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WADND APRIL 3, 2011 The following Registrars have been awarded our seal of approval on October 20, 2005 Moniker.com As of April 3, 2011 We regretfully STRIP this designation from Moniker.com.
WADND BOARD OF ADVISORS MEETING 4/30/09 MEMBERS PRESENT: Members absent – Jerry Nolte, Ari Goldberger, Dan Warner, Steve Sturgeon, Ammar Kubba, Joe Casale, Sahar Sarid, Michael Gilmour As there was not a quorum present, all substantive matters were continued to the next meeting to be held in Brooklyn, New York on October 29, 2009. The following matters were continued to the next meeting: David Clements brought everyone up-to-date on the planning for T.R.A.F.F.I.C. ccTLD in Amsterdam on June 1st. Alexander Schubert indicated that there will be a number of ccTLD registries in attendance and sponsoring certain events. A survey of those present as to what location they liked the best for T.R.A.F.F.I.C. resulted in the number 1 spot being the Westin Diplomat in Hollywood Beach, Florida. There was some criticism that sponsors loaded up their personnel in the speed networking session so it was suggested that in the future each sponsor and exhibitor be limited to one person representing the company. Also, a suggestion was made that at future auctions, a concurrent networking room immediately adjacent to the auction be available with closed-circuit TV to watch what is happening and keep abreast of the bidding. The meeting adjourned at 1130 a.m.
WADND Board Vote 11-11-2008 TUCOWS SEAL REVOKED The majority of non-abstaining Board of Advisors from the World Association of Domain Name Developers Inc. has voted to revoke the WADND Registrar Seal of Approval awarded to Tucows.com. Tucows has continually chosen stockholder interests over domainer interests. The latest plan, selling expired domains they kept from their own customers for failing to timely renew. http://www.thedomains.com/2008/10/29/tucows-now-selling-the-expired-domains-they-kept-from-their-customers/ http://www.thedomains.com/2008/10/31/tucows-responds-to-yummydomainscom/ And earlier this year: http://www.thedomains.com/2008/06/25/tucows-response-to-our-post-not-good-enough-and-heres-why/
WADND BOARD OF ADVISORS MEETING 5/24/08 MEMBERS PRESENT: Ron Jackson Monte Cahn Jerry Nolte Greg McNair Members absent – Ari Goldberger, Dan Warner, Steve Sturgeon, Ammar Kubba, Joe Casale, Sahar Sarid, Michael Gilmour The Board’s primary concern was the final adoption of a T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Transparency Seal Of Approval. After substantial discussion on each point, the following was adopted by unanimous vote as the final requirements to obtain the Seal of Approval: REQUIREMENTS FOR T.R.A.F.F.I.C. TRANSPARENCY SEAL OF APPROVAL
The Board then discussed the procedure for a monetizer to obtain a Seal of Approval and for the implementation of the Seal: PROCEDURE FOR IMPLEMENTATION
The proposed seal is here. The Board then voted unanimously that as to the Registrar Seal of Approval, already in place, nominations may be made by any party, and so long as the Registrar meets all of the requirements of the issuance of the Registrar Seal of Approval as determined by the independent third party professional, the REGISTRAR SEAL OF APPROVAL will be issued at the annual meeting of T.R.A.F.F.I.C. each Autumn.. The Board agreed that if any Monetizer or Registrar fails to publish its SEAL OF APPROVAL on its Home Page or other applicable page, then the SEAL will be rescinded at the next Board of Advisors meeting.. The Board then voted unanimously that recipients of either SEAL OF APPROVAL must update their applications annually to reflect any changes in policy that would affect any of the conditions for issuance and that a nominal fee will be charged for the third party professional to review those changes and make his recommendation of Renewal to the Board. The Board then determined that a Complaint Process similar to that used by the Better Business Bureau will be instituted and the procedure will be determined at the next meeting of the Board of Advisors in New York City on September 26 th. The Board then determined that the possibility of de-accreditation shall be accomplished through the Renewal process annually unless there is an emergency (see Registerfly.com), in which event, the vote will be circulated by email to the Board. The meeting was adjourned at 11:15 A.M. Sample submitted for Monetizer Seal of Approval donated by Theo at Acroplex
WADND BOARD OF ADVISORS MEETING 2/21/08 MEMBERS PRESENT: Ron Jackson Steve Sturgeon Ammar Kubba Monte Cahn Joe Casale Sahar Sarid Members absent – Ari Goldberger, Jerry Nolte, Dan Warner. The Board’s primary concern was the adoption of a T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Transparency Seal Of Approval. After substantial discussion on each point, the following was adopted by unanimous vote as the requirements to obtain the Seal of Approval:
REQUIREMENTS FOR T.R.A.F.F.I.C. TRANSPARENCY SEAL OF APPROVAL
The Board then discussed the procedure for a monetizer to obtain a Seal of Approval and for the implementation of the Seal:
PROCEDURE FOR IMPLEMENTATION
The Board then voted unanimously that henceforth the same procedure will be utilized for the issuance of the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. REGISTRAR SEAL OF APPROVAL. The Board agreed to review and lay out the registrar requirements at its May meeting in Orlando, including whether there will be a complaint process and how it will be implemented; a de-accreditation process and how it will be implemented. A motion was made and passed unanimously that Michael Gilmour and Gregg McNair be added to the Board and to serve starting at the next meeting in Orlando. The meeting was adjourned at 11:30 A.M.
WADND BOARD OF ADVISORS MEETING 10/13/07 MEMBERS PRESENT: Ron Jackson Steve Sturgeon Ammar Kubba Monte Cahn Dan Warner Joe Casale Sahar Sarid Also present – Ari Goldberger, Bob Connor, John Epp, Jerry Nolte, Greg Carbonera, Norine Fuller The Board discussed instituting an Annual Pass for individuals and corporations. It was determined that for a limited time only, an individual Annual Pass will be made available for an amount to be determined by Management; said pass to be only for the year 2008, will not include Licensed events and will be non-transferable and non-extendable. Corporate “5 packs” and “10 packs will also be available at various times throughout the year. The Board reviewed the criteria for Registrars to qualify for the WADND SEAL OF APPROVAL. It was revised as follows:
It was determined by the Board that a new WADND SEAL OF APPROVAL be issued to monetizers who qualify under the following requirements to be finalized at the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. WEST 2008 Board Meeting in Las Vegas. A new logo will be developed to reflect the intent of THIS Seal.
The Ad hoc committee to attract ad agencies to direct navigation comprised of Joe Casale, Sahar Sarid and Steve Sturgeon, had no report and will continue to attempt to attract one or more ad agencies to experiment with domains. Ari Goldberger and Jerry Nolte were elected to the Board. The 2008 schedule of events and sponsor sign-ups was reviewed. The Licensing to FABULOUS.COM of T.R.A.F.F.I.C. AUSTRALIA will take place in November, 2008. It was recommended that all domainers’ web sites and parking pages encourage direct navigation by having “Thank you for typing in (domain name).com” in order to brand type-ins. Meeting was adjourned
WORLD ASSOCIATION OF DOMAIN NAME DEVELOPERS. INC. BOARD OF ADVISORS MEETING – June 22, 2007 Board members present Ron Jackson Also in attendance: Joe Casale
Meeting adjourned at 11 A.M. Next meeting will be Friday, October 12, 2007 at the Westin Diplomat Hotel and Resort in Hollywood, Florida.
WORLD ASSOCIATION OF DOMAIN NAME DEVELOPERS. INC. BOARD OF ADVISORS MEETING – March 8, 2007 Board members present Ron Jackson Also in attendance: Joe Casale
BOARD MEETING – October 28th, 2006 The following were elected to the Board of Advisors for the 2006 - 2007 year: Meeting held at the Westin Diplomat Hotel in Miami, Florida. Present were: JOHN BERRYHILL
BOARD MEETING – MAY 5, 2006 Meeting held at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas. Present were: RICK SCHWARTZ Also present were Dan Warner, Steve Sturgeon, Sal Sarid, Fin Lemonde, Joe Alagna, Carmen Smith The first order of business was that the Board shall henceforth be known as the Board of Advisors as it has no power over the actions of the officers of the corporation, but rather, sets policy for the organization and the Domain Industry and that at future T.R.A.F.F.I.C. functions, Board members’ badges will indicate that they are members of the Board. The tentative T.R.A.F.F.I.C. schedule for 2007 was announced and approved. A motion was passed that the City of New York be considered as a prime area for T.R.A.F.F.I.C. in 2007. There was a discussion about the tax basis of domains and whether some enterprising company will develop insurance for domains, but no conclusion was reached. It was recommended that a policy governing speakers at future conferences should be formalized to allow only KEYNOTE speakers into the conference at no charge. It was further determined that this policy should NOT include members of panels unless they are expected to make major presentations. Nominations to the Board will be made during the month of September. All persons on the mailing list will be provided an opportunity to make nominations. Elections will be held at T.R.A.F.F.I.C. EAST in October. After further discussion, the meeting was adjourned. Howard Neu, Secretary
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF WORLD ASSOCIATION OF DOMAIN NAME DEVELOPERS, INC. FEBRUARY 2, 2006 Secretary, Howard Neu called the meeting to Order and called the roll. Rick Schwartz - President A quorum was declared present. The Board discussed the progress of the law suit against ICANN and Verisign. It was reported that a Voluntary Dismissal had been taken as to ICANN as we accomplished a failure to approve the Settlement Agreement between ICANN and Verisign at the Vancouver ICANN meeting. The Board voted unanimously to take a Voluntary Dismissal as to Verisign now that the pass through charge has been eliminated and the “cap” can only be raised a certain number of times over the course of the contract rather than annually. A discussion emanating out of T.R.A.F.F.I.C. SILICON VALLEY that a Code of Ethics for Domainers be considered was rejected by the Board. However, after discussion, the Board voted unanimously to construct Standards of Performance between Domainers. A committee of volunteers from the Chat Board will be asked to help codify those unwritten standards that are already in place on the Chat Board. 3 WADND SEALS OF APPROVAL were issued at T.R.A.F.F.I.C. EAST in October, 2005. However, to date, only MONIKER.COM has posted the SEAL OF APPROVAL on its web site. The Board voted unanimously that if FABULOUS.COM and DIRECTNIC.COM did not post the SEAL OF APPROVAL on its web site within the next 30 days, that it would be rescinded as it would appear that those registrars have little regard for the standards required to obtain such a SEAL. A discussion was held about the possibility of changing the name of the World Association of Domain Name Developers, Inc. due to the difficulty in pronouncing WADND. However, the Board voted unanimously to keep the name as it stands but will also utilize the name "DomainDevelopers.com". The Board voted to hold a Board meeting at the end of each T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Conference with annual elections in October of each year. After further discussion, the meeting was adjourned. BULLETIN....November 28, 2005 Click here to read the actual complaint
2005 Annual meeting update: The 2nd annual meeting was held on Friday October 21, 2005 at the Delray Beach, FL Marriott during TRAFFIC EAST 2005. We want to take this opportunity to congratulate and thank the newly elected Board of Directors fo the WORLD ASSOCIATION OF DOMAIN NAME DEVELOPERS, INC. for taking their positions so seriously and rolling up their sleeves to start helping to direct the future of WADND and T.R.A.F.F.I.C. http://www.targetedtraffic.com Also, DAN WARNER (FABULOUS.COM) has agreed to work with the Board in an advisory capacity. The Board elected the following persons as officers for the coming year: Look for the World Association of Domain Name Developers seal of approval awarded to registrars that take security seriously and are proactive in the fight against domain name hijackings. The following Registrars have been awarded our seal of approval on October 20, 2005 Moniker.com The following Registrars have been awarded our seal of approval on October 22, 2007 Tucows.com The 9 criteria or standards for a WADND SEAL OF APPROVAL are: For further assistance and to apply for a WADND.com seal of approval, Email us at: admin@targetedtraffic.com The board will review your application and will notify you of the outcome.
MISSION STATEMENT OF WORLD ASSOCIATION OF DOMAIN NAME DEVELOPERS, INC.
Let us help to clarify what we see the mission of the WORLD ASSOCIATION OF DOMAIN NAME DEVELOPERS. (WADND) For further assistance and to apply for a WADND.com seal of approval, Email us at: admin@targetedtraffic.com
2004 Annual meeting update: WORLD ASSOCIATION OF DOMAIN NAME DEVELOPERS, INC. (WADND) held its first annual meeting of members on Saturday, October 23, 2004. There was a quorum present. The 5 point MISSION STATEMENT was adopted by the members and will be posted on the WADND.COM web site. The next meeting will be October 22, 2005. We will continue to use http://www.targetedtraffic.com as the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. web site and will have a link to the WADND.COM site. Email address is admin@targetedtraffic.com A slate of 8 nominees for the Board of Directors was presented to the membership and the floor was opened for additional nominations. SHEPHERD was nominated, but declined. RICHARD LAU was nominated and the nominations were closed. Elected to the Board for 2004-2005 are: RICK
SCHWARTZ JOE ALAGNA (JZ) volunteered to create a mailing list directory of attendees. The members then voted to have next year's conference run from Tuesday to Saturday. That would provide more time to network and throw in a little recreation amid the meetings. DAN WARNER suggested that either T.R.A.F.F.I.C. 2005 or T.R.A.F.F.I.C. 2006 be held in or around the San Francisco area. The bay area is the geographic hub of domainers and sponsors and the members agreed. It was suggested that we color-code the badges next year so that you can tell the domainers from the sponsors. Of course, that wasn't a problem with DOMAINSPONSOR.COM and POOL.COM staff who all wore distinctive shirts. SHEPHERD volunteered to develop a cyber-program for next year's domain auction. Bidding will be easier and domains can be posted in advance of the conference by anyone that will be attending T.R.A.F.F.I.C. 2005, Bids can be made at the conference or online by anyone whether they will be attending T.R.A.F.F.I.C. 2005, or not. All bidders will have to be registered before the show starts. The meeting was adjourned at 11 A.M. |
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