Re: [ga] CONFLICT OF INTEREST

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>]

Danny and all remaining assembly members,

  As you know Harald has banned me for what I believe to be
questionable reasons.  Hence only you Danny will be receiving this
post.  If you like you may wish to fwd it to the GA List.  I would appreciate
it if you would.  But you are not obligated to.

  Now for my actual response to your post:

  I was originally on the TLD mailing list, but saw early on that
it was a "Club"  mentality and had some specific flaws already
in development, so unsubscribed.  I noticed also that many of the
ORSC folks did as well early on.

  A TLD is not "Owned" or "Held".  It is created.  A TLD cannot
nor should not belong to anyone or any single entity.  This is one of the
problems that I see for instance with BOTH of the Verisign Contract
proposals, as do our members.  A TLD is a public trust.  ccTLD's
for instance are under the direct control of the govt of the country
that the particular ccTLD.   gTLD's must be a public resource.

  I agree with you assessment that Patrick is likely treading on shaky
ground with his candidacy for Chair of the DNSO GA.  I cannot
support him for other reasons as well.  Yesterday he sent me a
post privately asking for me to support his nomination.  I ask him
several basic principals that are in the MoU and White Paper.
His answers were contrary to those basic principals.  As a
result I informed him I could not support his nomination.

 There are some basic flaws in the Charter of the TLDA which I have
already eluded to  (Just above) in this post that are concerning.
'However I do believe as do our members that new TLD's of various
types will be created in private industry.  This we view as a good thing
but do not believe that they can be owned or held, but rather only
fostered and cultivated.

  So in conclusion I think that you may very well be correct that
Patrick or anyone that is a TLD operator is likely not well
suited to be in any position of any significance within the DNSO.
And a conflict of interest is present should the be so.

babybows.com wrote:

> On March 22, the Top Level Domain Association was formed (www.tlda.org).
>
> Preliminary participants in this association include six members of the
> Voting Registry of the GA:
>
> Patrick Corliss - Director
> Leah Gallegos - Director
> Miles Eugene Marsh - Chairman of the Board
> John Palmer - Secretary
> Bruce James - Initial Advisory Committee member
> Prof. A. Michael Froomkin - Initial Advisory Committee member
>
> A member of the Names Council, Milton Mueller, is similarly listed as an
> Initial Advisory Committee member, and assuredly other GA members will soon
> declare themselves as participants in the TLDA efforts.
>
> The mission statement of this association represents that it is a:
>  "trade association of Internet Top Level Domain (TLD) holders. This
> organization represents the interests of TLD Holders and will seek to foster
> cooperation among TLD holders to advance the cause of building a stable,
> collision free namespace. All TLD holders are welcome to become members of
> the TLDA."
>
> While I loudly applaud the efforts of the alternate root community to seek
> out efforts to eliminate collisions in their own namespace, I find myself
> deeply troubled by the fact that none of these members that routinely
> participate on the GA list have commented on this development in the midst
> of this GA election cycle.
>
> What has happened to the concept of openness and transparency by which we
> are expected to abide?    The Bylaws of our Corporation point to the need
> for full disclosure of "conflicts of interest" by members of our Board; can
> we expect anything less from candidates to the highest office of the GA?
>
> Up until a few days ago, I was fully prepared to endorse Patrick Corliss for
> the Chairmanship of this Assembly.  These recent events have made me
> reconsider my position.  I respect Patrick's efforts to work in his own way
> towards achieving the goal of a stable Internet; I still believe that
> Patrick is a pioneer and visionary with a heart of gold and a passion for
> safeguarding the rights of Individuals.
>
> But I cannot approve of his decision to both accept a position as a Director
> of the TLDA, and to simultaneously run for the office of Chair of this
> General Assembly.
>
> I look forward to working with Patrick, and with the many of you that
> respect the fact that the worldwide Internet community includes the
> alternate root system - but I believe that in this instance, Patrick made an
> error in judgement... one cannot effectively serve two such disparate
> masters.
>
> Best regards,
> Danny Younger
>
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Regards,

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