Esther and all,
Well you should have pretty good first hand knowledge by now on the
DNSO.ORG proposal in that Joe Simms and Mike Roberts assisted in
putting it together....
Esther Dyson wrote:
> I/we am waiting to see the proposal(s), and the rationales behind them.
>
> Esther
>
> At 09:02 AM 18/01/99 -0500, Michael Sondow wrote:
> >Esther Dyson a �crit:
> >>
> >> Excuse me: I am not giving the keynote speech... this is not a trade show.
> >
> >Unfortunately, it seems that it is going to be a sort of trade show. It's
> >been organized by the ICC and the INTA, hasn't it, rather than the DNSO? And
> >in a place and on dates set by the e-commerce section of the ITAA?
> >
> >> I am - I hope - helping to set the agenda
> >
> >I'm sorry to disillusion you, Esther, but the agenda has been set by the
> >ITAA. Not by ICANN, and not by the DNSO.
> >
> >> and encouraging all of you to come
> >> together into a compromise,
> >
> >How can a compromise between all parties be reached, when all parties are
> >not being allowed to sit at the negotiating table? Are you aware that a
> >closed meeting, from which representatives of Internet users and other
> >sectors of the Internet have been excluded, is taking place on Thursday, and
> >that the ITAA has already lied about the nature of that closed meeting,
> >first saying that it was only procedural and then sending a message to the
> >DNSO saying "We recognize that new or modified material may be generated on
> >Thursday"? And that the organizers of the two meetings have hired a
> >"professional facilitator" (whatever that may mean) whose identity is
> >unknown to the Internet community, which has not been consulted in his or
> >her selection?
> >
> >> not trying to railroad a "winning proposal"
> >> through.
> >
> >Perhaps not. But by giving the opening speech you seem to be condoning the
> >proceedings, which by Friday morning will already have been defined as
> >unfair and exclusionary. After you speak, a proposal is going to be
> >presented that has not been arrived at by any kind of consensus or public
> >process, and which is the work of people who are not members of the Internet
> >community. That proposal will specifically exclude individuals from
> >membership in the DNSO, and say that the DNSO Names Council members who sit
> >on the Board of ICANN must be people from the business community. Are you
> >content to lend your name and presence to this rubbish? If the end-users of
> >the Internet held a meeting at which we proposed to exclude all business
> >people, trademark lawyers, and registries and registrars from the DNSO,
> >something that we never have nor ever will propose, would you come and give
> >the opening speech at such a meeting?
> >
> >Your intentions may be good, but it is clear that you are being used by the
> >ITAA, ICC, and INTA to legitimize what might very well otherwise be
> >considered illegitimate by everyone except them.
> >
>
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