RE: [registrars] Re: Nomination of Mark Jeftovic

[Mark Jeftovic <markjr@easydns.com>]

Rob,

Many of us in the .CA space are familiar with your persecution complex
regarding your registrars not to mention the antics which got you there.

I maintain that when wearing my CIRA hat I act in the best interests
of the Corporation;  not to the detriment or benefit of any specific
registrar. CIRA minutes are a matter of public record and my actions
in this capacity are recorded therein.

This is after all, a discussion on whois privacy. I fail to see how
baseless accusations such as these are germane to this forum or to
the task at hand.

regards, mark

On Fri, 13 Jun 2003, Rob Hall wrote:

> Actually, I disagree with this characterization.
>
> We operate Registrars that are CIRA accredited.
>
> We often find that the CIRA board discusses our Registrars specifically, and
> issues that pertain only to them.
>
> Several of our competitors sit on this board, and they often are privy to
> specific information and details about our Registrars.
>
> To make matters worse, they do not recuse themselves, and often participate
> and vote on matters that affect only our Registrars, in a negative way.
>
> We have complained about this activity in the past to CIRA, among others,
> with no result.  It is unfortunate that our only option seems to be leading
> down the legal path, as these directors keep affecting our business in a way
> that is negative to us, and positive to them.negative way.
>
> The CIRA board often deals with the fine grain details of a situation,
> rather than simply "directing staff".  I find that they are the only board I
> know of that operates in this way.  It would be a dream if they indeed did
> operate at a high level, as opposed to meddling in a specific Registrars
> business.
>
> And Tim, I agree with you, it does indeed matter to me as well.  That is why
> in my candidate conflict statement, I specifically mentioned past
> affiliations with ccTLD's and access to information.
>
> Rob.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-registrars@dnso.org [mailto:owner-registrars@dnso.org]On
> Behalf Of Mark Jeftovic
> Sent: Friday, June 13, 2003 2:12 PM
> To: Tim Ruiz
> Cc: 'Ross Wm. Rader'; 'Rick Wesson'; registrars@dnso.org
> Subject: RE: [registrars] Re: Nomination of Mark Jeftovic
>
>
>
> On Fri, 13 Jun 2003, Tim Ruiz wrote:
>
> > Hello Mark,
> >
> > What is your level of involvement in the operations of CIRA as a
> > Director? Given that a number of RC members are .CA registrars, I am
> > interested in the level of access you have to information on their
> > business dealings with CIRA?
> >
>
> Hi Tim,
>
> As a Director to CIRA we basically approve the budget, direct staff
> to undertake a given activity, and approve or reject motions mainly
> rooted in policy. We have very little involvement in day-to-day
> or operational matters. While we have data about the total number of
> registrations under .CA, and their renewal rates, etc, we have no
> access to similar data for individual registrars.
>
> There are a lot of registrars on the CIRA Board, most of us having
> been elected by the at-large membership (myself included) and
> we have done a couple things to ensure the playing field remains
> level between registrars on the Board and the rest who aren't:
>
> 1) We recently passed a resolution to speed up the publishing of meeting
>    minutes so registrars on the board did not possess knowledge germane
>    to the others for an undue amount of time.
>
> 2) When a something happens that we feel is important enough to warrant,
>    we often give the Registrars' Representive Director the go ahead to
>    inform all registrars immediately, even before the minutes are
>    published.
>
> 3) Most of the registrars on the Board (myself included) are mindful
>    of potential conflict situations and abstain ourselves or declare
>    said conflicts accordingly.
>
> -mark
>
>
> > Tim Ruiz
> > GoDaddy.com
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-registrars@dnso.org [mailto:owner-registrars@dnso.org] On
> > Behalf Of Mark Jeftovic
> > Sent: Friday, June 13, 2003 10:49 AM
> > To: Ross Wm. Rader
> > Cc: Rick Wesson; registrars@dnso.org
> > Subject: [registrars] Re: Nomination of Mark Jeftovic
> >
> >
> > I would like to thank Ross Rader and Jim Archer for thinking of me at
> > this time. My interest in the whois system has been both technical and
> > privacy related and I accept the nomination.
> >
> > My disclosure follows:
> >
> > At present I am one-third owner of easyDNS Technologies Inc., a recently
> > accreditted ICANN registrar. We have specialized in the outsourced DNS
> > space and have no involvement with development at any regisitry level
> > nor
> > do we possess any related proprietary knowledge.
> >
> > I also currently serve as a Director to the Canadian Internet
> > Registration
> > Authority (CIRA), my term ends in June, 2005.
> >
> > -mark
> >
> >
>
> --
> mark jeftovic
> http://www.easydns.com
> http://mark.jeftovic.net
>
>
>
>

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http://www.easydns.com
http://mark.jeftovic.net