Hi Ken, Thank you for your response. I was inviting those concerned to respond to a rumor. To confirm it or deny it. I am glad to see that you deny it. >From: Ken Stubbs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: IFWP Discussion List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; >[EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; >[EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Thursday, January 07, 1999 8:11 AM >Subject: Re: [ifwp] rumor: dnso.org and trademark community have cut a deal > > >>Gordon & All: >> >>LET ME BE ABSOLUTELY CLEAR ABOUT THIS !!! >> >>THIS ANANYMOUS ALLEGATION IS A BLATANT LIE ! >> >>i also believe it is incredibly irresponsible and unprofessional for you >>Gordon to publish unfounded anonymous garbage like this to the lists. >> >> >>Ken Stubbs >>Chairman - Executive Committee >>Internet Council of Registrars (CORE) >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Gordon Cook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>To: IFWP Discussion List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; [EMAIL PROTECTED] >><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; [EMAIL PROTECTED] >><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; [EMAIL PROTECTED] >><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Date: Thursday, January 07, 1999 2:42 AM >>Subject: [ifwp] rumor: dnso.org and trademark community have cut a deal >> >> >>>hello mike and esther: >>> >>>What follows came to my attention tonight. I realize that until it is >>>second and maybe even third sourced it is just a rumor. >>> >>>Is it? >>> >>>I am sure you would like to be able to come back and assure all of us that >>>this "disturbing news" paragraph below is just totally false. >>> >>>can you do that? >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>------- Forwarded Message >>> >>>From: anonymous >>>Subject: Disturbing news >>> >>>I just finished speaking to someone who knows what's going on. >>>Confidentially, he told me that the dnso.org group has taken the >>>trademark people in for 2 reasons. >>> >>>First, they add legitimacy to the dnso.org application. They also >>>have made claims that they have big companies and a lot of money >>>behind them, and they've already spoken with a few ICANN members who >>>are telling them that the dnso.org application will be approved. >>> >>>Secondly, their intention is to get as many of their people on the >>>'names council' as possible, and then pass a resolution that no new >>>TLDs shall be added until the WIPO study is complete. After that >>>delay, they intend to start slowly, introducing one TLD at a time, >>>starting with CORE, and passing a resolution that the 60-day wait be >>>reinstated. CORE has already agreed to this. >>> >>>My source tells me that this is already a done deal, and that the big >>>money and big companies behind it won't allow anything else to happen. >>> >>>... From a concerned party ... >>> >>>------- End of Forwarded Message >>>************************************************************************** >* >>>The COOK Report on Internet What Happened to the White Paper? >>>431 Greenway Ave, Ewing, NJ 08618 USA ICANN a Sham. (updated 10/25/98) >See >>>(609) 882-2572 (phone & fax) >>http://www.cookreport.com/whorules.html >>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] Index to 6 years of COOK Report, >how >>to >>>subscribe, exec summaries, special reports, gloss at >>http://www.cookreport.com >>>************************************************************************** >* >>> >>>__________________________________________________ >>>To receive the digest version instead, send a >>>blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>>To SUBSCRIBE forward this message to: >>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>>To UNSUBSCRIBE, forward this message to: >>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>>Problems/suggestions regarding this list? Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>___END____________________________________________ >>> >>> >> *************************************************************************** The COOK Report on Internet What Happened to the White Paper? 431 Greenway Ave, Ewing, NJ 08618 USA ICANN a Sham. (updated 10/25/98) See (609) 882-2572 (phone & fax) http://www.cookreport.com/whorules.html [EMAIL PROTECTED] Index to 6 years of COOK Report, how to subscribe, exec summaries, special reports, gloss at http://www.cookreport.com *************************************************************************** __________________________________________________ To receive the digest version instead, send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To SUBSCRIBE forward this message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNSUBSCRIBE, forward this message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Problems/suggestions regarding this list? Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___END____________________________________________
