On Sat, Jul 24, 1999 at 06:27:08PM -0700, Karl Auerbach wrote:
> > Oh. I see. The "Internet community" can get their data back by
> > collectively buying up a majority of the shares in NSI, and forcing
> > the directors to return it.
> >
> > You *are* joking, aren't you? I hope?
>
> What is the joke is that NSI, a private for-profit company, is far more
> open and responsive than is ICANN.
Karl, you are speaking utter nonsense. One can complain that ICANN
is not as responsive as a government should be. But it is sheer
lunacy to say that NSI's operations come anywhere near the standards
that have been set for ICANN.
> One can only cry at the fact that ICANN has run up such a dept to Jones
> Day and Mike Robert's family company that future boards will be doing
> nothing but raising funds to pay off the debts incurred by the current
> opaque board.
>
> And what did it take to find out that ICANN is legally insolvent - a
> Congressional hearing!
Actually, it was reported in the media substantially before the
hearing took place. What is true is that the hearing derailed the
funding plan that was to address the budgetary problems.
--
Kent Crispin "Do good, and you'll be
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