RE: [atlarge-discuss] Available Name

["Judith Oppenheimer" <joppenheimer@icbtollfree.com>]

Judyth, you give the registrars and "reasonably literate people" far too
much credit.

:-)

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: espresso@e-scape.net [mailto:espresso@e-scape.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 1:58 AM
> To: atlarge-discuss@lists.fitug.de
> Subject: RE: [atlarge-discuss] Available Name
>
>
> At 13:37 -0400 2002/08/12, Judith Oppenheimer wrote of "opt-out":
> >Big blunder IMHO, both from a PR and email-recipient
> perspective, as we'll
> >be accused of spamming the first email that goes out.
> >
> >Opt-in makes sense.
>
> I also think an "opt-out" approach is inappropriate, as well
> as quite likely to backfire.
>
> >...How to get registrars to carry the invitation?  Short
> >of some incentive I don't at the moment see, buying
> advertising out-right
> >should be included in our budget plans.
>
> This makes me rather uncomfortable, too. Is is really so
> unlikely that the registrars would refuse to carry what is,
> after all, in the nature of a small public service
> announcement? All that would be needed is a short paragraph
> of text and a link, I think, and it can be argued that less
> than 5k of virtual real estate is a modest enough request
> that anyone running a server should be downright embarrassed
> to refuse.
>
> Besides which I can't help wondering where the pots of money
> for an advertising budget is supposed to come from.
>
> >(Keep in mind, if we carry ads or any message via accredited
> registrars and
> >registries, there is a chance that ICANN will require
> placement of its
> >competing messages, for free.  Again, a reason why I am
> concerned with the
> >"at large" brand.)
>
> Perhaps I'm being dim again but I think that in most
> countries free "equal time" ads are only required for
> political campaign advertising. If our message is simply that
> Internet users can join a grassroots organization dedicated
> to improving Internet governance (rather than "Join the
> campaign to abolish ICANN" or something) by visiting a Web
> site, I can't see what the "competing message" that required
> equal time could be.
>
> For that matter, if ICANN asked to have its URL listed, too
> ... well, any reasonably literate person reading the
> explanations of why it was important to abolish the At Large
> membership, as well as its representation on the ICANN Board,
> might well be prompted to go back and check out our
> organization as a possible antidote to the bafflegab.
>
> Regards,
>
> Judyth
>
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