>Date: Sat, 21 Aug 1999 09:25:52 -0400 >To: "Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School of Law" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >From: David Post <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [IFWP] IDNO letter >Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], Joop Teernstra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > Dave Farber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > "Esther Dyson, EDVenture Holdings" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > [EMAIL PROTECTED], > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David R. Johnson -- Counsel Connect), > [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > i.edu> >References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]@karachinsky> >Mime-Version: 1.0 >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > I continue to think that the Board's role in this 'constituency >accreditation' process is a very, very bad idea. The struggle to >determine who's "in" and who's "out" is destructive of any attempt to >build this into a true consensus organization. Natural constituencies >will form of their own accord -- Lord knows the net facilitates this. >The Board should not be determining a priori whether the IDNO, or >someone else, truly "speaks" for the entire universe of individual >domain name holders -- that is, forgive me, a bit ridiculous. They >speak, we may assume, for someone. If they have a reasoned position in >regard to some policy that the Board may be considering, let their >voice be heard. Let them persuade you THEN that their position is >reasonable and that they speak for a valid "constituency" -- let them >come forward with evidence that its not just Joop Teernstra, or someone >else, but a collective voice representing a large segment of the >community. If they can't do that THEN, you do not have to take them >seriously; if they can, you do. >David > >**** >David Post -- Temple Univ. School of Law >202-364-5010 215-204-4539 [EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://www.temple.edu/lawschool/dpost.html >Also, see http://www.icannwatch.org >**** > > >---------- Forwarded message ---------- >Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 14:34:16 -0400 >From: Esther Dyson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: Joop Teernstra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: [IFWP] IDNO letter > >Dear Joop and colleagues - > >I'm writing to respond personally to your proposal for an Individual Domain >Name Holders' Constituency. As you know, the Initial Board decided not to >consider it in Berlin because it was not among the seven constituencies we >hoped to see form to constitute the full DNSO. At this point, we are still >hoping to approve conditionally the last of the seven original >constituencies, and allow the process of enlarging the board to move forward. > >That means that the Initial Board won't be considering your petition this >time either, since we're still working on the first seven. > >Let me say personally that I am not totally comfortable with this >decision. Given that the At-Large Membership is not yet constituted, I >think it important that individuals' concerns have some representation >within the DNSO. > >However, there are two other points worth noting. > >First is that the representativeness of the IDNO is still questionable; it >faces many of the same challenges of outreach and breadth that the ICANN >Initial Board faces in trying constitute its At-Large membership. Creating >the IDNO now may be a way of avoiding rather than solving this problem. > >Second, I am more concerned that the voices and interests of individuals be >*represented* in the work of the DNSO, than with precisely how that happens. >Although the process is certainly messy, the concerns of individuals and >individuals' rights are now being heard within the DNSO working groups - >although perhaps not as effectively as they should be. Making sure that >that process works is where I think we should be focusing our attention >right now. > >Esther Dyson >personally, as a *member* of the Initial Board but not for it > > > > > > > -- This program posts news to thousands of machines throughout the entire civilized world. Your message will cost the net hundreds if not thousands of dollars to send everywhere. Please be sure you know what you are doing. Are you absolutely sure that you want to do this? [ny]
