San Francisco event could be good for domainers — if they bring their professionalism.
Next up on the ICANN meeting schedule is meeting #40 in San Francisco.
Being the first U.S. meeting in a while, and since there will be some sort of TRAFFIC event immediately proceeding the event, you’re going to see a lot more domainers there than usual. This is a good thing as domain investors are generally underrepresented in just about everything that deals with ICANN.
But it could also backfire. A lot of people view domainers as unprofessional. This is deserved — I think it’s the single biggest threat to the industry.
I worry that domain investors will make their presence known at the meeting in a way that hurts their cause. Yelling and cussing aren’t going to get you anywhere with ICANN. Not understanding how the organization works and what it does will also be detrimental.
So here’s a call to domainers: go to San Francisco. But be professional. Learn about ICANN and what it does/doesn’t do. Understand its processes. Then bring a constructive and actionable agenda with you to the meeting.
Well said!
A lot of people seem to make assumptions – they really need to listen and learn and even ask questions.
Real Nice,
So is this be professional behave spiel
all about having US under control
in and check.
Where is the part about ICANN to stop being
unfair, unethical and unresponsive.
When your robbed you dont say THANK YOU.
Most/all of the major domainers are class acts.
And, a person can be heard and understood
without being an ass.
I don’t anticipate any unprofessional conduct
from domain executives (domainers).
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Strippers, prostitutes, playboy bunnies, general bad boy behavior.
This is what seems to happen when some male domainers get together, and this is what the world sees.
The world doesn’t see the good side of domaining because that’s not what makes the news.
I would say start with cleaning up the conferences so that everyone would feel comfortable attending them.
If domainers want to cut loose, it should be on their own, not tawdry events sponsored by the conference planners and NOT advertised on the blogs and bragged about later.
How one behaves in public reflects on that person, but also tends to reflect on the industry itself.
Maybe it’s not fair but is what it is.
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We are who we are, anything less would just be fake … 🙂
“Strippers, prostitutes, playboy bunnies, general bad boy behavior.”
MsDomainer,
I’ve attended many of the different domain
meetings.
Other than the Playboy bunnies, I didn’t
see any of the other activities you state.
But, I wasn’t looking for it.
Every tradeshow and conference in every industry
globally has some celebrating that occurs.
When peers, vendors, buyers, associates get
together, they want to socialize with each other.
I will confirm you will see the activities
you dislike while attending the adult tradeshows. But, it is not blatant at
domain, consumer products, machinery, legal, gift, paper, shipping, floral, furniture,
medical, food and pet tradeshows and
conferences.
I hear ICANN confarance have very best strippers . i am buying this ticket