REVISED POST NOW INCLUDING SOURCE OF WHAT I SENT AS RUMOR Former Washington state Congressman Rick White is believed to be running for a seat on the ICANN Board representing the Domain Name Supporting Organization. Rick White is touted (with a different last name) in an email from Johnathan Cohen of the ICANN intellectual property constituency as Cohen: "a new, secret candidate who may be announcing his intention to run and he apparently already has, or will have the support of business, ISPs and most Americans. I spoke to Steve, and he immediately informed me that this candidate is likely former Congressman Rick Waters, from the Pacific Northwest, who is apparently very well known and has worked in this area." End quotation from cohen - Gordon Cook speaking: White, an attorney with Perkins Koie (Coie?) was elected to Congress in 1994 as a foot soldier to Newt Gingrich. Remember that other Newt foot soldier Esther Dyson who joined....what was it called? The Peace Progress and Freedom Foundation about that time? Remember Newt wanting a lap top for every school kid in the USA? You can bet that the Information Technology Association of America was salivating at that prospect of that one. (Jon Englund is now ICANN's man inside the ITAA.) White ran on a very conservative family values platform in 1994, re-elected in 96 and shortly there after had a nasty divorce and married a legislative aid and lost the last election. But in the meantime during his congressional stint he stood up and tried to take credit for the 1996 telecom reform act. "It's a good bill; its a fair bill; it's the best we could do...." he said. Reminds me of Icann. But 3 years ago my friend Jeff Michka awarded him the grand gaggie for 1996 for the most disingenous statement of the season on a telecom matter -- if memory serves me right. Now White hearing the Internet's siren song went straight for the Congressional Internet Caucus and became its Chair. Then last fall he lost. Back to Seattle and Bainbridge Island and to doing what you do when you lose your seat. Becoming a lobbyist. And my friend in late July or early August 99 turns on C-span 2 and there's Rick White, an attorney leading a discussion on the importance of the Internet with the congressional Internet caucus. What was that all about he wondered? Well, now if Cohen's email is correct, we know. ICANN has taken some real congressional flak this summer. It needs a nice Mr Fixer to channel big corporate assurances that estee and the captin mike and vint and john really have the best interests of the internet at heart. Rick White would be a superb candidate for the corporate interests who want to establish their regulatory control over the internet and their ownership of our domain names and now realize they don't have their congressional flanks covered. This is control over the internet, over the future of telecommuncations and over the ground rules for electronic commerce at stake. Vast sums of money, vast power. Rick's services as ICANN shill to placate congress and lull it to sleep --- what a jewell. What a LOVELY idea. Ah yes Rick White for DNSO board member. Teamed with Jon Englund and ITAA, he'll make sure that the door to Congressional redress is closed. Also note how ATT shows its face below. (ATT works largely through Marilyn Cade who has been cozying up to Becky Burr since the summer of 1997.) Marilyn has done yeoman's work to ensure that our domain names will be owned not by us but by the trademark interests. Note what Cohen says in the email below about CADE's forthcoming meeting of 70 very large hi tech corporations to be updated on the ICANN names council constituency activity. ============================================================================ By the way here is the full source, but not the full list of addressees Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 20:13:16 -0400 >From: Jonathan Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: IPC Conference Call [snip] >In addition, I will likely be going to Washington next week to attend a >meeting being organized by Marilyn Cade for about 70 very large hi-tech >corporations to be updated on the activities of the business, registrar, >isp and IP constituencies, and she has asked me to address them as >President of the IPC, which I have tentatively agreed to do. At the same >time she is organizing a get-together for Peter Dengate Thrush to introduce >him to I don't know who, as an ICANN board nominee and NC rep (I advised >her that he is not a NC rep). While there, I was hoping to meet with Barb >Dooley, Theresa Swinehart and others to try and see if there is a >possibility of getting support for the IPC candidacy. Tod has indicated >that he is willing to assist me, and Marilyn has offered to provide rooms >at AT&T for any meetings we may have. She also mentioned that there is a >new, secret candidate who may be announcing his intention to run, and he >apparently already has, or will have the support of business, ISPs and most >Americans. I spoke to Steve, and he immediately informed me that this >candidate is likely former Congressman Rick Waters, from the Pacific Northwest, who is apparently very well known and has worked in this area. [snip] >Shapiro Cohen >Group of Intellectual Property Practices Ottawa, Canada **************************************************************** The COOK Report on Internet Index to seven years of the COOK Report 431 Greenway Ave, Ewing, NJ 08618 USA http://cookreport.com (609) 882-2572 (phone & fax) ICANN: The Internet's Oversight Board - [EMAIL PROTECTED] NEW - Incompetence or Duplicity? ICANN and it Allies' Stealth Agenda http://cookreport.com/isoccontrol.shtml ****************************************************************
