I cannot at all understand the suggestion, which I read in your
message, that participating in ICANN is a threat for ... well, what
exactly, as well as a sort of treason. As long as one is clear and
honest? It is impossible to ignore and route around ICANN. Anyone
connecting to the internet uses root-servers.net. You have a .com
domain.
On Tue, 11 Sep 2001, at 00:38 [=GMT-0700], Einar Stefferud wrote:
> Well, we run some danger of you going to ICANN meetings and spilling
> our beans;-)...
>
> So, you will find some hostility here to people who insist on
> participating in both. We a re not going to try to kill ICANN, but
> we also do not want to put our head in the ICANN guillotine for no
> good purpose other then to lose our heads.
>
> We need to use some stealth in our effort to route around ICANN.
> We do not need to visibly thumb our noses at them, or parade by with
> a brass band to get their attention.
>
> It is hard to agree to ignore them and at the same time work with
> them in their faked up committees.
>
> So, I fear you are going to get you chance to choose paths.
>
> Cheers...\Stef
>
>
> At 00:11 +0200 11/09/01, Marc Schneiders wrote:
> >Is this true? Does it not depend on _how_ you work inside ICANN? I see
> >a lot of people active on the ncdnhc list who 'hate' ICANN as much as
> >possible. Still they vote for the ICANN board seat (maybe without
> >success) if they happen to be on the Names Council. Lets not ostracize
> >each other. I am not putting any money on ICANN. Still, I don't see
> >why I could not participate in some of its processes and at the same
> >time be part of 'alternatives'. I would rather see things in the
> >perspective of the wrong party being in power. Not the power being so
> >entagled in cosa nostra that all I can do is buy a gun and go into the
> >mountains.
> >Anyway, I live in a country that is flat.
>
>
