At 08:28 PM 3/8/99 -0500, Bob Allisat wrote:
>http://www.sjmercury.com/breaking/docs/057286.htm ...
>> The initial accreditation guidelines called for applicants to
>> have $100,000 in liquid capital, $500,000 in liability insurance,
The $100KUS is onerous, the liability insurance is a normal requirement and
most corps have that as a minimum.
>> a proven computer infrastructure and at least five employees.
>> Esther Dyson, interim chairwoman of the group's board, said that
>> in relaxing the guidelines the board would allow exceptions to
>> some of the standards.
>
> And how does any non-profit group, individual,
> small business or charity fit into this picture?
> Answer: they don't. Domain Name Registries like
> our embrionic Free Community Network are entirely
> shut out of this plan. Also... what is an interim
> Board doing setting policies with potentially such
> wide ranging effects? Who elected them, where are
> the members, what accountability or records exist
> for these decisions? In order: no-one elected these
> people, there is no membership, no accountability
> and all decisions are made in secret. Sounds like
> a recipe for Olympian stature disaster to me...
>
> Bob Allisat
>
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> http://robin.fcn.net
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