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GA-DIGEST         Saturday, September 15 2001         Volume 01 : Number 738

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Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2001 16:11:57 -0700
From: "Tim Langdell" <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: [ga] Disaster help - Request for Afilias to extend its deadlines

Antony,

We here at XTNS are sorry to hear of your plight.

Tim

Tim Langdell
CEO
Extended Name Services, Inc
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From: "Antony Van Couvering" <[email-masked]>
To: <[email-masked]>
Cc: "Stuart Lynn (E-mail)" <[email-masked]>; "Vint Cerf (E-mail)"
<[email-masked]>; "Louis Touton (E-mail)" <[email-masked]>; <[email-masked]>
Sent: Friday, September 14, 2001 3:24 PM
Subject: [ga] Disaster help - Request for Afilias to extend its deadlines

> Dear ICANN people,
>
> I need to write to you to help convince Afilias to extend their deadline
> for Round One of their Landrush for at least a week.  To be honest, it's
> not the first thing on my mind, given the horrific destruction that
> everyone here witnessed from close quarters on Tuesday.  But for our
> staff, and for our customers, many of whom have offices in lower
> Manhattan, I must ask for your support in this matter.  I believe that
> my request would be echoed by at least one other registrar from New
> York.
>
> NameEngine has been severely affected by the World Trade Center
> disaster.  Our offices are below Canal Street in New York and so we are
> prevented from entering our building until rescue efforts have
> progressed further.  Today I was able to convince the police to let me
> past their cordon in order to examine the state of our facilities.  Our
> power is up, and luckily we have some backup connectivity that allows us
> (slowly) to communicate via the Internet.  Phones work intermittently.
>
> So, just before the Afilias deadline for Round 1 of the Landrush, none
> of our staff have been able to get to work, not that anyone here is able
> to concentrate very well, since several of us have friends who have been
> injured or are missing.
>
> NameEngine will have great difficulty in meeting the current Afilias
> deadline, even if we are allowed into our offices over the weekend.
> Baseball, football, even the stock markets have closed out of respect
> for those injured and killed and because of the tremendous logistical
> challenges -- such as not being allowed in our office -- that the World
> Trade Center bombing has caused.
>
> We have petitioned Afilias directly to extend their deadline past
> Tuesday, and although they have been sympathetic, to date they have not
> directly responded to our request.
>
> I ask the Registrars Constituency and ICANN please to lend your voice to
> our request to Afilias to extend the Round One deadline.  What harm can
> this cause?
>
> With thanks,
>
> Antony Van Couvering
> CEO, NameEngine
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Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2001 19:58:14 -0400
From: Joanna Lane <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: [ga] America and a prayer

Sri,

I'm so sorry. Please pass on my condolences.
 
You might want to post the photos here:-
http://www.news12.com/CDA/Articles/View/0,,5-5-20316,00.html This reaches
the Long Island commuters who may know what happened to your colleagues.

Also, the local paper, Newsday, published a complete floor by floor list of
all companies in both towers on Thursday, compiled from AP wire reports. You
could contact each of those firms individually for news. I have details of
each floor number for each firm if you need them.
 http://www.newsday.com/news/printedition/newyork/ny-inref2363559sep13.story

By the way, our missing family member was on the 100th floor with Marsh USA,
which I believe is the same firm as your colleagues on the 97th. This week
has been like a surreal version of the "six degrees of separation" game,
whereby the whole world is connected to a missing person by no more than six
connections. This tragedy affects every nationality in all countries of the
world for sure.

Regards,
Joanna

on 9/14/01 12:36 AM, Srikanth Narra at [email-masked] wrote:

> For those of you who have been in and around world trade center on the tragic
> day - pls. if you can drop me a email. I have pictures of four collegues who
> are missing from the 97th floor in tower one -  I would like to forward. Their
> parents and families in India are going through hell and anguish - awaiting
> their status and where abouts - its been 3 days now. Its not exactly an easy
> exercise for them to reach authorities to find status. For now internet is the
> only hope.
> 
> Sri
> 
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Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2001 17:20:28 -0700
From: William X Walsh <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re[2]: [ga] America and a prayer

Friday, Friday, September 14, 2001, 4:58:14 PM, Joanna Lane wrote:

> Sri,

> I'm so sorry. Please pass on my condolences.
 
> You might want to post the photos here:-
> http://www.news12.com/CDA/Articles/View/0,,5-5-20316,00.html This reaches
> the Long Island commuters who may know what happened to your colleagues.

> Also, the local paper, Newsday, published a complete floor by floor list of
> all companies in both towers on Thursday, compiled from AP wire reports. You
> could contact each of those firms individually for news. I have details of
> each floor number for each firm if you need them.
>  http://www.newsday.com/news/printedition/newyork/ny-inref2363559sep13.story

> By the way, our missing family member was on the 100th floor with Marsh USA,
> which I believe is the same firm as your colleagues on the 97th. This week
> has been like a surreal version of the "six degrees of separation" game,
> whereby the whole world is connected to a missing person by no more than six
> connections. This tragedy affects every nationality in all countries of the
> world for sure.

Just as an FYI, Fox News Channel is also collecting Photos and posting
them both on their Cable News Channel through out the day, as well as
their reporters on the streets.

You can email me them to Fox News [email-masked], which goes to
the local NY Fox News affiliate.

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Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2001 17:53:04 -0700
From: Roeland Meyer <[email-masked]>
Subject: RE: [ga] Status of the Review Task Force

|> From: John Berryhill Ph.D. J.D. [mailto:[email-masked]]
|> Sent: Friday, September 14, 2001 10:12 AM
|> 
|> From: "Jefsey Morfin" <[email-masked]>
|> > How an ICANN policy could conflict with any local law?
|> 
|> Take, for example, the embargo against Iraq.  Apart from the 
|> UN Security
|> Council, the US government also forbids dealing with the 
|> Iraqi government.
|> 
|> However, Register.com is accredited by ICANN to deal with 
|> anyone.  Hence,
|> Register.com derives income from registration of the domain 
|> name uruklink.net
|> , which is used by the Iraqi government for communications.
|> 
|> Similarly, Network Solutions maintains taleban.com, on 
|> behalf of an Afghan
|> fugitive in the United States who formerly operated the 
|> now-closed Taleban
|> Mission to the U.N.
|> 
|> Register.com and Network Solutions derive their authority to 
|> do these things
|> from ICANN, and they appear to conflict with U.S. law.

It's real simple John. Someone should turn them in. If the AG decides to
prosecute, we'lll have ample clarification.
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Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2001 23:45:21 -0700
From: Eric Dierker <[email-masked]>
Subject: [ga] Research/Age of the innocence, gone

I have been moved by the contribution of the Internet and its assistance
to those in need and to investigators over the past few days.  I asked
our BoD to set up a brown ribbon WG to assess and promote ways in which
we could do even more as a community, but there has been no response.
So I have decided to go it alone.

PREVIOUS EXAMPLES:

I ask all of you more knowledgeable than I to help me find previous
examples of how the Internet has been used to save lives and relieve
suffering.  I am looking for any situation where the medium of
communication has been used to ease suffering.  From prayer circles to
medical operative procedures to military exercise.

The immediate goal is to gather references.  The hope is to then
evaluate the data and find problems which occurred and then get techies
and pollywogs to analyze and develop methods to route around such
obstacles to success.

FURTHER PROBLEMS:

We in the Internet community were thrown backwards and shaken and
useless.  Yes the Internet was useful and helpful and that is to be
blessed.  But those persons within the highly esteemed group of
governors of the net did not have an emergency program in place.  Why?
Should they have?  With Wall Street down should 20 domain names
involving world trade have been sold by Verisign?  Is there a regimen
for curtailing non-essential use in a grading progression?  Dial-ups vs
Other in time of crisis?

Should we design a system of protocol without emergency provisions? --
fairly irresponsible!

GROWING UP:

With each tragedy my children face they grow up a little.  I try to
protect them from as many as possible to avoid their pain and to keep
the innocence for a day longer.  But sometimes I must just tell my
daughters that sometimes bad guys come along and you just have to build
a system to deal with it.  The Internet has left the age of the
innocence.  We have contributed to suffering and we have contributed to
the system to alleviate suffering.  Now as a group working with the
Assignment of Names and Numbers, the PSO and the ASO we must take
responsibility and protect against the bad and provide for the good.

If not us then who?

WORLD WIDE:

Restricted ccTLDs have a natural ring to them but they restrict usage.
Do they promote Nationality or bigotry?  Are the old models exclusive of
protective?  Do new gTLDs with their categories hurt inclusiveness or
promote ease of use?  When do Internet categories really mean
stereotyping and lack of cross culturalization?  I am sending out these
questions to many ccNICs.  Only questions to look at in search of
answers.

ADVICE and CONTRIBUTION:

I especially want to hear from this list why it is or is not the GA's
business.  I understand that Names are a cultural reflection.  Therefor
when you assign them you are engaging in cultural governance.  I wonder
how much denial there is to this fact.

Sincerely,
Eric

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Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2001 02:31:39 -0700
From: Jeff Williams <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: [ga] Research/Age of the innocence, gone

Eric and all assembly members,

  I for one, commend your attempt and now, you efforts.  It is terribly
unfortunate that the ICANN leadership is silent upon your request,
or has shown no outward effort thus far.  Hopefully this shall change
in the very near future...

Eric Dierker wrote:

> I have been moved by the contribution of the Internet and its assistance
> to those in need and to investigators over the past few days.  I asked
> our BoD to set up a brown ribbon WG to assess and promote ways in which
> we could do even more as a community, but there has been no response.
> So I have decided to go it alone.
>
> PREVIOUS EXAMPLES:
>
> I ask all of you more knowledgeable than I to help me find previous
> examples of how the Internet has been used to save lives and relieve
> suffering.  I am looking for any situation where the medium of
> communication has been used to ease suffering.  From prayer circles to
> medical operative procedures to military exercise.
>
> The immediate goal is to gather references.  The hope is to then
> evaluate the data and find problems which occurred and then get techies
> and pollywogs to analyze and develop methods to route around such
> obstacles to success.
>
> FURTHER PROBLEMS:
>
> We in the Internet community were thrown backwards and shaken and
> useless.  Yes the Internet was useful and helpful and that is to be
> blessed.  But those persons within the highly esteemed group of
> governors of the net did not have an emergency program in place.  Why?
> Should they have?  With Wall Street down should 20 domain names
> involving world trade have been sold by Verisign?  Is there a regimen
> for curtailing non-essential use in a grading progression?  Dial-ups vs
> Other in time of crisis?
>
> Should we design a system of protocol without emergency provisions? --
> fairly irresponsible!
>
> GROWING UP:
>
> With each tragedy my children face they grow up a little.  I try to
> protect them from as many as possible to avoid their pain and to keep
> the innocence for a day longer.  But sometimes I must just tell my
> daughters that sometimes bad guys come along and you just have to build
> a system to deal with it.  The Internet has left the age of the
> innocence.  We have contributed to suffering and we have contributed to
> the system to alleviate suffering.  Now as a group working with the
> Assignment of Names and Numbers, the PSO and the ASO we must take
> responsibility and protect against the bad and provide for the good.
>
> If not us then who?
>
> WORLD WIDE:
>
> Restricted ccTLDs have a natural ring to them but they restrict usage.
> Do they promote Nationality or bigotry?  Are the old models exclusive of
> protective?  Do new gTLDs with their categories hurt inclusiveness or
> promote ease of use?  When do Internet categories really mean
> stereotyping and lack of cross culturalization?  I am sending out these
> questions to many ccNICs.  Only questions to look at in search of
> answers.
>
> ADVICE and CONTRIBUTION:
>
> I especially want to hear from this list why it is or is not the GA's
> business.  I understand that Names are a cultural reflection.  Therefor
> when you assign them you are engaging in cultural governance.  I wonder
> how much denial there is to this fact.
>
> Sincerely,
> Eric
>
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Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 09:48:53 -0700
From: William X Walsh <[email-masked]>
Subject: [ga] Re: Motion for new moderators and some leadership from  th e Chair

Monday, Monday, August 27, 2001, 9:44:55 AM, Roeland Meyer wrote:

> Now that I have gotten used to the style differences, I think that Danny is
> doing an adequate job. As for the list moderators, they are doing an
> excellent job, IMHO.

> Anyone who disagrees is welcome to run in the next election. We must balance
> the disruption of frequent impeachments vs. actually getting something done.
> As things are finally settling down to getting some work done, I am loath to
> disrupt the infrastructure.

First of all, your subject line change is just the kind of behavior
that the rules prohibit.

Secondly, moderators are not elected, they serve at the pleasure of
the Chair.  My comments are that Danny needs to take a more active
look at the effectiveness of those in that position, and make the
necessary changes.

As it turns out, it may be that the moderators lack the requisite
tools to do their job.  If that is in fact true, then it is the
chair's responsibility to find a way to fix that.

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Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2001 07:35:42 +0900
From: "Robert F. Connelly" <[email-masked]>
Subject: [ga] Re: [registrars] Disaster help - Request for Afilias to extend its deadlines

<html>
At 06:24 PM 9/14/01 -0400, Antony Van Couvering wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>We have petitioned Afilias directly
to extend their deadline past<br>
Tuesday, and although they have been sympathetic, to date they have
not<br>
directly responded to our request.&nbsp; </blockquote><br>
Dear Antony:&nbsp; Of course, we are all fully sympathetic with your
request.&nbsp; I suspect that Register.com is in a similar
situation.&nbsp; I know that Corporate Domains is seriously
affected.<br><br>
Seeing that today (Stateside), the 14th, has been set aside as a National
Day of Preyer and Remembrance for the Victims of the Terrorist Attacks on
September 11, 2001, I should think that Afilias would consider your
request.<br><br>
Warmest regards, BobC<br><br>
<font face="Times New Roman, Times">President Bush proclaims Friday,
September 14, 2001, as a National Day of Prayer and Remembrance for the
Victims of the Terrorist Attacks.&nbsp;&nbsp; He asks that the people of
the United States and places of worship mark this National Day of Prayer
and Remembrance with noontime memorial services, the ringing of bells at
that hour and evening candlelight remembrance vigils.<br>
</font>&nbsp;<br>
<hr>
<font face="Times New Roman, Times">National Day of Prayer and
Remembrance for the Victims Of the Terrorist Attacks on September 11,
2001 <br><br>
By the President of the United States of America<br><br>
A Proclamation <br>
On Tuesday morning, September 11, 2001, terrorists attacked America in a
series of despicable acts of war.&nbsp; They hijacked four passenger
jets, crashed two of them into the World Trade Center's twin towers, a
third into the Headquarters of the U.S. Department of Defense at the
Pentagon, causing great loss of life and tremendous damage.&nbsp; The
fourth plane crashed in the Pennsylvania countryside, killing all on
board but falling well short of its intended target apparently because of
the heroic efforts of passengers on board.<br><br>
This carnage, which caused the collapse of both Trade Center towers and
the destruction of part of the Pentagon, killed more than 250 airplane
passengers and thousands more on the ground.<br><br>
Civilized people around the world denounce the evildoers who devised and
executed these terrible attacks.&nbsp; Justice demands that those who
helped or harbored the terrorists be punished -- and punished
severely.&nbsp; The enormity of their evil demands it.&nbsp; We will use
all the resources of the United States and our cooperating friends and
allies to pursue those responsible for this evil, until justice is
done.<br><br>
We mourn with those who have suffered great and disastrous loss.&nbsp;
All our hearts have been seared by the sudden and sense-less taking of
innocent lives.&nbsp; We pray for healing and for the strength to serve
and encourage one another in hope and faith.<br><br>
Scripture says:&nbsp; &quot;Blessed are those who mourn for they shall be
comforted.&quot;&nbsp; I call on every American family and the family of
America to observe a National Day of Prayer and Remembrance, honoring the
memory of the thousands of victims of these brutal attacks and comforting
those who lost loved ones.&nbsp; We will persevere through this national
tragedy and personal loss.&nbsp; In time, we will find healing and
recovery; and, in the face of all this evil, we remain strong and united,
&quot;one Nation under God.&quot;<br><br>
NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim Friday, September 14, 2001,
as a National Day of Prayer and Remembrance for the Victims of the
Terrorist Attacks on September 11, 2001.&nbsp; I ask that the people of
the United States and places of worship mark this National Day of Prayer
and Remembrance with noontime memorial services, the ringing of bells at
that hour, and evening candlelight remembrance vigils.&nbsp; I encourage
employers to permit their workers time off during the lunch hour to
attend the noontime services to pray for our land.&nbsp; I invite the
people of the world who share our grief to join us in these solemn
observances.<br><br>
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirteenth day of
September, in the year of our Lord two thousand one, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and
twenty-sixth.<br>
GEORGE W. BUSH<br><br>
</font><blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>&nbsp;</blockquote></html>

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Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2001 08:48:10 +0530
From: "Bhavin Turakhia" <[email-masked]>
Subject: [ga] RE: [registrars] Disaster help - Request for Afilias to extend its deadlines

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I fully sympathise with the situation, and though it would cause a delay in
schedules for all registrars including us, i am MORE THAN HAPPY to support
this request. We have already finished submitting our queues to Afilias and
stopped accepting further registrations, so I dont need any further time.
But the essence of landrush was to give everyone equal and fair
participation. I am pretty sure if we had an episode like that here in India
my schedules would get affected too.

I vote for an extension that would be sufficient to let NameEngine and
others affected by this tragedy to finish their submissions.

Bhavin
  -----Original Message-----
  From: [email-masked] [mailto:[email-masked]]On
Behalf Of Robert F. Connelly
  Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2001 4:06 AM
  To: Registrar Constituency
  Cc: Stuart Lynn (E-mail); Vint Cerf (E-mail); Louis Touton (E-mail);
[email-masked]
  Subject: Re: [registrars] Disaster help - Request for Afilias to extend
its deadlines

  At 06:24 PM 9/14/01 -0400, Antony Van Couvering wrote:

    We have petitioned Afilias directly to extend their deadline past
    Tuesday, and although they have been sympathetic, to date they have not
    directly responded to our request.

  Dear Antony:  Of course, we are all fully sympathetic with your request.
I suspect that Register.com is in a similar situation.  I know that
Corporate Domains is seriously affected.

  Seeing that today (Stateside), the 14th, has been set aside as a National
Day of Preyer and Remembrance for the Victims of the Terrorist Attacks on
September 11, 2001, I should think that Afilias would consider your request.

  Warmest regards, BobC

  President Bush proclaims Friday, September 14, 2001, as a National Day of
Prayer and Remembrance for the Victims of the Terrorist Attacks.   He asks
that the people of the United States and places of worship mark this
National Day of Prayer and Remembrance with noontime memorial services, the
ringing of bells at that hour and evening candlelight remembrance vigils.

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  National Day of Prayer and Remembrance for the Victims Of the Terrorist
Attacks on September 11, 2001

  By the President of the United States of America

  A Proclamation
  On Tuesday morning, September 11, 2001, terrorists attacked America in a
series of despicable acts of war.  They hijacked four passenger jets,
crashed two of them into the World Trade Center's twin towers, a third into
the Headquarters of the U.S. Department of Defense at the Pentagon, causing
great loss of life and tremendous damage.  The fourth plane crashed in the
Pennsylvania countryside, killing all on board but falling well short of its
intended target apparently because of the heroic efforts of passengers on
board.

  This carnage, which caused the collapse of both Trade Center towers and
the destruction of part of the Pentagon, killed more than 250 airplane
passengers and thousands more on the ground.

  Civilized people around the world denounce the evildoers who devised and
executed these terrible attacks.  Justice demands that those who helped or
harbored the terrorists be punished -- and punished severely.  The enormity
of their evil demands it.  We will use all the resources of the United
States and our cooperating friends and allies to pursue those responsible
for this evil, until justice is done.

  We mourn with those who have suffered great and disastrous loss.  All our
hearts have been seared by the sudden and sense-less taking of innocent
lives.  We pray for healing and for the strength to serve and encourage one
another in hope and faith.

  Scripture says:  "Blessed are those who mourn for they shall be
comforted."  I call on every American family and the family of America to
observe a National Day of Prayer and Remembrance, honoring the memory of the
thousands of victims of these brutal attacks and comforting those who lost
loved ones.  We will persevere through this national tragedy and personal
loss.  In time, we will find healing and recovery; and, in the face of all
this evil, we remain strong and united, "one Nation under God."

  NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim Friday, September 14, 2001, as
a National Day of Prayer and Remembrance for the Victims of the Terrorist
Attacks on September 11, 2001.  I ask that the people of the United States
and places of worship mark this National Day of Prayer and Remembrance with
noontime memorial services, the ringing of bells at that hour, and evening
candlelight remembrance vigils.  I encourage employers to permit their
workers time off during the lunch hour to attend the noontime services to
pray for our land.  I invite the people of the world who share our grief to
join us in these solemn observances.

  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirteenth day of
September, in the year of our Lord two thousand one, and of the Independence
of the United States of America the two hundred and twenty-sixth.
  GEORGE W. BUSH

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schedules for all registrars including us, i am MORE THAN HAPPY to =
support this=20
request. We have already finished submitting our queues to Afilias and =
stopped=20
accepting further registrations, so I dont need any further time. But =
the=20
essence of landrush was to give everyone equal and fair participation. I =
am=20
pretty sure if we had an episode like that here in India my schedules =
would get=20
affected too.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#0000ff face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D610221503-15092001></SPAN></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#0000ff face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN =
class=3D610221503-15092001>I vote=20
for an extension that would be sufficient to let NameEngine and others =
affected=20
by this tragedy to finish their submissions.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#0000ff face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D610221503-15092001></SPAN></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#0000ff face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D610221503-15092001>Bhavin</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE=20
style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: =
0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">
  <DIV align=3Dleft class=3DOutlookMessageHeader dir=3Dltr><FONT =
face=3DTahoma=20
  size=3D2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> =
[email-masked]=20
  [mailto:[email-masked]]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Robert F.=20
  Connelly<BR><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, September 15, 2001 4:06 =
AM<BR><B>To:</B>=20
  Registrar Constituency<BR><B>Cc:</B> Stuart Lynn (E-mail); Vint Cerf =
(E-mail);=20
  Louis Touton (E-mail); [email-masked]<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [registrars] =

  Disaster help - Request for Afilias to extend its=20
  deadlines<BR><BR></DIV></FONT>At 06:24 PM 9/14/01 -0400, Antony Van =
Couvering=20
  wrote:<BR>
  <BLOCKQUOTE class=3Dcite cite type=3D"cite">We have petitioned Afilias =
directly=20
    to extend their deadline past<BR>Tuesday, and although they have =
been=20
    sympathetic, to date they have not<BR>directly responded to our=20
    request.&nbsp; </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Dear Antony:&nbsp; Of course, we are =
all fully=20
  sympathetic with your request.&nbsp; I suspect that Register.com is in =
a=20
  similar situation.&nbsp; I know that Corporate Domains is seriously=20
  affected.<BR><BR>Seeing that today (Stateside), the 14th, has been set =
aside=20
  as a National Day of Preyer and Remembrance for the Victims of the =
Terrorist=20
  Attacks on September 11, 2001, I should think that Afilias would =
consider your=20
  request.<BR><BR>Warmest regards, BobC<BR><BR><FONT=20
  face=3D"Times New Roman, Times">President Bush proclaims Friday, =
September 14,=20
  2001, as a National Day of Prayer and Remembrance for the Victims of =
the=20
  Terrorist Attacks.&nbsp;&nbsp; He asks that the people of the United =
States=20
  and places of worship mark this National Day of Prayer and Remembrance =
with=20
  noontime memorial services, the ringing of bells at that hour and =
evening=20
  candlelight remembrance vigils.<BR></FONT>&nbsp;<BR>
  <HR>
  <FONT face=3D"Times New Roman, Times">National Day of Prayer and =
Remembrance for=20
  the Victims Of the Terrorist Attacks on September 11, 2001 <BR><BR>By =
the=20
  President of the United States of America<BR><BR>A Proclamation <BR>On =
Tuesday=20
  morning, September 11, 2001, terrorists attacked America in a series =
of=20
  despicable acts of war.&nbsp; They hijacked four passenger jets, =
crashed two=20
  of them into the World Trade Center's twin towers, a third into the=20
  Headquarters of the U.S. Department of Defense at the Pentagon, =
causing great=20
  loss of life and tremendous damage.&nbsp; The fourth plane crashed in =
the=20
  Pennsylvania countryside, killing all on board but falling well short =
of its=20
  intended target apparently because of the heroic efforts of passengers =
on=20
  board.<BR><BR>This carnage, which caused the collapse of both Trade =
Center=20
  towers and the destruction of part of the Pentagon, killed more than =
250=20
  airplane passengers and thousands more on the ground.<BR><BR>Civilized =
people=20
  around the world denounce the evildoers who devised and executed these =

  terrible attacks.&nbsp; Justice demands that those who helped or =
harbored the=20
  terrorists be punished -- and punished severely.&nbsp; The enormity of =
their=20
  evil demands it.&nbsp; We will use all the resources of the United =
States and=20
  our cooperating friends and allies to pursue those responsible for =
this evil,=20
  until justice is done.<BR><BR>We mourn with those who have suffered =
great and=20
  disastrous loss.&nbsp; All our hearts have been seared by the sudden =
and=20
  sense-less taking of innocent lives.&nbsp; We pray for healing and for =
the=20
  strength to serve and encourage one another in hope and=20
  faith.<BR><BR>Scripture says:&nbsp; "Blessed are those who mourn for =
they=20
  shall be comforted."&nbsp; I call on every American family and the =
family of=20
  America to observe a National Day of Prayer and Remembrance, honoring =
the=20
  memory of the thousands of victims of these brutal attacks and =
comforting=20
  those who lost loved ones.&nbsp; We will persevere through this =
national=20
  tragedy and personal loss.&nbsp; In time, we will find healing and =
recovery;=20
  and, in the face of all this evil, we remain strong and united, "one =
Nation=20
  under God."<BR><BR>NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the =
United=20
  States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the =
Constitution=20
  and laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim Friday, September =
14, 2001,=20
  as a National Day of Prayer and Remembrance for the Victims of the =
Terrorist=20
  Attacks on September 11, 2001.&nbsp; I ask that the people of the =
United=20
  States and places of worship mark this National Day of Prayer and =
Remembrance=20
  with noontime memorial services, the ringing of bells at that hour, =
and=20
  evening candlelight remembrance vigils.&nbsp; I encourage employers to =
permit=20
  their workers time off during the lunch hour to attend the noontime =
services=20
  to pray for our land.&nbsp; I invite the people of the world who share =
our=20
  grief to join us in these solemn observances.<BR><BR>IN WITNESS =
WHEREOF, I=20
  have hereunto set my hand this thirteenth day of September, in the =
year of our=20
  Lord two thousand one, and of the Independence of the United States of =
America=20
  the two hundred and twenty-sixth.<BR>GEORGE W. BUSH<BR><BR></FONT>
  <BLOCKQUOTE class=3Dcite cite=20
type=3D"cite">&nbsp;</BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>

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Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2001 15:25:50 +0200 (MET DST)
From: Elisabeth Porteneuve <[email-masked]>
Subject: [ga] Travels

This note to inform you that many colleagues are still on their way
home. Those who left before the tragedy occurs are offten somewhere
on transit awaiting a place on the next possible flight, delayed
to the middle of next week. Several are still in Montevideo, or 
Buenos Aires Rio de Janeiro or San Paulo, or Santiago de Chile.
Some going to Asia were able to change the routing and fly throu
Europe, eastward.
Yesterday 14 Sep afternoon when I landed in Paris, the very first resumed
flight to the US was boarding (Delta to Atlanta), and a very long 
list still marked cancelled.
The security mesures are severe everywhere. 

Elisabeth Porteneuve

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Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2001 10:15:36 -0400
From: "L Gallegos" <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: [ga] Travels

I am sure it is difficult for those stranded around the world.  I am 
glad to hear that security measures are severe everywhere and 
wish they had been even more so prior to the 11th.  I am hoping 
that the extreme security measures being used now will continue 
and that airports world wide will adopt a policy of examining all 
luggage, carry-ons and even persons.  I guess a little 
inconvenience is worth an extra measure of safety.  Perhaps 
following policies similar to El-Al Airlines is the way to go.

When ones considers the obvious extended plans of the terrorists 
to hijack more planes and that they were caught boarding flights, it 
seems a small price to pay to maintain high levels of security.  We 
have been too lax and too complacent.

Good luck to those who are still waiting to return home.  Just be 
safe.

Leah

Leah

On 15 Sep 2001, at 15:25, Elisabeth Porteneuve wrote:

> 
> 
> This note to inform you that many colleagues are still on their way
> home. Those who left before the tragedy occurs are offten somewhere on
> transit awaiting a place on the next possible flight, delayed to the
> middle of next week. Several are still in Montevideo, or Buenos Aires
> Rio de Janeiro or San Paulo, or Santiago de Chile. Some going to Asia
> were able to change the routing and fly throu Europe, eastward.
> Yesterday 14 Sep afternoon when I landed in Paris, the very first
> resumed flight to the US was boarding (Delta to Atlanta), and a very
> long list still marked cancelled. The security mesures are severe
> everywhere. 
> 
> Elisabeth Porteneuve
> 
> 
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Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2001 13:03:40 -0400
From: Larry Erlich <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: [registrars] RE: [ga] Disaster help - Request for Afilias to extend its deadlines

Josh Elliott wrote:
> 
> Antony,
> 
> I am in full support of you on this.  I am shocked that .INFO actually
> launched on Tuesday,

I am also shocked that they decided
to proceed on Tuesday..

Larry Erlich

http://www.DomainRegistry.com

> despite the horrific tragedy, and I hope Afilias and
> ICANN will postpone the previously set dates to accomodate all of those
> directly affected in NY.
> 
> If there is anything we can do to assist you in this great time of need,
> please let me know.
> 
> God Bless,
> 
> Josh
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email-masked] [mailto:[email-masked]]On Behalf Of Antony
> Van Couvering
> Sent: Friday, September 14, 2001 3:25 PM
> To: [email-masked]
> Cc: Stuart Lynn (E-mail); Vint Cerf (E-mail); Louis Touton (E-mail);
> [email-masked]
> Subject: [ga] Disaster help - Request for Afilias to extend its
> deadlines
> 
> Dear ICANN people,
> 
> I need to write to you to help convince Afilias to extend their deadline
> for Round One of their Landrush for at least a week.  To be honest, it's
> not the first thing on my mind, given the horrific destruction that
> everyone here witnessed from close quarters on Tuesday.  But for our
> staff, and for our customers, many of whom have offices in lower
> Manhattan, I must ask for your support in this matter.  I believe that
> my request would be echoed by at least one other registrar from New
> York.
> 
> NameEngine has been severely affected by the World Trade Center
> disaster.  Our offices are below Canal Street in New York and so we are
> prevented from entering our building until rescue efforts have
> progressed further.  Today I was able to convince the police to let me
> past their cordon in order to examine the state of our facilities.  Our
> power is up, and luckily we have some backup connectivity that allows us
> (slowly) to communicate via the Internet.  Phones work intermittently.
> 
> So, just before the Afilias deadline for Round 1 of the Landrush, none
> of our staff have been able to get to work, not that anyone here is able
> to concentrate very well, since several of us have friends who have been
> injured or are missing.
> 
> NameEngine will have great difficulty in meeting the current Afilias
> deadline, even if we are allowed into our offices over the weekend.
> Baseball, football, even the stock markets have closed out of respect
> for those injured and killed and because of the tremendous logistical
> challenges -- such as not being allowed in our office -- that the World
> Trade Center bombing has caused.
> 
> We have petitioned Afilias directly to extend their deadline past
> Tuesday, and although they have been sympathetic, to date they have not
> directly responded to our request.
> 
> I ask the Registrars Constituency and ICANN please to lend your voice to
> our request to Afilias to extend the Round One deadline.  What harm can
> this cause?
> 
> With thanks,
> 
> Antony Van Couvering
> CEO, NameEngine
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