Re: [ga] serious participation in ICANN processes

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

Kristy and all remaining assembly members,

  Your very welcome!  >;)  I know that being clear is sometimes
frowned upon in some circles on this list.  That's unfortunate indeed.
However I try to be blunt, straight forward and to the point, despite
others dislike for plain language...

Kristy McKee wrote:

> Thank you Jeff for stating more clearly.
>
> At 03:13 PM 4/6/2001 -0700, Jeff Williams wrote:
> >Kristy and all remaining assembly members,
> >
> >   I have to agree that in some ways ICANN has been a destructive and
> >disruptive imposition on the Internet as a whole.  The Market's have
> >shown this lately, as have the money folks (Read Venture Capital).
> >
> >   Some of the areas that have declined or been made worse as a
> >direct result of ICANN policy are as follows:
> >
> >1.) Domain Names have been relegated or equated directly to
> >      Trademarks.
> >
> >2.) Registration policy for Domain names has become a murky
> >      proposition and overly restrictive.
> >
> >3.) No longer is there a standardized Whois.
> >
> >4.) Privacy has been trampled upon directly.
> >
> >5.) Registry security has gotten worse and this is escalating as a result of
> >       lack of Registrants to be able to adequately exercise their privacy
> > rights.
> >
> >6.) the UDRP has been a terribly destructive tool against small
> >      ecommerce business.
> >
> >7.) Inconsistency in standardization practice and policy.
> >
> >Kristy McKee wrote:
> >
> > > I guess I've only been participating since 1995, so that doesn't make me an
> > > old timer.
> > >
> > > There should have been an option C, so that modifications could have
> > been made.
> > >
> > > The Internet worked better when there was a monopoly.  The rules were
> > > simple:  first come first serve.  Problems were easily resolved over
> > > trademark and copyright issues within the courts, etc.  I think ICANN is
> > > several steps backwards.
> > >
> > > You did not list any good thing they have done as far as I'm concerned.
> > >
> > > Thanks for trying.
> > >
> > > :)
> > >
> > > ~k
> > >
> > > At 08:08 PM 4/6/2001 +0200, Roberto Gaetano wrote:
> > > >Kristy,
> > > >
> > > >>
> > > >>Please list the "good things" ICANN has done so all of us are made
> > aware of
> > > >>their good behavior.  I think it's important to note because ICANN
> > appears
> > > >>to not be interested in the good of the public; but only their direct
> > > >>sponsors and if they are infact doing good things I for one would like to
> > > >>know about it.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >Once upon a time there was a company that had the complete monopoly over
> > > >the generic TLDs, as Registry and as Registrar ;>).
> > > >It seems ages, but it was just a couple of years ago when five new
> > > >Registrars were allowed to compete with NSi at the Registrar level, and
> > > >just few months ago the basis for the introduction of new generic TLDs has
> > > >been put.
> > > >
> > > >To the people like me, that have been fighting for years to achieve this
> > > >result, it seems an achievement. And it does not seem to me that it was so
> > > >obvious that ICANN could have achieved it: still in Cairo (one year ago) I
> > > >was discussing with other old-timers about what could have been the next
> > > >roadblock.
> > > >
> > > >We do (at least some of us do) criticize the "OptionB" contract, but we
> > > >have to admit that it is still a long way from the "OptionZero", which was
> > > >basically "NSi has it all".
> > > >
> > > >Regards
> > > >Roberto
> > > >
> > > >
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> >Jeffrey A. Williams
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Regards,

--
Jeffrey A. Williams
Spokesman for INEGroup - (Over 118k members strong!)
CEO/DIR. Internet Network Eng/SR. Java/CORBA Development Eng.
Information Network Eng. Group. INEG. INC.
E-Mail jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com
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Address: 5 East Kirkwood Blvd. Grapevine Texas 75208


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