RE: [IFWP] Latest on the Australian censorship

1999-08-31 Thread R . Gaetano
Tony Rutkowski pointed out: Hi Roberto, The way I understand it, there is no obligation from ICANN to consult the governments (in particular those who choose not to participate in the GAC). au contraire (sorry I don't know the Italian). The Board will notify the chairman of the Govern

Re: [IFWP] Letter from Santiago

1999-08-31 Thread Jeff Williams
Roberto and all, Ben's response to Joop not withstanding It is plainly evident, as has been the norm that seamless provisioning for remote participation is not very high on The ICANN (initial?) Interim Boards list of priorities, much along the same lines as Esther Dysons errant comment regardin

RE: [IFWP]

1999-08-31 Thread R . Gaetano
Mark, You wrote: > > It is unclear to me whether you are speaking in an advisory > capacity for the > governments or in a private capacity interpreting the ICANN > bylaws. AFAIK, no government in the world is so clueless to accept advice from myself, not to even speak about paying for it ;>).

[IFWP] [Fwd: [apnic-talk] [apnic-announce] ICANN accepts ASO proposal]

1999-08-31 Thread Jeff Williams
All, FYI: -- Jeffrey A. Williams Spokesman INEGroup (Over 95k members strong!) CEO/DIR. Internet Network Eng/SR. Java/CORBA Development Eng. Information Network Eng. Group. INEG. INC. E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] Contact Number: 972-447-1894 Address: 5 East Kirkwood Blvd. Grapevine Texas 75208

RE: [IFWP] Letter from Santiago

1999-08-31 Thread R . Gaetano
Ben, Thank you for the comprehensive report of the difficulties you have. I believe that you are doing a wonderful job, and I have the feeling of not being alone in thinking this way. I also believe that you overreacted to Joop's message, but I can try to explain how this could have happened (of

[IFWP] Re: Another Test of Media Bias

1999-08-31 Thread Jay Fenello
Hi Chris, Thank you for being one of the first reporters to *publicly* respond to my continuing claims of media bias. In probably 10 postings now, I've pointed out how the press has been suppressing the real story about ICANN. About how ICANN is really about the establishment of Internet Go

[IFWP] Follow the Money: an Inside View of ICANN Fundraising

1999-08-31 Thread Gordon Cook
Follow the Money: an Inside View of ICANN Fundraising The COOK Report has received the full text of nine email messages detailing ICANN's efforts in June to stave off bankruptcy. It has obtained independent verification that they are messages that were given by ICANN to the House Commerce Co

[IFWP] Clarification (was Re:letter from Santiago)

1999-08-31 Thread Joop Teernstra
Ben and the Berkman Center, I didn't see your posting yet, but from another posting I see that you have been sensitive to be associated with the shenanigans of others, simply because of a net-mishap. Let me state here for the record that nothing of the kind should be inferred. On the contrary, as

[IFWP] Hotmail - big meeting in progress

1999-08-31 Thread Planet Communications Computing Facility
Bill Gates has called most of the MicroSoft team involved with HotMail and his passport/microsoft/portal concept. Lot's of screaming as gates point's out their collective balls are in a noose "not my words - just translation" and that windows share of the OS market may drop again this year to li

[IFWP] Re: [ga] Clarification: "Ad Hoc Group" Taxing IP numbers perhaps?

1999-08-31 Thread Jeff Williams
Jeffm and all, Depends on what you mean by "Start Taxing" here. See: RFC 1918 and RFC2050. If you are talking about the USE of IP numbers, than I hope not, or at least if so it is likely to meet with the same opposition that the DN tax idea that went down quickly. If you are suggestion that o

Re: [IFWP] Letter from Santiago - Berkmans/ICANN's poor planing, again...

1999-08-31 Thread Jeff Williams
Ben and all, I had to comment on this.. (See more below) Ben Edelman wrote: > Joop wrote: > > (presumably referring to a portion of the 8/26 Board Meeting?) > > > > We were not the only ones to miss it. The audio/video server happened to > be > > down too, for 20 minutes. > > So the only re

Re: [IFWP] Latest on the Australian censorship

1999-08-31 Thread Jeff Williams
Roberto and all, You seem to be still missing the point here Roberto. None of the GAC representatives were the choices of their respective countries. This includes Christopher Wilkinson. The EU is highly upset at present that they were not consulted prior to Christopher Wilkinson being "Appoi

[IFWP] [Fwd: Last Call For Participation in Mobile-IPv6 Connectathon]]

1999-08-31 Thread Jeff Williams
All, FYI... -- Jeffrey A. Williams Spokesman INEGroup (Over 95k members strong!) CEO/DIR. Internet Network Eng/SR. Java/CORBA Development Eng. Information Network Eng. Group. INEG. INC. E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] Contact Number: 972-447-1894 Address: 5 East Kirkwood Blvd. Grapevine Texas 75208

[Attention Becky Burr, William Dailey, and The House Commerce Commision] Re: [IFWP] Latest on the Australian censorship

1999-08-31 Thread Jeff Williams
Roberto and all, one has to remember that the members of the GAC are "Appointed" by the ICANN (Initial?) Interim board (See Article VII and Article III of the ICANN bylaws for further reference). Hence insuring that the stakeholders have a "CHOICE" in whom represents their interests as a GAC m

Re: [IFWP]

1999-08-31 Thread Mark R Measday
Roberto, It is unclear to me whether you are speaking in an advisory capacity for the governments or in a private capacity interpreting the ICANN bylaws. BTW, how are Vienna and the reactors? MM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Mark, > > You wrote: > > > > One of the questions to which I didn't get

Private Response to:Re: [IFWP] Letter from Santiago

1999-08-31 Thread Jeff Williams
Joop, A private response here. Have you let Becky Burr know about any of this or these events yet? You should in official letter to her and a separate one to the Secretary of Commerce as well. I would also suggest that you have Dennis possibly with a drafted official IDNO letter send it to t

[IFWP] your spam

1999-08-31 Thread A.M. Rutkowski
Since the address used for this mailing could only have been culled from my email messages - generally only to this list - I'm curious if anyone else on the list has been Esther spammed. It's somehow "poetic" that in 8 months she has never once chosen answer a single query or engage in a substant

RE: [IFWP] Latest on the Australian censorship

1999-08-31 Thread A.M. Rutkowski
Hi Roberto, The way I understand it, there is no obligation from ICANN to consult the governments (in particular those who choose not to participate in the GAC). au contraire (sorry I don't know the Italian).   The Board will notify the chairman of the Governmental   Advisory Committee of any p

RE: [IFWP] Latest on the Australian censorship

1999-08-31 Thread R . Gaetano
Mark, You wrote: > > One of the questions to which I didn't get an answer in Chile was what > constitutes a quorum of interest sufficient for ICANN to accept GAC's > advice. If > GAC is the voice of thirty or forty governments, it is presumably not > the voice > of the other 160 plus. Is ICANN s

Re: [IFWP] Letter from Santiago

1999-08-31 Thread Ellen Rony
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > That said, I am curious. I have no idea how/why/where/when you managed >to get > the impression from Joop's comments that there was any conspiracy or in fact > any intended slur. It may have been the only inference you were able to >draw, > but it is probably the only

Re: [IFWP] Letter from Santiago

1999-08-31 Thread Diane Cabell
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > That said, I am curious. I have no idea how/why/where/when you managed to get > the impression from Joop's comments that there was any conspiracy or in fact > any intended slur. It may have been the only inference you were able to draw, > but it is probably the only i

Re: [IFWP] Letter from Santiago

1999-08-31 Thread Diane Cabell
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > That said, I am curious. I have no idea how/why/where/when you managed to get > the impression from Joop's comments that there was any conspiracy or in fact > any intended slur. It may have been the only inference you were able to draw, > but it is probably the only i

Re: [IFWP] GAC: mandatory or advisory advice?

1999-08-31 Thread A.M. Rutkowski
Mark, you missed my point.  ALL GAC advice is advisory; none is mandatory. The ICANN Board is free to give it whatever weight it (the Board) feels it deserves.  I note again that any national government is free to participate in the GAC; if they choose not to, that is their choice, not ICANN's or

Re: [IFWP] GAC: mandatory or advisory advice?

1999-08-31 Thread Joe Sims
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[IFWP] ICANN/GAC quorum/funding questions

1999-08-31 Thread Mark R Measday
The following email was sent to you misleadingly carrying the title used by the previous correspondent. Apologies. One of the questions to which I didn't get an answer in Chile was what constitutes a quorum of interest sufficient for ICANN to accept GAC's advice. If GAC is the voice of thirty or

Re: [IFWP] Letter from Santiago

1999-08-31 Thread dstein
Ben, FWIW I think you have been doing a great job against all odds. Also thanks for the insights into the technical environment you were dealing with. That said, I am curious. I have no idea how/why/where/when you managed to get the impression from Joop's comments that there was any conspiracy

Re: [IFWP] GAC: mandatory or advisory advice?

1999-08-31 Thread Mark R Measday
Joe, I think the majority of participants on this list would have no respect for Mr Rutkowski were he not known to be acting intelligently as devil's advocate. Whether ICANN is or will be formally or informally required to follow GAC advice, I assume is a matter for private consultation between

Re: [IFWP] Latest on the Australian censorship

1999-08-31 Thread Mark R Measday
One of the questions to which I didn't get an answer in Chile was what constitutes a quorum of interest sufficient for ICANN to accept GAC's advice. If GAC is the voice of thirty or forty governments, it is presumably not the voice of the other 160 plus. Is ICANN supposed to consult the others pri

Re: [IFWP] Letter from Santiago

1999-08-31 Thread Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School of Law
FWIW some of us think Berkman did a great job. -- A. Michael Froomkin |Professor of Law| [EMAIL PROTECTED] U. Miami School of Law, P.O. Box 248087, Coral Gables, FL 33124 USA +1 (305) 284-4285 | +1 (305) 284-6506 (fax) | http://www.law.tm --> It's hot and humid

Re: [IFWP] Letter from Santiago

1999-08-31 Thread Ben Edelman
Joop wrote: (presumably referring to a portion of the 8/26 Board Meeting?) > > We were not the only ones to miss it. The audio/video server happened to be > down too, for 20 minutes. > So the only record we have are the scribe notes at > http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/icann/santiago/archive/ > > Unfortu

RE: [IFWP] Latest on the Australian censorship

1999-08-31 Thread R . Gaetano
Richard, You wrote: > > So what do you know about your countries involvment inthe > Gac, Roberto ? > Thanks for asking with the plural, because I tend to lose track on which is really *my* country ;>). To tell you the truth, I feel that at this point in time the EU is representing more than o

RE: [IFWP] Latest on the Australian censorship

1999-08-31 Thread Richard J. Sexton
>I guess each person on this list may watch closely his/her country's rep on >the GAC, and put pressure on his/her Government to appoint the best people, >but you cannot expect ICANN to do this research for each of the 200+ >Governemnts. In fact, if I was a Government ;>), I would be upset if ICAN

RE: [IFWP] Latest on the Australian censorship

1999-08-31 Thread A.M. Rutkowski
Roberto, different choice, picking a different "initial list", but I don't think it is really ICANN's duty to select in each Government the person that is supposed to represent best the "real" Government Internet interests: it is The process didn't require a lot of intellectual prowness. The rea