[ga] TLDA IS NOT ORSC Was Re: [ga] CONFLICT OF INTEREST

[jp@adns.net]

[MY OWN OPIONION - DOES NOT REPRESENT ANY GROUP OR ORGANIZATION]

TLDA and ORSC have no connection between them besides Richard being on the
board.

The TLDA is an association of Top-level domain holders. ORSC is a root.

TLDA does not operate a root.  There are TLDA board members who have had
their
(big) differences with ORSC.

It cannot emphasised enough that ORSC and TLDA are not the same.

John
----- Original Message -----
From: "Roeland Meyer" <rmeyer@mhsc.com>
To: "'babybows.com'" <webmaster@babybows.com>; <ga@dnso.org>
Sent: Friday, March 30, 2001 10:32 AM
Subject: RE: [ga] CONFLICT OF INTEREST


> > From: babybows.com [mailto:webmaster@babybows.com]
> > Sent: Friday, March 30, 2001 5:25 AM
>
> > On March 22, the Top Level Domain Association was formed
> > (www.tlda.org).
>
> > 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.
>
> You must be unaware of the history between the ORSC and the ICANN. After
the
> ICANN was endorsed, by the USG/DOC, there came a furious round of
proposals
> and counter-proposals, for the DNSO, by ORSC, BWG, and CORE. After Berlin,
> '99', it quickly became apparent that the process was stacked, and the
ORSC
> refused to lend the ICANN its legitimacy. Some of us disagreed and
continued
> our involvement, knowing that everything was pre-arranged but hoping to
make
> some sort of difference. But, most of the ORSC decided to play
> independently.
>
> > 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?
>
> The ORSC and the TLDA are not the ICANN. It is composed of many that were
> systematically disenfranchised by activities of the ICANN and the DNSO.
> Along with openness and transparency was also to have been inclusiveness.
> ICANN/DNSO have been nothing short of exclusive wrt the ORSC and other
root
> zone publishers. The most vocal proponents of this exclusivity were
D'Crock
> and Crispin. Much of their writtings are of "elitist" bent.
>
> > 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.
>
> Isn't this position promoting the exclusivity of the ICANN/DNSO much
> further? The TLDA only is possible because the ICANN forced it into being.
> Most would readily be part of ICANN were they given an equal voice and a
> place to be heard.
>
> > 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.
>
> They are only disparate because the ICANN has forced the disparity. ORSC
was
> once a very vocal supporter of the [IFWP] process and was the first to
call
> for openness and transparancy. The third leg of that stool is
inclusiveness.
> You are making an argument for exclusiveness and fostering the continuance
> of the fragmentation and polarization that is caused directly by the ICANN
> itself.
>
> The ICANN was supposed to be an inclusive alliance of all internet
> stakeholders. Instead, it has become a tightly knit club of an elite few.
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