning like you recommended). But > those beginners have to spend all for legal fees for defending their > sunrise fiasco. Nevertheless they have to fulfil the agreement! Afilias > is a creation of some of the biggest registrars. Those registrars are > required to pump more money into Afilias if Afilias don't have that > money to fulfil their contract. > > What do you hear from ICANN? nothing
