Mr. Mason and Everyone,
I will go with Jeff's nose myself. It is generally excepted
that one can smell a pig long before one sees one.... It
appears that the pigs at the trove are not wanting to wait
on each other to dine.... But of course, pigs are not known
for dining manners. But once taught, as your US congress
did with ICANN, pigs learn very quickly lest they become
the entr�e....
Planet Communications Computing Facility wrote:
> In the words of our american fathers - taxation without representation is
> not nice.
>
> On Mon, 30 Aug 1999, Jeff Williams wrote:
>
> > Roberto and all,
> >
> > Financing ICANN with a $1 per domain registration is a tax, and therefore
> > is not expectable as is basing their financing on membership fees. This
> > is a poor financing model. They have had several opportunities for financing
> > from several different sources and either did not follow up on those, or
> > were unwilling to make some necessary adjustments in order to qualify
> > for that financing...
> >
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > > Bill,
> > >
> > > You wrote:
> > > >
> > > > My nose insists upon telling me that I smell something putrid.
> > > > This malady started when on internet.com I first read "ICANN
> > > > Adopts Cyber-Squatting Policy" and then "ICANN gets Financial
> > > > Boost." Is that not what many of us have been concerned about
> > > > for years now, that ICANN was for sale by the highest bidder?
> > >
> > > IMHO, your nose is right.
> > >
> > > That's why I was in favour of financing ICANN in a different way, like for
> > > instance with a $1 fee on domain names, or with a membership fee.
> > >
> > > This would have avoided ICANN to be in need to find other sources of
> > > revenue.
> > >
> > > As Snoopy sais in "Peanuts": "The hand that holds the (food) bowl rules the
> > > world".
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Keep records, troops. This will make a great documentary one
> > > > day.
> > > >
> > >
> > > What I will enjoy most in this documentary is to see all those that were
> > > against alternate sources of funding (membership, $1 domain name fee, and so
> > > on) now complaining that ICANN has taken the money somewhere else, as if
> > > this was not obvious to everybody (and spelled out clearly) since the
> > > beginning.
> > >
> > > Regards
> > > Roberto
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > --
> > Jeffrey A. Williams
> > Spokesman INEGroup (Over 95k members strong!)
> > CEO/DIR. Internet Network Eng/SR. Java/CORBA Development Eng.
> > Information Network Eng. Group. INEG. INC.
> > E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Contact Number: 972-447-1894
> > Address: 5 East Kirkwood Blvd. Grapevine Texas 75208
> >
> >
> >
Respectfully,
--
Brian C. Hollingsworth
Sr. Legal Advisor, International House of Justice Internet
Communications Affairs and Policy
Advisory council for Public Affairs and Internet Policy, European
Union
