David and all, I agree it is rather despicable that the ICANN/DNSO seems bent on practicing SELECTIVE CENSORSHIP or unable to properly manage a mailing list ([EMAIL PROTECTED] amongst others) and is, as the ICANN and the DOC is well aware of involved in fraudulent activities with respect to the so called "ICANN BoD Elections" that ended on Oct. 8th. Of course this point up some but certainly not all of their lack of good leadership and various problems. But back to the substance of your reply Dave... It seems again that some tiny segments of the Internet community are again attempting to decide or determine that the already known need and desire of the Stakeholder community for new gTLD's is being used as "SPIN BAIT" for reasoning of being concerned about increasing competition. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Matt and everybody else, > > Please again excuse the CC's, as the DNSO list admin. is > still SELECTIVELY CENSORING some 14 members of this list > without cause. > > Now to the substance of your post Matt. > > I fail to see how the broadly excepted and for years now, desired need > of new gTLD's is distressing. It may be that some rather narrowly viewed > Intellectual property folks are very concerned about this, but many or at > least half have been calling for new gTLD's for some 4+ years now. And > this is also part of the requirements of the White Paper as well as the > MoU also. So, I am finding it difficult to understand your concern, other > than > a potential irresponsible restraint on trade in the Internet arena with > respect > to dierentiation of Domain Names and the expansion of the Name Space > itself. Maybe you could elaborate where, and whom has these concerns > to which you refer specifically? If not, or you don't care to for some > reason, > than I can only conclude logically that this is a ruse or attempt to provide > some specific "Social Engineering" of sorts. > > David "Dude" Jenson > INEGroup-East Director > > In a message dated 11/14/99 8:36:36 AM Pacific Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > << 11/14/99 > > To the General Assembly, the DNSO and Working group C: > > Working group C does not have my agreement or consensus that any new gTLD's > should be approved. I have noticed a very unsettling attempt to push new > gTLD's through as quickly as possible (since I joined the group at the > November meetings in Los Angeles), principally for ideological or political > reasons; by those who prefer anarchy or chaos to structure, by those who > want to upset the existing power structure and give power to a new group, by > those seeking a kind of revenge against NSI and by those seeking personal, > or group economic gain. > > I have been researching, reading the archives and formulating my very > persuasive argument which I shall post tomorrow (Monday 11/15) or Tuesday. I > believe many serious errors have been made as regards the number and type of > TLD's allowed to exist so far; that these errors are limiting what the > Internet can be; and most importantly, that they are seriously limiting the > ease or facility of human interaction with the Internet, and of human > interaction with each other using the Internet. > > These considerations, and these considerations ALONE should guide us in > planning for and implementing the future of the Internet, and if necessary, > correcting errors made in the past. > > Thus, an immediate moratorium should be placed on the addition of any more > TLD's until this issue, and the great deal at stake, is clearly understood > by everyone. Within 1 or 2 days I will be sending out a very clear > explanation of what has been done that limits what the Internet can be, and > what we can do to correct the situation. > > All this talk about new gTLD,s, new registries, whether they should be > non-profit or for-profit, ... is really just private agendas, economic, > political or ideological usually, put forward by individuals and groups of > individuals for individual or group gain. Almost none of it has anything to > do with the real task at hand, and will seem almost irrelevant in the face > of what I have to say to you on Monday or Tuesday. > > Until Monday or Tuesday, > > Matt Hooker > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >> 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
