Jeff, Secretary Daley and Congressman,
I respectfully concur with Jeff Williams suggestion here. It
would be in the best interest if action was taken as soon as
possible in this incident.
I would further add that I am very dismayed and unpleasantly
surprised at Ms. Mary Wiening's response to Mr. Baptista,
and find it quite inappropriate.
Jeff Williams wrote:
> Dear Secretary Daley and Congressman,
>
> I received this exchange (See below) on a public mailing list
> known as the IFWP list. I find it particularly disturbing, as did
> the original recipient the very repugnant and very inappropriate
> the behavior of Mary Wiening <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> in response to a legitimate query.
>
> As a taxpayer and registered voter, it seems to me that such
> such comments in the context of the request made by Joe
> Baptista require some disaplanary action on the part of the
> Department of Commerce forthwith. I hope that you will
> take the appropriate action in this troubling situation. I would
> also request a reply as to what action is being taken to
> correct this sort of concern, if you would please.
>
> Thank you for your time and your cooperation in advance,
> Kindest 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
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject: [IFWP] Re: Spies, lies and Shaw of the ITU
> Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 17:56:24 -0400 (EDT)
> From: "J. Baptista" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To: Mary Wiening <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> CC: General Assembly of the DNSO <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED],
> [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED],
> ARD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> Dear Ms. Wiening:
>
> I am replying to your email communication in respect of a Mr. Robert Shaw
> of the International Telecommunications Union and your obvious
> misunderstanding of your position in this.
>
> I am making this a public issue as I feel it is critical to expose
> publically bad service within the civil service and you communication will
> do very well for these purposes.
>
> On Tue, 21 Sep 1999, Mary Wiening wrote:
>
> > I have no idea why you selected me for this communication. I am not a
> > supervisory official, and the work I do here at the Department of
> > Commerce has NOTHING to do with telecommunications issues. Contacting me
> > about this problem is tantamount to asking a fisheries specialist to do
> > neurosurgery.
>
> Why did I contact you Ms. Wiening. Simply put I pay your salary. If your
> object to this arrangement you know where you can find the door. I expect
> you as a civil servant of a government to which I pay taxes to behave with
> a higher degree of respect. Is that too much to ask Ms. Wiening.
>
> The proper thing to do here madam is forward the communication to your
> supervisor so it can be appropriately filed. Is that too much to ask of
> you as part of the means by which you earn your keep. God help us if we
> get in the way of your hard earned vacation time at doc.
>
> Madam, I've dealt with monkeys having better civilized manners then you.
> Pass this on to your supervisor and have him follow up with me.
>
> > Please remove me from your contact list and refrain from sending me
> > further e-mails or any other form of communication. This is not my area
> > of knowledge and I cannot help you.
>
> No. You now in my bad civil servant list. Let's get your supervisor in
> on this to improve your behaviour.
>
> As with respect of my comments to the GA of the DNSO and GAC of ICANN, I
> offer up this Mary Wiening as the sort of civil servant I do not approve
> of. It is this sort of attitude shared by people like Burr, Becky of DOC,
> elizabeth the anti-homosexual person at the itu who runs these lists, and
> of course our Mr. Robert Shaw of the ITU.
>
> All of these people like Mary Wiening depend on us to put bread on their
> table, bbut when it comes to service, and quality of service, the people
> who represent the governments we pay for are quicker to offer us the boot.
>
> I think it time to respond in kind.
>
> Cheers
> Joe Baptista
>
> --
> Planet Communication & Computing Facility [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Public Access Internet Research Publisher 1 (212) 894-3704 ext. 1033
>
> >
> > Mary Wiening
> >
> > >>> "J. Baptista" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 09/19 3:27 PM >>>
> > Hello:
> >
> > I am writing to you with respect to a number of allegations made by a
> > Mr. Robert Shaw, an international civil servant with the International
> > Telecommunication Union (ITU). Mr. Shaw sits on an international
> > committee with Ms. J. Beckwith Burr, Associate Administrator National
> > Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), Department
> > of Commerce [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> > On September 6th, 1999 Mr. Shaw made a number of false claims to the
> > Telecom-Digest and to a number of newsgroups and persons which claimed
> > Planet Communications & Computing Facility (PCCF) is an organization
> > spying on behalf of and for the account of Network Solutions Inc, the
> > dot.com registrar.
> >
> > We have filed Mr. Shaw's allegations at:
> >
> > http://www.pccf.net/correspondence/itu/telecom-digest-19990906.txt
> >
> > We are an international not for profit firm having most of our network
> > operations in Ohio. We find Mr. Shaw's claims offensive. If you saw
> > or have heard this claim, then we are contacting you to officially
> > deny Mr. Shaw's allegations. And as a US government official with the
> > Department of Commerce, we ask that you help us in limiting this
> > liability.
> >
> > Mr. Shaw has committed an act of libel and slander against us. Mr.
> > Shaw has improperly used his position and ITU resources to pursue his
> > own personal campaign against us. This is conduct inappropriate of an
> > international servant and violates the ITU Staff Rules and Regulations.
> >
> > Mr. Chuck Gomes, Vice President, Customer Programs of Network Solutions,
> > has also denied Mr. Shaw's slander. A copy of Mr. Gomes communication
> > is available at:
> >
> > http://www.pccf.net/correspondence/itu/nsi-reply-19990907.txt
> >
> > I would point out to you, that a review of Shaw's past activities shows
> > he has for the past several years been making public statements to the
> > press and mailing lists that slander people and companies, especially
> > in North America.
> >
> > Our only offense against Mr. Shaw is in effectively blocking government
> > attempts to take over internet governance via ICANN, the Internet
> > Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. I'm sorry Mr. Shaw, that's
> > never going to happen.
> >
> > We will be making a formal complaint to the Secretary-General of the
> > ITU and demanding that the near government organization institute an
> > investigation and upon a finding, reprimand Shaw. In any case, Mr.
> > Shaw conduct should cease immediately.
> >
> > I hope that by contacting you and setting the record straight you can
> > help us in undoing this liability. We at Planet Communications &
> > Computing Facility are not spy's nor have we ever been involved in
> > spying.
> >
> > Thank you for your time.
> > Joe Baptista
> >
> >
> > --
> > Planet Communication & Computing Facility [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Public Access Internet Research Publisher 1 (212) 894-3704 ext. 1033
> >
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
