Bet: Can RegisterFly Keep its Accredidation?

[katherine]

This is turning into a detective movie
The ICANN clock is ticking in the meantime...

 

[elmister]

I think you are lucky, considering the current situation of RF, they could lose more than ICANN accreditation before those 15 days, and being the only wager will get you all my bet

 

[JRBHosting]

Received another bet; has been added to the pool!

 

[JRBHosting]

Bump

 

[shopperx]

They will keep it if they pay the ICANN invoice on time, it's a matter of money.

 

[Raider]

I say they will lose it, ICANN needs to send a message, restoring public confidence in the process.

 

[JRBHosting]

Please...read the post...this thread is for betting, not discussion

 

[elmister]

Next 14th March we will know...

 

[LUISGUSTAVONY]

With or without Accredidation I'm out,me and my 500 names.

 

[JRBHosting]

Yeah, it certainly does look that way. Who knows, though...

Keep on betting

 

[jdk]

I am out 300 names. Appears the old CEO regained control of Registerfly.com per a judges order.

 

[woeger]

Here is a link to the latest about Registerfly's gay love scandal that caused the "falling out" between the 2 people claiming to be in charge of Registerfly.
http://www.dnforum.com/showthread.php?t=214599

 

[JRBHosting]

Keep this to bets please...

 

[elmister]

15 days have passed, and registerfly is still icann accredited.

Should this bet finish, or should we wait a bit more?

 

[Theo]

West Palm Bach, FL - Reuters - Thu Mar 15, 2007 8:27AM EDT

By Tom Thumb, AP Correspondent

It all started as a series of financial miscalculations, but it seems that domain registrar Registerfly, a company where anyone can register domain names, has been having skeletons in its closet for the best part of the past ten years. Its embattled officers, Kevin Medina and John Naruszewicz appear linked in more than the daily office routine.

According to documents provided to the New Jersey district attorney's office where the two officers sued eachother earlier this month, a ten year old affair between the two men has escalated into a war of public releases of private communications, some of which were leaked to celebrity gossip columns and online publications.

Allegations that the two men are currently blowing smoke in the eyes of ICANN, the supervising domain entity, have been met with anger by thousands of domain owners who have limited to no access to their domains.

Miami-based UDOA representative, Mike Rawtch, oversees a union of domain owners - or "domainers" - which has been closely monitoring such deviations of registrars from ICANN-sanctioned practices. "We are looking after our own interest and the interest of thousands of domain owners in the United States that are fed up with the inability of ICANN to step in timely and release the lockhold of thousands of domains," Mr. Rawtch said. "The situation with Registerfly is purely the tip of the iceberg, as we are now looking into streamlining the process of requesting loss of accreditation for registrars that simply use their funds to obtain personal gain in the homosexual lifestyle," Mr. Rawtch added.

Attempts to contact Kevin Medina and John Naruszewicz at their publicly listed phone numbers were unsuccessful. Voicemail intro messages contained music from Elton John's gay epic, "That's What Friends Are For" and personal greetings from the Registerfly officers' 10th anniversary party at the Florida Keys last summer.

 

[JRBHosting]

ICANN has not released a statement, so I will keep this open until that point in time.

 

[Mr. DeletedMr. Deleted is verified member.]

http://whois.domaintools.com/registerfly.com

shows as the name is at tucows and that Mark Klein is the admin contact for the domain, and Mark is Strategic Accounts Manager, Business Development of tucows too.

looks like Medina is selling the company to Tucows.com

 

[elmister]

Mark Klein was hired several months ago, he was working with tucows, but not now

ICANN has not released a statement, so I will keep this open until that point in time.

At least close the bets, the game is nearly finished

 

[elmister]

Icann has just published RegisterFly termination, but this may not be the end, because ICANN's notice was sent to Glenns Stansbury, not Kevin Medina, Medina's lawyers may say that notice is invalid because Glenns Stansbury wasn't legally the CEO of the company at that time...

 

[JRBHosting]

I'll withhold the winnings until this is finalized.