[IFWP] The Witness List

1999-07-20 Thread Jay Fenello
According to News.com, the following witnesses will testify at Thursday's hearing on the Domain Name System Privatization: Is ICANN Out of Control? http://www.house.gov/commerce/schedule.htm • America Online, • Information Technology Association of America, • Internet Corporation for

Re: [IFWP] The Witness List

1999-07-20 Thread William X. Walsh
Tuesday, July 20, 1999, 12:20:04 AM, Jay Fenello [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: According to News.com, the following witnesses will testify at Thursday's hearing on the Domain Name System Privatization: Is ICANN Out of Control? http://www.house.gov/commerce/schedule.htm • America Online,

Re: [IFWP] Re: Voter authentication

1999-07-20 Thread Diane Cabell
Weisberg wrote: 2) You need a dry run (probably more) under any circumstance. Practicing on live patients is malpractice. I suggested an election over new TLDs because I thought it would bring out a preponderance of the potential voters (and problems). Even if not binding, it would be

Re: [IFWP] ICANN Membership

1999-07-20 Thread Diane Cabell
Joop Teernstra wrote: 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. I suspect this idea will find sympathy in Joe Sims ear too. g What about

Re: [IFWP] Kent Crispin applies for IDNO membership

1999-07-20 Thread Gordon Cook
and this is a wonderful example of why the constituency process is totally flawed. ICANN was told this weren't they? On Tue, Jul 20, 1999 at 04:00:30PM +1200, Joop Teernstra wrote: Kent Crispin wrote: Agreed. Incidentally, I signed up to be a member of IDNO a couple of days

Re: [IFWP] The Witness List

1999-07-20 Thread Gordon Cook
JESUS.five against one in the definites... scary.. According to News.com, the following witnesses will testify at Thursday's hearing on the Domain Name System Privatization: Is ICANN Out of Control? http://www.house.gov/commerce/schedule.htm • America Online, • Information

Re: [IFWP] Kent Crispin applies for IDNO membership

1999-07-20 Thread Kent Crispin
On Mon, Jul 19, 1999 at 10:58:58PM -0700, William X. Walsh wrote: Monday, July 19, 1999, 10:31:38 PM, Kent Crispin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yep, I sure did. OK, then it will get forwarded to the membership committee. I assure you, as I stated before, the committee will consider it on

[IFWP] ICANN Membership/Self selection works best

1999-07-20 Thread Weisberg
Diane Cabell wrote: Joop Teernstra wrote: I agree with Ellen, that there is much merit in the idea of limiting ICANN membership to the assigned name and number stakeholders. What about corporate holders? Should they be permitted to vote in the at-large? Beware of administrative

Re: [IFWP] ICANN's Internet Community - Fact and Fancy

1999-07-20 Thread Greg Skinner
"A.M. Rutkowski" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As it turns out, ICANN actually has an official "Community Feedback" site that contains an archive of all the "reflections of community consensus." It's the only site, and it's at http://www.icann.org/feedback.html I wouldn't go so far as to say

Re: Re[2]: [IFWP] ICANN's Internet Community - Fact and Fancy

1999-07-20 Thread Greg Skinner
"William X. Walsh" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Come on now Patrick, you know that they mean consensus from the CORE, ISOC, and Trademark interests. Indeed. As others have pointed out, users, small business owners, independent domain owners (holders), etc. have been left out thus far. --gregbo

Re: [IFWP] ICANN's Internet Community - Fact and Fancy

1999-07-20 Thread Greg Skinner
I actually meant to include the poised list as an example of a place where I have seen a good amount of support for ICANN as well. --gregbo

Re: [IFWP] ICANN's Internet Community - Fact and Fancy

1999-07-20 Thread Richard J. Sexton
At 08:00 AM 7/20/99 -0700, you wrote: I actually meant to include the poised list as an example of a place where I have seen a good amount of support for ICANN as well. --gregbo How many people is that ? -- Richard Sexton | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://dns.vrx.net/tech/rootzone

[IFWP] More on Media Bias (was: House to address domain system's future)

1999-07-20 Thread Jay Fenello
At 07:43 AM 7/16/99 , [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jay Fenello wrote: More biased coverage from News.com: What exactly do you reproach to the coverage? If it is the part where he pretends that the NSI critics and the Registrars have not been invited to testify, do you have different information?

No Subject

1999-07-20 Thread Karl Auerbach
Comments on the proposed ICANN by-laws change: The Internet community is invited to make comments on the proposed Amendments. Comments should be emailed to http://www.icann.org/comments-mail/comment-dnso/maillist.html. The following proposed Amendments to the ICANN Bylaws are intended

Re: [IFWP] ICANN's Internet Community - Fact and Fancy

1999-07-20 Thread Karl Auerbach
As it turns out, ICANN actually has an official "Community Feedback" site that contains an archive of all the "reflections of community consensus." It's the only site, and it's at http://www.icann.org/feedback.html I wouldn't go so far as to say that ICANN's community feedback site

Re: [IFWP] ICANN's Internet Community - Fact and Fancy

1999-07-20 Thread Karl Auerbach
I actually meant to include the poised list as an example of a place where I have seen a good amount of support for ICANN as well. Actually if you read the Poised list (I am a former co-chairman of the IETF Poised working group) you will find that the IETF support for ICANN is not at all

[IFWP] BOUNCE list@ifwp.org: Non-member submission from [Roeland M.J. Meyer rmeyer@mhsc.com]

1999-07-20 Thread Richard J. Sexton
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Re: [IFWP] ICANN Membership

1999-07-20 Thread Karl Auerbach
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. I suspect this idea will find sympathy in Joe Sims ear too. g What about corporate holders?

Re: [IFWP] ICANN's Internet Community - Fact and Fancy

1999-07-20 Thread Greg Skinner
Karl Auerbach [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Actually if you read the Poised list (I am a former co-chairman of the IETF Poised working group) you will find that the IETF support for ICANN is not at all clear or unqualified. I don't think I said anything to the contrary. There are several people

Re: [IFWP] The Witness List

1999-07-20 Thread Jay Fenello
Frankly, it's amazing to watch the politics involved in selecting the witnesses for the upcoming hearings. Thankfully, I have information that suggests that the details as reported yesterday by News.com are not correct. Jay. At 09:21 AM 7/20/99 , Gordon Cook wrote: JESUS.five against

Re[2]: [IFWP] ICANN's Internet Community - Fact and Fancy

1999-07-20 Thread Ellen Rony
Monday, July 19, 1999, 7:25:21 PM, Patrick Greenwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 19 Jul 1999, Bill Lovell wrote: Wow! Sounds like [EMAIL PROTECTED] Is there consensus here? HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! All kidding aside, Tony raises an extremely valid point: Where is all this "consensus" that

Re: [IFWP] ICANN Membership

1999-07-20 Thread Michael Sondow
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

Re: Re[2]: [IFWP] ICANN's Internet Community - Fact and Fancy

1999-07-20 Thread Karl Auerbach
Also disturbing is this comment from Esther Dyson's letter to Becky Burr: This Board personifies effective consensus decision-making, and many of its members feel that losing the ability to discuss matters in decisional meetings in private will adversely affect the candor of those

Re: [IDNO-DISCUSS] Re: [IFWP] ICANN Membership

1999-07-20 Thread William X. Walsh
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

Re: [IFWP] Kent Crispin applies for IDNO membership

1999-07-20 Thread Jeff Williams
Kent Crispin wrote: On Mon, Jul 19, 1999 at 10:58:58PM -0700, William X. Walsh wrote: Monday, July 19, 1999, 10:31:38 PM, Kent Crispin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - snip - No, I don't agree to that offensive loyalty oath. I simply ignored it. So you do not support the principles

Re: [IFWP] ICANN Membership/Self selection works best

1999-07-20 Thread Jeff Williams
Eric and all, Compleatly agreed. This has been the basic principal that the INEGroup has supported from the very beginning... It remains so... Good point, although restated, Erick! ;) Weisberg wrote: Diane Cabell wrote: Joop Teernstra wrote: I agree with Ellen, that there is much

Re: [IFWP] ICANN's Internet Community - Fact and Fancy

1999-07-20 Thread Jeff Williams
Greg and all, Agreed. This has been mainly due to the ICANN's either gross inability of their "Outreach" program, or the "Outreach" program is more of a "Dog and pony show" for the NTIA to give the APPEARANCE of reaching out to the stakeholder community Greg Skinner wrote: "William X.

Re: [IFWP] The Witness List

1999-07-20 Thread Michael Sondow
Jay Fenello a écrit: According to News.com, the following witnesses will testify at Thursday's hearing on the Domain Name System Privatization: Is ICANN Out of Control? http://www.house.gov/commerce/schedule.htm • America Online, • Information Technology Association of America, •

Re: [IFWP] The Witness List - INEGroup's Take...

1999-07-20 Thread Jeff Williams
Michael and all, Michael Sondow wrote: Jay Fenello a écrit: According to News.com, the following witnesses will testify at Thursday's hearing on the Domain Name System Privatization: Is ICANN Out of Control? http://www.house.gov/commerce/schedule.htm • America Online, •

Re: [IFWP] ICANN Membership

1999-07-20 Thread Michael Sondow
Karl Auerbach a écrit: ... Was it because you wanted to split the user... It is an interesting notion that there can only be one of any kind of "constituency". I never suggested any such thing. As you may recall, I was an ardent supporter of the Paris draft, and even flatter myself

[IFWP] BOUNCE list@ifwp.org: Non-member submission from [Diane Cabell dcabell@law.harvard.edu]

1999-07-20 Thread Richard J. Sexton
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[IFWP] BOUNCE list@ifwp.org: Non-member submission from [Dave Crocker dcrocker@brandenburg.com]

1999-07-20 Thread Richard J. Sexton
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[IFWP] BOUNCE list@ifwp.org: Non-member submission from [Roeland M.J. Meyer rmeyer@mhsc.com]

1999-07-20 Thread Richard J. Sexton
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[IFWP] BOUNCE list@ifwp.org: Non-member submission from [Roeland M.J. Meyer rmeyer@mhsc.com]

1999-07-20 Thread Richard J. Sexton
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Re: [IFWP] ICANN Membership

1999-07-20 Thread Joop Teernstra
At 04:46 PM 20/07/1999 -0400, Michael Sondow 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

Re: [IFWP] ICANN Membership

1999-07-20 Thread Michael Sondow
Joop Teernstra a écrit: When did I oppose that? Is that not the formulation of the Paris Draft, that I supported? No, I distinctly recall the ICIIU criterion - that only domain name holders become members - was repudiated by all and sundry. Anyway, Ellen was talking about ICANN

[IFWP] My May 14 1999 plea to Vint Cerf was Re: CATO on ICANN

1999-07-20 Thread Gordon Cook
here is the private message I sent vint cerf on friday may 14 before dawn us time and written in st petersburg Russia before dawn US time -- I never received a response. Hi Vint, do you remember Bill Marmon asking you (about 8 weeks ago) if you would defend ICANN in a dialogue with me? I

[IFWP] BOUNCE list@ifwp.org: Non-member submission from [Dave Crocker dcrocker@brandenburg.com]

1999-07-20 Thread Richard J. Sexton
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[IFWP] Consensus

1999-07-20 Thread Kerry Miller
Karl wrote, I question how this "evident consensus" was ascertained. There has been no "consensus count" or clearly stated question on this matter. I do suspect that if such a consensus count were to be made, the answer would be conform to the asserted consensus. However, I must object

Re: [IFWP] ICANN's Internet Community - Fact and Fancy

1999-07-20 Thread Mikki Barry
Equally disturbing is why the Commerce Committee has refused to permit anyone to speak at their hearing who has the integrity and courage to say these things in public. The cover-up for ICANN continues. Gee, thanks

Re: [IFWP] gTLD Constituency

1999-07-20 Thread William X. Walsh
Tuesday, July 20, 1999, 8:02:01 PM, Bret A. Fausett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The Internet community is invited to make comments on the proposed Amendments. Comments should be emailed to http://www.icann.org/comments-mail/comment-dnso/maillist.html. The following proposed Amendments to

[IFWP] BOUNCE list@ifwp.org: Non-member submission from [Roeland M.J. Meyer rmeyer@mhsc.com]

1999-07-20 Thread Richard J. Sexton
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Re: [IDNO-DISCUSS] Re: [IFWP] ICANN Membership

1999-07-20 Thread Michael Sondow
Roeland M.J. Meyer a écrit: I kinda disagree. I supported it. That's true. I remember you did. Not many of us supported it, as I recall. I brought it up in the early IDNO talks too. The issue is future DN holders, those who don't yet have a DN. They join when they get a domain name.

Re: [IDNO-DISCUSS] Re: [IFWP] ICANN Membership

1999-07-20 Thread Michael Sondow
Roeland M.J. Meyer a écrit: I kinda disagree. I supported it. That's true. I remember you did. Not many of us supported it, as I recall. I brought it up in the early IDNO talks too. The issue is future DN holders, those who don't yet have a DN. They join when they get a domain name.

Re: [IFWP] ICANN's Internet Community - Fact and Fancy

1999-07-20 Thread Gordon Cook
Sounds then like you are testifying, Mikki? glad to hear thiswhy have they been so quiet about who is to appear? Equally disturbing is why the Commerce Committee has refused to permit anyone to speak at their hearing who has the integrity and courage to say these things in public.

[IFWP] InterplaNETary Commander Cerf (Was: My May 14 1999 plea to Vint Cerf)

1999-07-20 Thread Michael Sondow
Gordon Cook wrote: here is the private message I sent vint cerf on friday may 14 before dawn us time and written in st petersburg Russia before dawn US time -- I never received a response. big snip Sondow's choice of language when he attacked you for your internet for everyone RFC was

Re: [IFWP] ICANN's Internet Community - Fact and Fancy

1999-07-20 Thread Michael Sondow
Mikki Barry a écrit: Equally disturbing is why the Commerce Committee has refused to permit anyone to speak at their hearing who has the integrity and courage to say these things in public. The cover-up for ICANN continues. Gee, thanks Sorry, I wrote that before I saw that you'd

Re: [IFWP] ICANN's Internet Community - Fact and Fancy

1999-07-20 Thread Gene Marsh
At 11:38 PM 7/20/99 -0400, you wrote: Sounds then like you are testifying, Mikki? glad to hear thiswhy have they been so quiet about who is to appear? I'm on the schedule. I may still be bumped. I hope not. It would be interesting if you were bumped and others allowed to testify. Good

ICANN and Esther Dyson's false commitments Was :Re: [IFWP] Mime-Version: 1.0

1999-07-20 Thread Jeff Williams
Gene and all, Don't feel alone in the fact that Esther Dyson and the ICANN Interim Board's lack of honoring it's commitments. It is not a singular event nor are you or Diabold being necessarily singled out in this respect form Esther Dyson or the ICANN in general. The archives of several

Re: [IFWP] InterplaNETary Commander Cerf (Was: My May 14 1999 plea to Vint Cerf)

1999-07-20 Thread Gene Marsh
Michael, "InterplaNETary Commander"? Has he been demoted from "God of the Known Universe"? ++ Gene Marsh president, anycastNET Incorporated 330-699-8106

Re: [IDNO-DISCUSS] Re: [IFWP] ICANN Membership

1999-07-20 Thread Gene Marsh
At 11:25 PM 7/20/99 -0400, you wrote: They join when they get a domain name. Simple. Michael Sondow I.C.I.I.U. http://www.iciiu.org Tel. (212)846-7482Fax: (603)754-8927

[IFWP] ICANN position on multiple roots

1999-07-20 Thread Richard J. Sexton
17 days and counting... Esther, Mike, Joe, Is there any particular ICANN view on efforts to set up alternative root systems? I'd figured that ICANN would be neutral on it--it's got a mandate to (eventually, if all proceeds a particular way) maintain and manage the contents of the legacy