I have no religion about the particular choice of fruit/vegetable (yes, I know tomatoes are technically fruit). However, I think we should try to stick to Red and the symbolism of the tomato cannot be denied. It has long been used as a response to bad implementation and that is exactly what we are responding to here. I would welcome your oranges or any other fruit/vegetable of protest, but, I think tomatoes make the best statement. I have no financial or other interest in tomatoes (although I think they're tasty), and there is no tomato cabal of which I am aware. Owen --On Thursday, October 16, 2003 16:02 -0400 Robert Drake <rdrake@sprint.net> wrote:

You guys aren't members of a secret tomato vendor cabal or anything are you?

Is other fruit allowed during the silent protest? I'm thinking about bringing oranges.

:)

Robert

Owen DeLong(owen@delong.com)@2003-10-16 12:01:04 -0700:

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I would also suggest that we try to make contact with a second-harvest or other organization that may be able to use the tomatoes afterwards.

Owen

--On Thursday, October 16, 2003 11:36 -0700 "Wayne E. Bouchard" <web@typo.org> wrote:

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Just a brief statement that kinda goes without saying but I'll say it anyway.

Although I'm not going to be there personally, I do intend to watch the netcast.

I would just ask (and I'm sure merit folks share this) that despite the actions that have been taken by verisign and the conflicts etc, that people please be curteous and not just outright harrass their representatives but allow them to make their presentation as they intend. (The last thing we need to do is lend credence to the statements that have been made in the press regarding this community.)

On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 11:19:59AM -0700, JC Dill wrote:

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Dan and Owen, I nominate you two for the tomato acquisition and distribution committee.

To recap: At NANOG 29 in Chicago, on Monday October 20th at 9:15 am a session on "VeriSign's Wildcard Record: Effects and Responses" will be held, with Mark Kosters and Matt Larson from VeriSign and Suzanne Woolf from ISC:

<http://www.nanog.org/mtg-0310/dns.html>

If you are attending NANOG 29, please attend this session and wear a red shirt. If possible, please buy/bring a tomato. Take your tomato to the front of the room and place them in a pile before Verisign, to make it absolutely clear how you feel about Verisign's wildcards and sitefinder. Please do not throw your tomatoes.

I wish I could be there!

Now to make sure that someone with clue from the Chicago Sun Times and the Chicago Tribune are both there, with photographers. Does anyone on this list have any contacts at either of these papers?

jc

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