About the situation with http://www.yourvote.com/pci/

["Alan Deikman" <Alan.Deikman@znyx.com>]

To pci-sig list members and other individuals in the blind-cc to this
message.

I am receiving quite a few e-mails about the situation with Jim Boemler's
web site, which he has felt compelled to take down. I wasn't aware of this
situation until the first of these e-mails arrived, and having looked into
it I think the situation is as outrageous as obviously many of you do.

However, you should all be aware that neither I personally, or my company
ZNYX Networks has anything to do with this situation.  ZNYX Networks is not
currently a member of the PCI SIG. We allowed our membership to lapse a
number of years ago since it was obvious we were not going to be active in
any standards setting efforts.  As for me or any employee of ZNYX Networks,
we are not now or ever have been an official of the SIG.  If you read Mr.
Boemler's web page more carefully, you will note that he does not list me
as anything other than a possible contact, since he mentions he is not
clear who should be contacted, other than the "shark" that is doing the
legal work.

We have e-mailed Mr. Boemler (and cc'ed this message) to clarify our
position, and I will offer any aid I can.

To clarify our position, we run the pci-sig mailing list as a general
service to the community as a whole the same way Jim Boemler does (did) his
web site.  Back in 1992-3 when we first started, there were much fewer
people around who could set up a mailing list so we did it.  As with Mr.
Boemler, we don't get paid for it, and we have offered to turn the work
over to the SIG since we felt that it is more properly a SIG service, but
so far there has been no positive reply. Now I am wondering if I am going
to get a present in the mail like Jim did!   (I really don't think that
will be the case, since we don't do a web page, but the parallel is
evident.)

To any REAL PCI-SIG officials: would you care to post a comment?

Alan Deikman
ZNYX Networks, Inc.