Monday, August 16, 1999, 10:23:56 AM, Ellen Rony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Kent Crispin wrote:
>>Just exactly how would ICANN proceed in "insisting" that some stuff
>>on *anybodies* web site be removed?
> Fair question. An effective PR firm should be at the ready to provide both
> damage control and issues management, not just corporate promotion. I
> think ICANN should be very concerned that someone involved in the Working
> Group discussions who also has represented ISOC in public presentations is
> spreading misinformation on a major website and passing it off as "News".
> To answer your question, since ICANN hired a PR firm as one of its first
> actions, Ogilvey should issue a worldwide press release in *non weasel
> terms* from the ICANN board that the misinformation being spread on the
> Internet that new gTLDs .firm, .shop, .info, .rec, and .arts will be
> delegated to CORE is completely untrue.
> How hard can that approach be?
> By doing nothing outside this list to counter the disinformation, fud,
> lies, call it what you will, ICANN abets such activity.
Not to mention that ICANN holds a big hammer over CORE, the registrar
contract. If indeed it is not CORE controlling ICANN, then ICANN has
some means of pressuring CORE to get such material removed.
>> Bob Connelly can put whatever he
>>pleases on his web site, and there isn't a thing ICANN can do about
>>it.
> Sure, Connelly and others can post whatever claims they want and push their
> own agenda. And ICANN has a choice of turning a blind eye to such
> disinformation, passed off to the public as "News", or refuting it loud
> and clear, not just admonishing those on this list to "calm down"..
Connelly was quit clear. This information came from CORE down to
people like him, and that CORE members are under extreme pressure to
display the proper image, and reassure their users of things that are
far from certain.
CORE is lucky it is not a US based corporation at the moment. Its
actions are getting very close to that line.
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