[IFWP] Re: NSI changes the www.internic.net page again

1999-04-10 Thread Jeff Williams
Dean and all, Dean Robb wrote: At 03:55 PM 4/9/99 -0600, Carl Oppedahl wrote: But note that NSI slipped in something that the US government may not have noticed. After 90 seconds, it jumps directly to Network Solutions' own page, just as it did last week. So it still uses the Internic

Re: [IFWP] Re: complain about NSI as registry

1999-04-10 Thread Gordon Cook
Sigh.Michael that has already been done many many times NSI had been running the contract **ON ITS OWN** for almost 2 years before SAIC stepped up to but it. Dean Robb a écrit: Yep, SAIC is a *BIG* player in the military biz these days. My wife works as a system administrator

Re: [IFWP] Re: complain about NSI as registry

1999-04-10 Thread Michael Sondow
Dean Robb a écrit: Of course, (just to keep the Black Helicopter Lovers happy), well-placed phone calls wouldn't be documented anywhere... Who are these "Black Helicopter Lovers" you mention? You mean conspiracy theorists? I tend to try to avoid seeing things as conspiracies, although my

Re: [IFWP] Re: complain about NSI as registry

1999-04-10 Thread Michael Sondow
Gordon Cook a écrit: Sigh.Michael that has already been done many many times NSI had been running the contract **ON ITS OWN** for almost 2 years before SAIC stepped up to but it. No doubt. Of course, that proves nothing. However, I'm no conspiracy theorist, and frankly haven't any

Re: [IFWP] .nic zone populated

1999-04-10 Thread Michael Sondow
Richard J. Sexton a écrit: The .NIC zone is populated as of tonight with pointers to the Country Code domain registies of the world. Well, most of them anyway, the ones we can point to with a unique IP address. Try, for example, http://am.nic or http://de.nic. Where are these being

[IFWP] Re: the Individual Domain Name Owners constituency

1999-04-10 Thread Jeff Williams
Joop and all, And the divisiveness continues Joop Teernstra wrote: Friends, The effort that I undertook in Singapore, together with Jay Fenello and many others, to have the Individual Domain Name Owners recognized as one of the bootstrap-constituencies in the DNSO has been only

[IFWP] Re: the Individual Domain Name Owners constituency

1999-04-10 Thread Dan Steinberg
Ok, here's my support for such a constituency. Joop Teernstra wrote: Friends, The effort that I undertook in Singapore, together with Jay Fenello and many others, to have the Individual Domain Name Owners recognized as one of the bootstrap-constituencies in the DNSO has been only partly

Re: [IFWP] .nic zone populated

1999-04-10 Thread Richard J. Sexton
At 02:30 AM 4/10/99 -0400, you wrote: Richard J. Sexton a écrit: The .NIC zone is populated as of tonight with pointers to the Country Code domain registies of the world. Well, most of them anyway, the ones we can point to with a unique IP address. Try, for example, http://am.nic or

[IFWP] COMMENTS ON M.A.C. RECOMMENDATIONS of MARCH 18

1999-04-10 Thread Michael Sondow
Comments on the ICANN Membership Advisory Committeee Recommendations of March 18th, 1999, Pertaining to The Formation and Function of the ICANN At-large Membership First, it must be said that these most recent recommendations of the M.A.C. seem to ignore entirely not only the lengthy discussions

RE: [IFWP] Re: the Individual Domain Name Owners constituency

1999-04-10 Thread Javier A. Maestre
Also, mine, -- Javier A. Maestre E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (NEW) URL: http://www.dominiuris.com (NEW, English available) old: [EMAIL PROTECTED] old: www.trc.es/usuarios/dibu/ -- Ok, here's my support for such a

[IFWP] http2

1999-04-10 Thread Javier A. Maestre
Anyone knows about this initiative? -- Javier A. Maestre E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (NEW) URL: http://www.dominiuris.com (NUEVA) en extinción: [EMAIL PROTECTED] en extinción: www.trc.es/usuarios/dibu/ -- HTTP2 gives you an

Re: [IFWP] COMMENTS ON M.A.C. RECOMMENDATIONS of MARCH 18

1999-04-10 Thread Gordon Cook
And in typically ICANN like cowardly fashion those who designed the travesity that you critique so well refuse to stand up and say it is I who did this and here is why. One can guess it is R oberts or Sims. Too bad they so far lack the guts to say so and to answer your critique. Their silence

[IFWP] Discussion of Constituency Formation

1999-04-10 Thread Bret A. Fausett
Following the recent posts on the ICANN web site: http://www.icann.org/dnso/constituency_groups.html The undersigned are pleased to announce the creation of a new mailing list to discuss the creation of the trademark, intellectual property and anti-counterfeiting interest group

Re: [IFWP] COMMENTS ON M.A.C. RECOMMENDATIONS of MARCH 18

1999-04-10 Thread Diane Cabell
Mr. Cook: Although you've asked Dan Steinberg for comment, please accept mine as well. Diane Cabell MAC Mr. Cook quotes Michael Sondow: {...} This said, we offer a brief critique of the MAC's recommendations as expressed in the Summary of the MAC Conference Call

Re: [IFWP] COMMENTS ON M.A.C. RECOMMENDATIONS of MARCH 18

1999-04-10 Thread Dan Steinberg
Ok, Gordon I'm here. But I'm not sure what you want from me. I can tell you that Roberts and Sims had absolutely *nothing* to do with the MAC recommendations. Neither of them were present for any telecons I attended. I can tell you that I was insulted by the tone of Sondow's remarks (something

Re: [IFWP] Discussion of Constituency Formation

1999-04-10 Thread Richard J. Sexton
At 01:04 PM 4/10/99 -0400, Bret A. Fausett wrote: Following the recent posts on the ICANN web site: http://www.icann.org/dnso/constituency_groups.html Is says there: The DNSO Formation Concepts statement adopted by the ICANN Board of Directors on March 4, and the draft bylaw changes

Re: [IFWP] Discussion of Constituency Formation

1999-04-10 Thread Bret A. Fausett
Richard J. Sexton wrote: gTLD registrieS ? There's only one... or does this mean "prospective registreis" ? Constituencies are supposed to self-define, so it means what the group decides it means. From what I've read on the lists, there is support for including "prospective registries." ICANN

Re: [IFWP] Discussion of Constituency Formation

1999-04-10 Thread Jeff Williams
RIchard and all, If you remember, there was some discussion and heated debate with respect to Registrie(S) with respect to a constituency... Of course I have yet to see a definition in terms of the DNSO, what a legitimate "Constituency" is... So my comment is yet again, LET THE GAMES

Re: [IFWP] COMMENTS ON M.A.C. RECOMMENDATIONS of MARCH 18

1999-04-10 Thread Gordon Cook
I got the impression from Michaels remarks that the quoted material was what ICANN had adopted. While he is well capable of speaking for himself, i took his remarks as a decent analysis of how ICANN could misuse this structure. I have seen nothing in ICANN's behavior that leads me to believe

Re: [IFWP] Discussion of Constituency Formation

1999-04-10 Thread Ellen Rony
Richard Sexton wrote: In particular, these documents specify that the DNSO will include the following initial Constituency Groups: ccTLD registries Commercial and business entities gTLD registries gTLD registrieS ? There's only one... or does this mean "prospective registreis"

[IFWP] Discussino of Constituency Formation

1999-04-10 Thread Ellen Rony
Should the initial DNSO Constituencies currently identified as "ccTLD registries" and "gTLD registries" be re-categorized as "open registries" and "closed registries," identified according to whether the registry is open to any registrant, worldwide ("open"), or is instead limited to certain

Re: [IFWP] Discussion of Constituency Formation

1999-04-10 Thread Richard J. Sexton
1) GTLD Constituancy So whats the deal here, do I just set up the mailing list and invite everybody to join and ask ICANN to post a notice about this ? 2) open vs. closed domains. By George I think they've got it. In a nutshell, .com and .int and gtlds and .ca and .nu are "country code" [1]

Re: [IFWP] Discussion of Constituency Formation

1999-04-10 Thread Jeff Williams
Ellen and all, Ellen Rony wrote: Richard Sexton wrote: In particular, these documents specify that the DNSO will include the following initial Constituency Groups: ccTLD registries Commercial and business entities gTLD registries gTLD registrieS ? There's only one...

Re: [IFWP] COMMENTS ON M.A.C. RECOMMENDATIONS of MARCH 18

1999-04-10 Thread Diane Cabell
I support most of the MAC recommedations, Mr. Cook. Not all of them, but most of them. I want the At-large Membership to be a large, open, democratic body; not a selective, wealthy group. I want any Internet user to be eligible to serve on the Board of ICANN, not just the people hand-picked by

Re: [IFWP] COMMENTS ON M.A.C. RECOMMENDATIONS of MARCH 18

1999-04-10 Thread Gordon Cook
Diane, most people call me Gordon. Your desires as expressed below are noble enough. But, you also appear willing to extend Mike roberts, joe sims and the board a lot more trust than, in my opinion, they merit. With no transparency and no accountability within ICANN, the board is being handed

[IFWP] Revised bylaw Article VI-B (DNSO subject-matter jurisdiction)

1999-04-10 Thread Michael Sondow
NEW ARTICLE VI-B: THE DOMAIN NAME SUPPORTING ORGANIZATION Section 1: DESCRIPTION (a) The DNSO shall advise the Board with respect to policy issues relating to [top-level domains] THE DOMAIN NAME SYSTEM. (Scope of DNSO jurisdiction clarified in response to public comment.)

Re: [IFWP] COMMENTS ON M.A.C. RECOMMENDATIONS of MARCH 18

1999-04-10 Thread Richard J. Sexton
At 07:06 PM 4/10/99 -0400, you wrote: Your desires as expressed below are noble enough. But, you also appear willing to extend Mike roberts, joe sims and the board a lot more trust than, in my opinion, they merit. With no transparency and no accountability within ICANN, the board is being

[IFWP] Good Berlin Website

1999-04-10 Thread Michael Sondow
For those planning on going to Berlin next month for the ICANN meeting (it's never too early to plan ahead), here's an excellent website with maps, unusual and interesting hotels, and lists of the hippest cafes, bars, jazz joints, dance halls, etc.