Mr. Baptista and Everyone,
It seem very odd that some of Mr. Shaw's rather dubious reputation could
have ever found himself on the GAC as has I believe been pointed out
on several occasions. Whatever possessed the NTIA or the ICANN
Board to allow such a person to be on the GAC is beyond my ability
to comprehend. However we have other similar examples in recent
years with respect to the Olympic Committee in one, Kurt Waldhime
for instance.... It is interesting how soon people forget the lessons of
history isn't it?
J. Baptista wrote:
> On Sun, 10 Oct 1999, Kent Crispin wrote:
>
> > Santiago meeting; how to deal with the press, and a bunch of other
> > stuff.
> >
> > http://wxw.dso.net/ca-steering, on the other hand, documents a major
> > rift.
>
> Interesting stuff. I noticed I had alot to do with the rift. The
> committee members keep insisting I don't exist and that no one takes me
> seriously, yet they spent enough time writing about me ;-)
>
> Most entertaining.
>
> Oh well, the only important thing here is that you can't hold the idno up
> to account. It's still a developing organization. The membership numbers
> have little significance in the real world. I've keep telling them to
> increase the numbers. If the IDNO could set aside it's personal
> prejudices, which I have seen as being anything from rants and defamatory
> remarks against members .. to calling women dogs - don't ask - I had a
> hard time with it myself.
>
> But as I said, if it could set aside the garbage and concentrate on some
> number crunching and get the membership numbers up, I feel confident the
> IDNO can make a difference to ICANN and the DNSO.
>
> A good example was my privacy was violated by one of the committee
> members. Instead of dealing with it, the committe member defends himself
> by saying my actions are simular to the actions we have taken agains
> robert shaw, which is completely out to lunch - which see ..
>
> http://wxw.dso.net/ca-steering/msg00100.html
>
> in which good ol William Walsh said ..
>
> "He will raise a stink, yes, somewhat similar to his little game with
> Bob Shaw, but we all know no on took that seriously, and no one would take
> him seriously on this either."
>
> Bob Shaw is a rare bar fly in the wind, who has called us US Spy's.
> That's very different from violating our privacy.
>
> Because of the IDNO problems, I want to ensure the DNSO understands we do
> not support the IDNO's membership at this time. The IDNO needs time to
> grow and establish itself. Unlike ICANN it should refrain from jumping
> into the fire until it's ready to take the heat.
>
> Cheers
> Joe Baptista
>
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Regretfully,
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Brian C. Hollingsworth
Sr. Legal Advisor, International House of Justice Internet
Communications Affairs and Policy
Advisory council for Public Affairs and Internet Policy, European
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