On Tue, Jun 01, 1999 at 09:08:33AM -0400, Richard J. Sexton wrote:
> >
> >1) In fact, the advocacy it does is on behalf of the 6000 or so
> >INDIVIDUAL members who elect the BoT -- not the 200 or so
> >organizational members, only some of which are commercial to begin
> >with.
>
> Yes, but it's the 150 or so commercial organizations (such as Sun, IBM, and
> so on) that pay $50,000 a pop that are somewhat troublesome.
A great many non-commercial organizations have corporate
sponsorship. Please note that NSI is an organizational member of
ISOC.
> >2) ISOC has consistently argued that the top level domain space is a
> >public trust -- not exactly a commercial point of view.
>
> THis has been debated to death. The public trust thing is a non-starter.
> That way there be dragons.
Immaterial. The point is that ISOC frequently takes a
non-commercial position.
> >3) Using *your* argument -- even if ISOC did advocate a commercial
> >point of view, that wouldn't mean that it was a commercial
> >organization.
>
> War is peace. Ketchup is a vegetable. ISOC is non commercial.
Nice sloganeering.
> >4) Many, many clearly non-commercial entities have commercial
> >corporate sponsors -- the Red Cross, the Sierra Club, the United Way,
> >Churches, Libraries, Museums, Symphony Orchestras, Schools -- all
> >have commercial corporate sponsors.
>
> Aha. Keep chanting: IBM, DEC, SUN....
You keep chanting. I find that it interferes with clear thinking.
Here's another tidbit that just arrived from the ISOC members list:
>HI everyone
>
>am new member to ISOC from Kuwait . and would like to share our experience
>with all the members over here...
>
>THank you for your support.
>
>Regards,
>
>Tariq AlAli
And
>
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