On 22 Sep 97 at 11:48, Havard.Eidnes at runit.sintef.no wrote:

I can't seem to remember seeing this proposal distributed to this list. If that is the case, can that please be fixed?

Here it was. From: Self <CCLANA/NOREILLY> To: tld-admin at ripe.net Subject: (Fwd) A Guide to European NICs Copies to: iedr-team at listserv.hea.ie Send reply to: Niall.oReilly at ucd.ie Date sent: Thu, 11 Sep 1997 11:07:58 +0100 (BST) Dear TLD Administrators, I expect that many of you will have had the attached message from NetSearchers. I find the proposed survey and guide useful. As they suggest, I've referred to Willie Black; he speaks well of them. I intend to co-operate in this project, and suggest that you all consider doing the same. I'll forward Willie's comments in a following mail. Niall O'Reilly IE Domain Registry University College Dublin Computing Services ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- Date: Thu, 04 Sep 1997 14:24:24 +0100 From: mo at netsearchers.co.uk (Mo Kerr) Subject: A Guide to European NICs To: noreilly at ucd.ie Organization: Legal Information Network Dear Mr O'Reilly Net Searchers is a company that supplies specialist services to legal companies and brand professionals who wish to protect their names and trade marks across the Internet. These services include searching and monitoring Internet audits and, of course, domain name registrations. Our client base includes the leading law firms in the UK Internet community, we realise that there is considerable demand for this information. To help us improve the service that we give our clients we have begun a research project to profile each of the European NICs. In discussing this with our clients and colleagues in the UK Internet community, we ealise that there is considerable demand for this information. Therefore we plan to publish the information at our web site and in a report to be distributed free of charge to all interested parties. We will be encouraging organisations like your own to link into it. If successful we aim to produce further editions at regular intervals. We hope that you wil co-operate with us in this project by supplying us with the information we ask for on the enclosed template at the end of this form. Please complete it in English. For an independent view on us, please contact Dr Willie Black, the managing director of Nominet UK. e-mail address w.black at nominet.org.uk If you have any queries about this report please do not hesitate to telephone me on 44 171 396 5676 or email me at nwood at netsearchers.co.uk Alternatively you might wish to look at our web site at www.netsearchers.co.uk We will be in touch with you again once we have completed the projectand will send you an advanced copy of our report. We look forward to hearing from you and thank your for your co-operation. Yours sincerely Nick Wood Director Net Searchers 28-33 Cato Street London W1H 5HS Template for A Guide to European NICs Please fill in the following form and return it to nwood at netsearchers.co.uk. If you have any queries please email at the above address or telephone Nick Woods on 44 171 396 5676. -----------Please cut here--------- Address NIC Name: Postal: Street Town State Postal Code Country E-mail: Telephone: Fax: CONTACTS Director: Legal disputes: Registrations: MODEL/STRUCTURE Please indicate the structure of your organisation. Is it Commercial: Part of an university: Non profit: WEB SITE INFORMATION What information does your site contain. Please give the relevant URL Whois: Rules; On-line registration form: Statistics: Other relevant information, e.g.. links to relevant sites: COSTS New registration Maintenance Frequency of billing LEGAL DISPUTES Please give details of any court cases or legal disputes relating to domain names: MISSION STATEMENT OF THE NIC Please include a brief comment on your organisations policy Thank-you for your assistance. -------- Logged at Mon Sep 22 13:45:41 MET DST 1997 ---------