BOARD MEETING – October 28th, 2006

The following were elected to the Board of Advisors for the 2006 - 2007 year:

JOHN BERRYHILL
MONTE CAHN
ADAM DICKER
RON JACKSON
RON SHERIDAN
STEVE STURGEON
DAN WARNER

Meeting held at the Westin Diplomat Hotel in Miami, Florida. Present were:

JOHN BERRYHILL
MONTE CAHN
RON JACKSON
RON SHERIDAN
STEVE STURGEON
HOWARD NEU
RICK SCHWARTZ

Minutes will be posted by November 15th

BOARD MEETING – MAY 5, 2006

Meeting held at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas. Present were:

RICK SCHWARTZ
HOWARD NEU
MARC OSTROFSKY
RON SHERIDAN
JEFF REYNOLDS
MARCIA WALKER
RON JACKSON
BRIAN NULL
MONTE CAHN

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.

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.
The following directors were present:

Rick Schwartz - President
Howard Neu - Secretary
Ron Sheridan
Ron Jackson
Marcia Lynn Walker

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

WADND.COM files lawsuit against ICANN and Verisign alleging that the two have engaged in antitrust activities, including conspiracy, monopolization, illegal price fixing and monopolizing “.com” and “.net” domain name markets. The suit alleges that the two are on the verge of entering “an unlawful agreement [that] gives VeriSign a permanent monopoly over the all ‘.com’ and ‘.net’ internet domain name registrations.”

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

In addition to Rick Schwartz and Howard Neu, the new Board Members for 2005-2006 are:

JEFF REYNOLDS (AmericanFlags.com)
RON SHERIDAN (Revenue.net)
BRIAN NULL (GolfCourses.com)
RON JACKSON (DNJoural.com)
MARC OSTROFSKY (iREIT.com)
MARCIA LYNN WALKER (MyrtleBeachInc.com)
MONTE CAHN (Moniker.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:

President and CEO - RICK SCHWARTZ (eRealEstate.com)
Secretary/treasurer and CFO - HOWARD NEU (NeuLaw.com)
First Vice-President - MONTE CAHN (Moniker.com)
Second Vice-President - JEFF REYNOLDS (AmericanFlags.com)

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
Directnic.com
Fabulous.com

The 9 criteria or standards for a WADND SEAL OF APPROVAL are:

1. Registrar must agree to cooperate with all other Registrars when a domain is claimed to be hijacked.

2. Registrar must have 24-hour Hot Line for reporting stolen domains or other registration problems.

3. Registrar must delay transfer, or double-check authenticity of purchaser when transfering a domain to a Registrar who knowingly harbors hi-jacked domains.

4. Registrar must have "Executive Lock" in place that can only be removed by direct communication with Registrant.

5. Registrar must have a minimum of one million (1,000,000) domains registered.

6. Registrar must provide sufficiently direct means to unlock domain locks, so as to not unduly deny a legitimate transfer request from a verified domain name registrant.

7. Registrar must collect emergency contact information from registrants, other registrars and resellers to respond to an urgent restoration of a hi-jacked domain.

8. Registrar must define and make clear the emergency procedures which can be instituted in events where emergency contacts are not available.

9. Registrar must provide clear and readily accessible information to registrants regarding domain locking and domain name protection measures offered by Registrar.

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.

1. To foster and construct a worldwide organization whereby internet users find desired results with maximum efficiency while web vendors achieve profitability through the demand created by an unlimited supply of "quality" visitors.

2. To represent the premier companies, personnel and domainers who make up the industry in a professional organization where their talents, integrity, ethics and internet abilities to create and increase meaningful traffic on the web are recognized.

3. To enhance the value of internet traffic by educating commercial websites in how to close more sales and increase their income; that not all traffic is created equal; that they need to know the source of their traffic to make the most effective use of it.

4. To educate the general public on how to use the internet more efficiently and effectively and to develop true economic relationships with emphasis on domain name ownership and business returns on investments therein.

5. To develop standards of practice and ethics for domainers and commercial website owners to follow and increase the public perception of the professionalism of the industry.

Let us help to clarify what we see the mission of the WORLD ASSOCIATION OF DOMAIN NAME DEVELOPERS. (WADND)

This is a group that wants to enhance the value of DOMAINS and TRAFFIC by educating websites and sponsors on how to CLOSE MORE SALES as well as alert it's members to those sponsors that may not share this goal, have substandard payouts, and/or may be doing business in a less than transparent or unethical manner.

The value of a click is only as much as the sponsor you send it to and how much money THEY make. More sales will make the value of traffic go up as well as the domain name in which that traffic came from.

Our MISSION is to make SPONSORS and ADVERTISERS more money by educating them to the FACT that not all traffic is created equal even though they are likely priced the same. How they need to learn the SOURCE of the traffic. How their websites need to be effective so they don't WASTE the TRAFFIC. How they need to appreciate potent and targeted traffic created by domains as opposed to general traffic.

Their success is our success.

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
HOWARD NEU
MIKE FIOL
MARCIA LYNN WALKER
STEVE STOESER
JEFF REYNOLDS
DAN WARNER
ALAN REID (BUCKO)
RICHARD LAU

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.