Ellen and all,
Yet again good points that point out the clarity of how unworkable
and divisive constituencies that are structured within the bylaws
of a SO such as the DNSO.
So, the divisiveness continues.....
Ellen Rony wrote:
> > That's
> >clear enough: any person or organization using the Internet for
> >commercial activities is excluded. The definition of commercial
> >activities is given in various authoritative texts including U.S.
> >and international trade and commerce laws.
>
> I think these constituency lines are not going to be so definitive as you
> suggest. If someone adds a Netscape icon to his/her website, is that a
> commercial use. If I link my book title to its listing at amazon.com, is
> that a commercial use even though I transact no business directly?
>
> And after you answer those questions, here are a few more:
>
> 1. What criteria will be applied by ICANN to acknowledge a new
> constituency? (I'm thinking education constituency and name reseller
> constituency).
> 2. Is there a limit to the number of constituencies that can be
> recognized? Doesn't appear so from the DNSO concepts ICANN adopted.
> 3. Can the Names Council just grow and grow as new constituencies are
> added? 4. Why does a constituency of 249 (ccTLDs) get the same
> representation as one of 2,000 (say, trademark)?
> 5. Why do business people conceivably get to be in three constituencies
> (say business, ISP and trademark), while non-commercial, by exclusion, get
> to be in only one?
> 6. What are the objectives behind dividing the membership pie into these
> constituencies? Oh, I know. More acronyms. Or to keep us battling over
> constituency definitions while the really important matters get decided by
> the ICANN board -- behind closed doors.
>
> Ellen Rony Co-author
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