[ga] Re: [ALSC-Forum] Options A,B,C

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

Karl and all stakeholders or interested parties,

Karl Auerbach wrote:

> I certainly hope that people do not treat these so-called "options" as
> hard channels into which thinking must flow.

  My feelings as well, as I indicated in my earlier post on this thread.

>
>
> I find these "options" to be more akin to mental straitjackets than useful
> tools of analysis.

  Agreed.  However they are rather clever or deceiving as such.

>  I am particularly sad to see that all the "options"
> seem to accept without question the continued existance of "Supporting
> Organizations".

  Yes.  "Supporting Organizations" as defined by the ICANN BoD and not
the stakeholders are therefore so limited.  Another limiting of thinking...

>
>
> To the extent that ICANN has elements that carve out privileged roles for
> various industry groups - registrars, registries, ISPs, trademark holders,
> etc - then to that extent democratic values are diminished, perhaps to the
> point of vanishing.

  Agreed, but sadly and disgustingly so...

>
>
>                 --karl--

Regards,

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