This sort of thing has been discussed here before. To be aware of the DNSO all you need is access to a computer - I'm not surprised a telco civl servant would be ignorant of that. On Wed, 1 Mar 2000, Jean-Michel Becar wrote: > Kent and Nii, > > Please don't say that I said that developing countries doesn't have a stake > in the DNS story , I just said that everybody who is aware of the DNSO and > ICANN has at least 20 dollars in pocket to participate!!! That's something > different. Because to be aware of ICANN you need at least a computer and a > modem, isn't it? > > About the At Large : it costs nothing so no problem for everybody to > participate. You still need a computer and a modem so what about people not > having that materiel?????? and they have a stake because those are the > future user and buyer of domain names !!!!!! > > But if we need resources to build a DNSO GA membership structure, MAY BE we > will need some money and I think 20$ is reasonable and we can also study the > case of people not having the money for example people coming from > developing countries but IMHO I don't think that people who don't have 20$ > really care about the DNSO -- that's different of they don't have a stake -- > because those people are first looking for food, water, or how to make their > lands productive before to go to buy a computer and a modem !!! > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kent Crispin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2000 12:41 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [ga] Who has standing > > > On Wed, Mar 01, 2000 at 11:47:52AM +1300, Joop Teernstra wrote: > > > > > Nii is absolutely right. > > Indeed he is. > > > There are many people without computers who participate on the Net. They > > have the right to be at large members in ICANN. > > > > But these are largely not the people who register Domains or have > > otherwise a stake in the DNS to justify their membership of the DNSO GA. > > People who don't have domain names clearly have a stake in the DNS, > because they will get domain names in the future. For example, policies > that led to domain names costing hundreds of dollars each have vastly > different consequences than policies that lead to domain names costing a > dollar. By your reasoning developing countries that currently have very > few domain names don't have any stake in the DNS, and can therefore be > ignored. That is patently false. > > -- > Kent Crispin "Do good, and you'll be > [EMAIL PROTECTED] lonesome." -- Mark Twain > -- > This message was passed to you via the [EMAIL PROTECTED] list. > Send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to unsubscribe > ("unsubscribe ga" in the body of the message). > Archives at http://www.dnso.org/archives.html > -- > This message was passed to you via the [EMAIL PROTECTED] list. > Send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to unsubscribe > ("unsubscribe ga" in the body of the message). > Archives at http://www.dnso.org/archives.html >
