Tuesday, July 20, 1999, 1:46:23 PM, Michael Sondow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Joop Teernstra wrote:
>>
>> Ellen Rony wrote:
>>
>> >Economies don't vote. Individuals do.
>> >
>> >MAC presented ICANN with an unworkable solution--a membership too grand and
>> >vague to be authenticated without great cost.
>> >
>> >ICANN is tasked to administer names and addresses. Its stakeholders are
>> >those who have names and addresses or provide infrastructure and services
>> >related to same. In order to have an IP address or register a domain name,
>> >one must have access to computer hardware and connectivity. Those who can
>> >afford such access most likely can afford a nominal membership fee. Those
>> >who cannot, probably likewise do not care about these complex, convoluted
>> >technical issues.
> <snip>
>> This was also the concept of my model for NewCo membership.
>> I agree with Ellen, that there is much merit in the idea of limiting ICANN
>> membership to the assigned name and number stakeholders.
> Do you, Joop? Then why didn't you support the ICIIU criterion for
> DNSO membership (reproduced below) when it was proposed, instead of
> opposing it as you did? Was it because you wanted to split the user
> opposition to ICANN, so that you could take away potential
> supporters of the ICIIU and form your IDNO? Now that you've done
> that, you claim the ICIIU's proposals as your own. Is that honest?
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
> Proposal:
> DNSO membership is open to any person who is the registrant of a
> second level domain name under the generic TLDs, or of a third level
> domain name under a ccTLD whose second level domains are generic; or
> any person directly delegated to represent such a person.
Nice editing job Michael.
Also, your definition is WAY overly restrictive. The IDNO has adopted
a broader, and more fair definition of a domain name owner, and it
does not resemble the above.
Flatly, your allegation in this email is wrong.
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William X. Walsh
General Manager, DSo Internet Services
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