Taft and all,
Taft Charles Frederick wrote:
> On Mon, 18 Jan 1999, jeff Williams wrote:
>
> > Taft and all,
> >
> > Taft Charles Frederick wrote:
> >
> >> On Mon, 18 Jan 1999, jeff Williams wrote:
> >
> >>> Taft and all,
> >>>
> >>> Well Taft, what can be done is to register an official contest to the
> >>> contract that the ICANN is entering into with the NIST, would be one
> >>> step, all be a temporary one.
> >>
> >> Hmm... a temporary solution will ultimately prove to be detrimental, I
> >> believe.
> >
> > Detrimental is what way? Detrimental to whom? Do you support the terms
> > of this contract? If so, in what way?
> >
>
> Detrimental in the sense that once the temporary period is over, we are
> all back in the same mess.
This seems to be a short sided and defeatist answer on its face.
Hopefully during the review period which is required under government rules
regarding such filings of protest, one can than devise a plan to make some
specific changes that are more broadly beneficial.
>
>
> >>
> >>
> >>> Another step would be to get a petition up to send to the NTIA
> >>> protesting the thus far actions that the ICANN is taking and
> >>> considering taking based on their current public statements.
> >>
> >> This is a much better idea. Very good thinking. If the correct petition
> >> is drawn up, one that stresses that openness, transparency and
> >> accountability, I'm sure I can get the IIN and its backers to commit.
> >
> > Well I don't know whom INN is, but that would be a start anyway.
> >
>
> INN is Internet Network News. IIN is the Institute for Internet
> Nomenclature, who until last Friday had an agreement that INEG would be
> the liason for their participation in the ICANN process. Last Friday,
> they pulled out of the agreement with you, and took their 85,000+
> petitioners, shareholders and stakeholders, and abandoned the INEG
> proposal. On Saturday, they requested that I form an exploratory
> committee to focus development of a *new* proposal.
Oh please, You are sounding like a doddling and incoherent individual
here with this diatribe.
>
>
> >>
> >>
> >>> What do you think of these for starters? >;) There is
> >>> much more that could also be done, but they would be much more drastic
> >>> and of a legal nature of course. Joint class action anyone?
> >>>
> >>
> >> With the amount of unity I've seen since joining this dialogue, I think
> >> that a class action suit would probably backfire.
> >
> > Noted. However I respectfully disagree, depending on how and where it
> > was filed.
> >
>
> Well, we must agree to disagree. I think that the process right now is
> entirely too fractious to maintain any momentum.
Processes like these (Class actions suits) easily take on a life of their
own in many if not most cases. The only real question is whether it is
worth the effort and the money to seek this kind of potential legal
solution....
>
>
> -----------------------
> Taft Charles Frederick
> Chief Executive Officer
> 2AF Engineering, Ltd.
> Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Regards,
--
Jeffrey A. Williams
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Information Network Eng. Group. INEG. INC.
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