by jothan | Jul 18, 2005 | Domain Shows, ICANN, Meetings, NewTLDs
The ICANN meetings in Luxembourg were hot but good. Lots accomplished here. The ccNSO has put together some fairly agile accountability frameworks that will hopefully be the start of better metrics – on behalf of ICANN/IANA and on behalf of the ccTLD administrators. This has been deadlocked for a long period of time by a number of issues, and Chris Disspain, among others, as really untangled the mess.
There is no perfect, but what seems to be the case is that there may be a solution where there is equity to the dissatisfaction on both sides.
Anyway, I have written an article on CircleID about this event.
Special thanks to Gavin Brown of Centralnic for the photos.
by jothan | May 30, 2005 | Domain Aftermarket, Domain Shows, ICANN, NewTLDs, Speaking
The Domain Roundtable Conference, which I had to bootstrap from the ground up, has turned out to be a success.
Thank you to all the staff at Name Intelligence and to the attendees and industry that came out to support this great gathering.
The speakers were all top notch, the content was fantastic, and the place was absent any egos.
It was an interesting thing to see Intellectual Property interests, Domain Name registries and registrars, and domain investors all under one roof getting to know each other.
by jothan | Apr 18, 2005 | Domain Shows, ICANN
Great news! Bob Parsons, the resounding and popular voice of Radio GoDaddy! and the prolific CEO of the worlds largest internet registrar has confirmed that he will speak at the Domain Roundtable!
This will no doubt be a very well attended session.Â
My thanks to Bob Parsons for this, and also to him and Nima Kelly for having me on their webcast to promote the Domain Roundtable.
by jothan | Mar 1, 2005 | Domain Shows, ICANN, Meetings, NewTLDs, Policy
Vint Cerf and I. (I am on the right ;] )
I am grateful at this opportunity for a photo with this inspirational man. It was an absolute pleasure that Vint would stop and speak with attendees, and he was absolutely a genuine and approachable person. |
Showing my better half in a picture with two big names in the legal and domain name fields, Bret Fausett and John Berryhill from the Mar del Plata ICANN meetings. |
Caught semi-off-guard with Joe Alagna from CentralNic. |
Overcoming Jet Lag with Fernando Espana from Neulevel. |
I had a photo opportunity with Two Cats from Tucows. (L-R: Ross Rader, Jothan Frakes, and Elliot Noss) |
Paul Kane of CENTR paused and obliged a photo with me. |
I got the opportunity to chat a bit with Ray Fassett from .JOBS, and he also told me about the TLD, and about the great work that Overdrive is doing with the King County Library System in distributing ebooks and DRM. |
 This is a unique photo opportunity with the phenomenon known as Alexander. He is very fun to spend time with, and a very good friend. |
by jothan | Dec 20, 2004 | Domain Shows, Etc, ICANN, Meetings, Policy
A photo from the ICANN Meetings in CapeTown
Paul Twomey stopped to chat briefly and pose with me for a photo. I joked with him to get that smile going, that he would boost my market value if I had a photo with him. He countered, cleverly, that the photo would more likely boost his.
Either way, a good photo and a break from all the meetings for quick chats like this one are what make these meetings worth the long flights.
