You want substance? I give you only one case: The case of Afilias. There are many points one could raise against Afilias, I only give you one: They were required by contract with ICANN to spend a reasonable sum to promote .info TLD, but they failed to. ICANN reaction: none Is there some dealing behind the scenes?
----- Original Message ----- From: "Ross Wm. Rader" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Joe Baptista" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "adam beecher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, February 02, 2003 5:58 AM Subject: Re: [TLDA-Members] Fwd: BulkRegister partners with New.Net > This is exactly what I was talking about Joe. A whack of unsupported > criticisms that don't have a strong basis in reality. ICANN makes for a > great target, but you should at least try and sling arrows of substance... > > -rwr > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Joe Baptista" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Ross Wm. Rader" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: "adam beecher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2003 11:32 PM > Subject: Re: [TLDA-Members] Fwd: BulkRegister partners with New.Net > > > > > > On Sat, 1 Feb 2003, Ross Wm. Rader wrote: > > > > > > Words can't express how angry that statement makes me feel Elliot. > It's an > > > > insult to the intelligence of your customers. > > > > > > Adam, > > > > > > Can you clarify this a bit? I spent a lot of time dealing with ICANN > matters > > > and therefore soaking up a lot of the criticism that goes its way. I > would > > > personally agree that a good portion of the criticism is warranted to > > > differing degrees, but certainly not the majority and certainly not all > the > > > time. A lot of it comes from those with an axe to grind and even that > which > > > comes from supposedly unbiased sources is just plain wrong. I'd have to > side > > > with Elliot on this one and really don't understand what it is that > raised > > > your ire to the degree that your words convey... > > > > Maybe the fact that icann claims to be open and transparent but in fact is > > closed and insular. Everyone knows icanns claims to open and transparent > > are just a marketing jingo which has gotten very stale. > > > > In fact it no longer matter is critisims are warranted or not. Icanns > > reputation is so tarnished they have effectly branded themselves as > > something no one wants. Even if they were to do a 180 degree makeover it > > would not help. They damed themselves by showing us a level of hypocracy > > one only expects from governments and politicians - both dirty words to > > many. > > > > Remember the root system is established based on trust, consensus and > > cooperations. This however is a language foreign to icann. > > > > regards > > joe > > > > Joe Baptista - only at www.baptista.god > > > > Pysmatic Network - The start of a unique Internet experience! > > http://pysmatic.ppp/ > > > > > > >
