Hi Ken, and all --
DO NOT SHOOT THE MESSENGER!
You (DNSO.ORG and ICANN) have a simple choice.
Either ignore such rumors and let them fester their way around the
community, or be happy that someone has the guts to surface them so
you can deny them straight away.
By becoming angry at the messenger, you only discredit your own
denials by calling the messenger a liar.
He only reported a rumor, as a rumor, and suggested that a denial is
in order if the runor is false.
For what it is worth, it was third sourced to me before Gordon
surfaced it in public. As such, it was gaining a lot of currency, and
needed to be confirmed or denied in public.
I certainly hope it is false, but given your reponse, and that of
others who appear to be dodging and equivocating, I have to say that I
am not yet convinced of its falsity.
So, please just address the rumor, and be thankful for the opportunity
to openly and straightforwardly counter it with your denial.
The other alternative is for you to shut down the surfacing of these
rumors and thus feed the festering distrust that has built up over the
last 2-3 years of closed door and secret dealings in these matters.
This is the price that a lack of openness will always produce in the
Internet, just because it is so very hard to seal up information in t
eInterent so that no one can leak it. And, it is the nature of leaks
that they beccome distorted rumors in due course.
This rumor has too many credible sources to be ifgnored, but if you
want to ignore it, that is your choice, of which we can only take
note.
After all, it is your choice. Fur Shure;-)...
Cheers...\Stef
>From your message Thu, 7 Jan 1999 08:11:36 -0500:
}
}Gordon & All:
}
}LET ME BE ABSOLUTELY CLEAR ABOUT THIS !!!
}
}THIS ANANYMOUS ALLEGATION IS A BLATANT LIE !
}
}i also believe it is incredibly irresponsible and unprofessional for you
}Gordon to publish unfounded anonymous garbage like this to the lists.
}
}
}Ken Stubbs
}Chairman - Executive Committee
}Internet Council of Registrars (CORE)
}
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}Date: Thursday, January 07, 1999 2:42 AM
}Subject: [ifwp] rumor: dnso.org and trademark community have cut a deal
}
}
}>hello mike and esther:
}>
}>What follows came to my attention tonight. I realize that until it is
}>second and maybe even third sourced it is just a rumor.
}>
}>Is it?
}>
}>I am sure you would like to be able to come back and assure all of us that
}>this "disturbing news" paragraph below is just totally false.
}>
}>can you do that?
}>
}>
}>
}>
}>------- Forwarded Message
}>
}>From: anonymous
}>Subject: Disturbing news
}>
}>I just finished speaking to someone who knows what's going on.
}>Confidentially, he told me that the dnso.org group has taken the
}>trademark people in for 2 reasons.
}>
}>First, they add legitimacy to the dnso.org application. They also
}>have made claims that they have big companies and a lot of money
}>behind them, and they've already spoken with a few ICANN members who
}>are telling them that the dnso.org application will be approved.
}>
}>Secondly, their intention is to get as many of their people on the
}>'names council' as possible, and then pass a resolution that no new
}>TLDs shall be added until the WIPO study is complete. After that
}>delay, they intend to start slowly, introducing one TLD at a time,
}>starting with CORE, and passing a resolution that the 60-day wait be
}>reinstated. CORE has already agreed to this.
}>
}>My source tells me that this is already a done deal, and that the big
}>money and big companies behind it won't allow anything else to happen.
}>
}>... From a concerned party ...
}>
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