More ICANN FUD. I'm not surprised - this process is so corrupt it stinks to the hills and back. Shame. However this whole rolly polly show is being closed - so enjoy while you can. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 26 May 2000 20:57:28 +1200 From: Joop Teernstra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: A word of caution re SS voting membership This message was posted on the 20th, but for some reason didn't get through. At 20:46 18/05/00 +0900, Adam Peake wrote: >Apologies for the delay with this. > >I think Salzburg Seminar's application should be accepted: voting member. > >Any objections? > Dear non-commercial domain name holders, I might as well speak up at this point. Salzburg Seminar is now functioning as ICANN's figleaf for claiming that everybody who is worthy of being listened to (and who is not on somebody's expense account) can attend the ICANN meetings. When its role was announced in Cairo, nothing was said about the criteria for approval of help with travel funding. Applicants had to find out for themselves, from SS's website, <bold> that only members of organizations that are members of the NCDNHC </bold> need apply. Are you all aware of this? The exclusion of non-approved or applicant-constituencies could only have been a policy instituted at ICANN's request. Keep the individuals' representatives out. It is in contravention of the Markle Foundation's stated goal of promoting democracy in Cyberspace governance. If Salzburg Seminar itself now becomes a voting member of the NCDNHC, the circle is closed. As a voting member of the NCDNHC ,SS will have too much influence in determining who will be supported and who will be left unsupported to participate in the all-important physical ICANN meetings. SS holding the money pot that so many (other) NCDNHC members will depend on, should really disqualify it from participating in policymaking processes in the same organization that it exclusively targets for its largesse. But it's up to you all, really, to allow your structure to become corruptible. --Joop Teernstra LL.M.-- the Cyberspace Association, the constituency for Individual Domain Name Owners http://www.idno.org --- You are currently subscribed to ncdnhc-discuss as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
