|
|
|
|
Here's the The Lowdown
from DN Journal,
updated daily
to
fill you in on the latest buzz going around the domain name industry.
The Lowdown is
compiled by DN Journal Editor & Publisher Ron
Jackson. |
|
|
|
|
|
Generous
Domain Industry Donors Support Newly Bald
Brethren By Giving Over $50,000 to The Water
School
|
At
the beginning of this year
ardent
Water
School supporter Gregg
McNair (the Chairman at PPX
International) came up with
what, at the time, seemed to be a bit of
a hare-brained idea (or perhaps I should
say a hair-brained idea). The fun-loving
Australian dynamo decided he could
convince a few of his fellow attendees |
|
at
the DOMAINfest
Global conference in
California to let him shave all of
the hair of their heads in exchange
for donations to the Water School. |
|
Proving
that you should never underestimate
McNair's powers of persuasion, he
managed to line up three brave souls who
were willing to sit still while "The
Mad Barber from Melbourne" |
(Left
to right) Jeff Gabriel, Vern Jurovich
& Bill Lozada
post-shave at DOMAINfest Global 2012
in California |
mowed
their previously well-coiffed heads into
barren wastelands! The sacrificial lambs
- Vern Jurovich (InternetTraffic.com),
Jeff Gabriel (President at DomainAdvisors.com)
and domain investor Bill Lozada
were obviously thinking with their hearts
rather than their heads, but by stifling
the urge to run for the nearest exit,
the trio succeeded in winning thousands
of dollars in pledges for the Water
School from onlookers who appreciated
their sacrifice. |
|
The
only problem with all of this is it just
encouraged McNair to go after new
victims! As I have already
documented in this column, I
was the next to fall in the line of
fire. Despite my best efforts to elude
him, McNair chased me half way around
the globe and finally ran me down in Valencia,
Spain last month at the 2012
Domaining Europe
conference.
Again,
on the plus side (in addition to the
free hair cut) tens of thousands of
additional dollars poured in for the
Water School from kind-hearted domain
industry donors. As of this writing, a
total of $51,350 (and four
scalps) has been collected as a result
of McNair's two head hunting
expeditions! When you consider that with
$50 the Water School can supply a
family of five in the developing world
with clean drinking water for life,
that is enough money to do a lot
of good. |
My
luck runs out - Gregg McNair mowing
me
down at Domaining Europe 2012 in
Spain |
You
can see a list of all of the generous donors at WaterShave.org
and also track progress toward the $60,000
goal that was set for the twin events. The
campaign is 85% of the way there
and you can help push it over the top with a
donation that can be made at the same site.
Gregg
"The Mad Barber" McNair
taking another scalp in Spain |
When
Gregg started this whole thing he asked
if I could acknowledge those who donated
$500 or more in this column and I am
happy to do that today. In addition to
thanking those donors listed below, I
want to express my gratitude to everyone
who gave, regardless of the amount. Jan
Barta (ElephantTraffic.com)
and Frank
Schilling (InternetTraffic.com)
also deserve special recognition for
going above and beyond the call
of duty. Jan and Frank pretty much
sealed my fate by putting $10,000
each on my head (and Jan had already
given $3,000 when the first three
guys went under the blade).
ParkingCrew.com
raised another $4,500 for the
cause in Spain by contributing $150 for
every person who |
wore
a free ParkingCrew T-shirt to the
closing night party. Also, in addition
to wielding the razor, Gregg McNair,
along with domain pioneer Richard
Lau (who both serve on the Water
School's Board of Directors) were among
the five biggest individual cash donors
to the campaign. Here is the full $500
or more honor roll, members of an
incredibly giving domain industry
community that I am very proud to be a
part of: |
|
Jan Barta
Frank Schilling
Parkingcrew.com
Richard Lau
Gregg McNair
Toby Clements
Xavier Buck
Andrew Rosener
Eli Krik
Jason Liester
Larry Fischer
Braden Pollock
|
Peter
Maxymych (Emall.ca)
Nico Zeifang
Bill Lozada
Hakan Ali
Rick Kirkendall
Adam Strong
Paul Keating
Reidar Rytter-Fjoeren
Ammar Kubba
Ari Goldberger
Bob Olea
Fred Warner
|
Thank
you one and all!
|
(Posted May
24, 2012)
|
|
|
|
|
For
all current Lowdown posts - Go
Here
|
We need your help to keep giving
domainers The
Lowdown, so please email [email protected]
with any interesting information you might have. If possible,
include the source of your information so we can check it out (for
example a URL if you read it in a forum or on a site
elsewhere).
|
|
Home
Domain Sales
YTD Sales Charts
Latest
News The Lowdown
Articles
Legal Matters Dear Domey
Letters
to Editor Resources
Classified Ads
Archive
About Us |
|
|
|