Sir/Ma'amThe Image Online Design supporters are using this forum to show ICANN,
that in fact this company WILL do the following if they are selected when the board
meets (and I hope at least a thougtht has gone into this):
1) Image Online Design
WILL immediately unify the internet community. Image Online Design has registrants
from all over the world (and not all are from the US which is good--very representative
of the global community), from all walks of life; from business to academia, you
name it, they have come to show their support for Image Online Design.
2) Image
Online Design WILL create immediate competition in the name-space. I have read
on a daily basis (national media) that online business owners are looking for dot
com alternatives....Currently the dot com extension is akin to failure (i.e dot BOMB)....Image
Online Design would provide relief in this area. I am truly sorry, but in my
humble opinion, dot biz and dot info will get a lukewarm reception from the business
community. If anything they will be used for redirection to their existing
dot com website (even though they want change)...Dot web (Image Online Design) represents
REAL competition (which will be good for the internet--and my use of the word competition
is rivalry against two SEPARATE entities vying for customers...My problem with Afilias
and Neulevel is that they aren't really new...ENTER in Image Online Design...Vs...Verisign....now
that real competition---competition makes companies like Verisign countable to the
public they serve.....Are they???)
3) Image Online Design exudes the entrepreneurism,
that you mock. For how they are treated will be watched closely. Not
all ideas should be given recognition, but IOD's certainly warrants some respect...afterall,
it was they who built a working registry in 1995!!!!! Today it is March 23,
2001....How many pure online companies will ever get to say they lasted that long
(nonstop----same name...same company....wow!!!)...
One last thing, it is obvious
you seek to hide your identity. Also please give the board more credit then
you are...most probably would disagree with you. Most are fully aware of the
work Image Online Design has done on their registry, and hopefully they are aware
of their world class level of customer service!!! Something has been bringing
them back since 1995!!!
Gregory