Once can acknowledge that ICANN exists without recognizing it as legitimate.
Given its nature & actions, in fact, ICANN merits investigation & replacement.
k
>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.
>>
>>
