Thanks Larry. Perhaps direct questions are  appropriate.

com.au registrants follow the press together with this forum and
although numerous issues are raised - very few see the light of day to
any great degree. Let alone become clear. All general comments, snide
remarks, speculation and soapboxing. Hardly a professional manner in
which to install confidence in auDA and the present system. 

Contentious issues are best dealt with in a professional manner and by
way of reassurance.

Cheers,

Peter Ostenberg.


Original message from: larry§netregistry.au.com
>
>Peter
>
>"The fact that NetRegistry hosts the AUNIC database and are also
using it
>(or
>other whois databases) for their direct email campaigns might imply a
>conflict of interest."
>
>This is not a question.
>
>Let me reiterate:
>
>NetRegistry does not have a bulk direct email campaign to non
NetRegistry
>customers/contacts. The above statement is unfair and inaccurate.
It's a
>statement that implies a breach of contractual agreements between
>NetRegistry and auDA, so its not simply question asking.
>
>Josh did *not* simply ask a question. He made a statement. I think it
is
>appropriate to respond.
>
>Larry
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Peter Ostenberg [mailto:peterost§start.com.au]
>Sent: Friday, 17 August 2001 18:32
>To: dns§auda.org.au
>Subject: Subject: RE: [DNS] NetRegistry expects apology from Joshua
Rowe
>?????
>
>
>Subject: RE: [DNS] NetRegistry expects apology from Joshua Rowe ?????
>
>
>If one cannot express an interest in the views of other parties and
>request
>clarification on particular issues surrounding an industry, anyone in
>their
>right mind would be asking, and should be asking very loudly, for
what
>is
>the purpose of this list?
>
>Josh simply asked a question. Chris do you plan on responding anytime
>soon?
>We're all interested to hear this. L. Bloch is clearly too uptight to
>provide an explanation rather than a defence. The explanation he's
put
>forward being identical to what Net Registry staff have handed out
>aimlessly
>(and unconvincingly) in an attempt to fend off all enquiries relating
>to
>unsolicited advertising over the past two days. SO one has to ask, is
>it so
>far out of the water to question this situation???
>
>Questions should be asked and they will be asked again and again
until
>a
>clear concise answer is provided and that is not an unfair
expectation
>from
>anyone in this industry or the general public.
>
>
>Cheers,
>
>Peter Ostenberg.
>
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: larry§netregistry.au.com [mailto:larry§netregistry.au.com]
>Sent: Friday, 17 August 2001 2:27 PM
>To: Dns§Auda. Org. Au
>Subject: [DNS] NetRegistry expects apology from Joshua Rowe
>
>
>Joshua,
>
>I take exception to your subject line, implication and lack of
>courtesy in
>not contacting me and instead jumping to incorrect conclusions
>publicly.
>
>NetRegistry doesn't spam, the email was sent after a telephone
contact
>by
>NetRegistry to an individual at Australia Post, and sent to
>information
>taken from public whois based on the domain name the contact was made
>on. It
>was not known at the time that the admin contact for the domain name
>was not
>the email address of the intended recipient.
>
>You send an email addressed in the first line to myself and the CEO
of
>auDA,
>and yet you copy a public list. An apology is in order.
>
>Please account for your reasons for defaming NetRegistry in this
>manner.
>What is your agenda?
>
>By your own reference the definition of spam is:
>
>Definitions of Words We Use
>What is spam?
>In the case of electronic mail, spam is any electronic mail message
>that is:
>
>Transmitted to a large number of recipients; and
>Some or all of those recipients have not explicitly and knowingly
>requested
>those messages.
>
>Please either point out the large number of recipients or provide me
>with a
>public apology and retraction on this list.
>
>Regards
>
>Larry Bloch
>Chief Executive Officer
>____________________________________________
>NetRegistry     http://www.netregistry.au.com
>Tel: +61 2 9699 6099 | Fax: +61 2 9699 6088
>PO Box 270 Broadway NSW   2007 Australia
>
>
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