UDRP Mike Mann prevails in UDRP filed against WorldHabitat.org

[DNWon]

Here is a link to the WIPO decision for the recent UDRP filed against Mike Mann's WorldHabitat.org

http://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/search/text.jsp?case=D2017-0352

 

[Recons.Com]

They will now pay for the domain as they should have in the beginning.

Offering to buy a domain and then filing a UDRP because you don't like the price is shameful.

So then for any company before they negotiate a price they should consider two options: pay up crazy amount that buyer might ask or go to UDRP straight?

That approach would increase number of UDRPs drastically.

I'd say it is shame to low-ball and then go to UDRP... UDRPs should never happen on names that cost up to $20K, except clear cases of tm violation (in which case, they shouldn't negotiate anyway), as that is what it would cost for a company most probably to go through the process with the risk of being denied and labeled as reverse hijacker.

 

[Brand Consultants]

So then for any company before they negotiate a price they should consider two options: pay up crazy amount that buyer might ask or go to UDRP straight?

That approach would increase number of UDRPs drastically.

I'd say it is shame to low-ball and then go to UDRP... UDRPs should never happen on names that cost up to $20K, except clear cases of tm violation (in which case, they shouldn't negotiate anyway), as that is what it would cost for a company most probably to go through the process with the risk of being denied and labeled as reverse hijacker.

Agreed.

I would think about this case differently if they went straight to UDRP though. Because they offered 3k to begin with, it shows they were interested in purchasing the name until they learnt the price tag.

 

[Recons.Com]

Agreed.

I would think about this case differently if they went straight to UDRP though. Because they offered 3k to begin with, it shows they were interested in purchasing the name until they learnt the price tag.

NGOs are normally clueless on name values...

I own US city in .org and called the city council that uses cityname-statename.org and asked if they were interested in the name. Was going to offer it for very low price, just as an inventory cleanup. The answer was "we already have a name and website".

 

[En]

A friend worked beside a United Way office. She said that there were always high end priced cars parked in the United Way parking lot.
Don't kid yourself, many people are making a very good living off the backs of volunteers working for free doing charity work.

"Don't kid yourself"? Honestly I have no idea what universe some of you are in? Why focus on the worst people's actions and use them as an excuse for other's stupid parasitic actions?

If we keep praising greedy selfish idiots like "Da Mann" this is where we're all heading:

 

[En]

So then for any company before they negotiate a price they should consider two options: pay up crazy amount that buyer might ask or go to UDRP straight?

That approach would increase number of UDRPs drastically.

I'd say it is shame to low-ball and then go to UDRP... UDRPs should never happen on names that cost up to $20K, except clear cases of tm violation (in which case, they shouldn't negotiate anyway), as that is what it would cost for a company most probably to go through the process with the risk of being denied and labeled as reverse hijacker.

At the end of the day, Mike Mann is well aware of "charities", as you can tell by his collection, which is where he got the idea for his "WorldHabitat.org" registration.

They probably thought what a scumbag human being he is, so rather than give him a penny, they went a different route.

From there it gets attention and hopefully the good people see what he really is.

 

[En]

Even charities are looked at as a business opportunity, the parasites have taken over (maybe infested their brains).

 

[Mister Funsky]

Teachers aren't underpaid in Finland like they are in the US

I come from a line of politicians and businessmen and a line of preachers and teachers (evil and good) and watched my mother, sister and nieces struggle financially being in education here (USA).

And as Cal pointed out, the directors and administrators of charities are often paid ridiculous amounts of money...those of us that help and do volunteer work should not stop because a few rotten apples have their hands in the till...just work to expose those that take advantage of their positions (the only thing social media is good for).

Getting off my soap box now...

 

[Cal734]

Published 2014 so I am sure their wages have gone up. There seems to be many rotten apples here.

The top fundraiser at your favourite charity almost certainly makes more than you do, maybe many times more.

No doubt this will shock some donors, seem perfectly appropriate to others. While charity might begin at home, at work it wears a suit, lives in a boardroom and might pull down $800 a day.

Charities are generally reluctant to release salaries of senior executives but the Canada Revenue Agency requires annual reports that include the compensation of the 10 highest-paid employees, without naming them. Quite an eye-opener.

At the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, for instance, the top-paid employee at the Foundation took home between $250,000 and $299,999 a year in “compensation,” which includes salary and benefits, in 2012. Two were recorded in the $200,000 to $249,999 range, two more in excess of $160,000 and 10 were compensated between $80,000 and $119,999.

It is jarring, if you do the math, that it took close to $1 million to employ the top five people who, let’s be uncharitably honest, provide no direct health care. (The foundation says the CRA number is wrong. That only four people were above $160,000, not five.)

CHEO Foundation board chair Vicki Clement says 2012 was an unusual year because the organization was switching presidents and replacing a vice-president. There was an overlap in executive positions, pushing the salary total out of the norm. (The new president is in the lower $200K to $250K range, she said.)

She also said it was important to keep in mind that foundation salaries ($2.3 million range annually) are not paid with direct donations, like the school bottle drive or the $7-million telethon, but from income from invested funds, such as endowments.

“We believe the events that the foundation runs are more complex than those of other organizations,” said Clement.

“These people need to be very skilled. They do need to be compensated at the top positions in order to have the kind of success we’ve had.”

And it isn’t that salaries at the CHEO are so different.

At the United Way of Ottawa, seven employees make between $120,000 and $250,000, though only one is in the top bracket. It, by the way, fell $4 million short of its goal this year.

At the University of Ottawa Heart Institute Foundation, the top “compensated” employee was in the $200,000 to $249,999 range, while two more made between $120,000 and $159,999. This for a foundation that has 16 full-time employees, according to its latest filing. Things at Queenway-Carleton Hospital Foundation were on similar footing: 12 full-time employees, with the top compensation in the $200K to $250K range.

The hospital sector, in particular, seems to pay the most for its foundation executives. Tops at the Royal Ottawa Foundation for Mental Health was a salary between $160,000 and $199,999. Bruyère Foundation came in slightly lower, while the highest compensation at SickKids in Toronto was above $350,000.

Things were ramped down in other sectors, however. At the Ottawa Mission Foundation, the top package was in the $80,000 to $119,999 bracket but five of seven full-time jobs were compensated only between $40,000 and $79,999. The Shepherds of Good Hope Foundation was in a similar range.

People who follow the sector say such salaries are the cost of attracting good people in large, complex organizations like the United Way, which employs about 100 people and raises more than $30 million.

“Some of these charities are significantly large organizations that require sophisticated skills from people who could be making a heck of a lot more in the private sector,” said Greg Thomson, director of research at Charity Intelligence Canada, which follows and rates fundraisers.

“If you look at hospital foundations, does it make sense that two or three people are making $350,000 or more? In my view, unfortunately, it probably does cost that to get some of the best fundraisers.”

Charities are not like governments that are required by law to publish high salaries under so-called sunshine laws. However, the registered ones do enjoy tax benefits at public expense, for which there is a tradeoff in transparency.

“I work for a registered salary. Would I want my salary published? No. It’s a private thing,” said Thomson.

Cathy Barr, the interim president of Imagine Canada, which encourages philanthropy, says the charitable sector is competing for talent in a marketplace that includes government and the private sector. If you need finance or IT expertise, there is a going rate, she pointed out. There are three PhDs in her office alone, she said.

And keep in mind, she added, the competitive universe that includes hospitals, universities, arts organizations — with goals in the multi-millions — and every kind of group in between.

“If they don’t pay competitive salaries, they won’t attract the staff with the skills they need. Or if they do attract them, they’ll have trouble retaining them.”

The bulk of charities in Canada, she said, have no paid staff and are run by volunteers.

“Probably the biggest problem, from my perspective in the charitable sector, is not that salaries are too high, but that they’re too low.”

Well, if you say so. Convincing donors of this, fatigued from many things — including charitable demands — might be the toughest sell of all.

 

[En]

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