Re: [PyrNet-L] GPCA protest rebuttal

[darrell goolsbee <dgg@star-telegram.com>]

<<I received a letter in the mail about a membership protest that was
upheld
> by the board members of the GPCA and why there should be a vote to override
> their decision.  I personally believe that anyone that truly loves this
> breed should be allowed to join the GPCA unless it can be proved that they
> did something detrimental to the club or breed. Here's the question:  If
> Judy Cooper would hire me to create a Web Site for her kennel and I would
> then register (www.TipNChips.com) in my name, which would make me the legal
> and rightful owner of that Domain name...does anybody have a problem with
> this?  If you do, what should be done about it? If not, case closed. (P.S.
> Karolaska & Quibbletown.com are also still available).>>

There was an interesting article on AP Wednesday about Web site
speculators who register sites (the cost is apparently about $70 for 2
years) in hopes of cashing in later. For example, two college students
in AZ reserved www.Forbes2000.com and managed to get approximately
$6,500 from the Forbes campaign for it. The same story said that pretty
much all domains of potential presidential candidates for 2004 have
already been taken. 

I don't know who this post was from, and if it excluded them from GPCA
membership. Just wanted to point out that this type of "speculating,"
unfortunately, is all too common on the Net. Whether or not this type of
behavior is grounds for GPCA membership exclusion, I guess, is up to the
GPCA.

Darrell Goolsbee
Fort Worth, TX