Re: [ga] Re: [icann-fra] a france@large e-democratic achievement

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

Annie and all assembly members,

  I believe that Jefsey clearly stated that he was speaking as the
chair of the france@large group, not as anything else as you
seem to accredit him as doing.  I think and apology is in
order here from you Annie....

Annie Renard wrote:

>         Jefsey,
>
> Please, don't speak on behalf of the AFNIC management.
> You have neither the ability nor the authorization.
>
> ---
>         Annie Renard    [nic@nic.fr]
>         AFNIC - Immeuble International
>         2 rue Stephenson - Montigny-le-Bretonneux
>         78181, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines CEDEX, France
>         http://www.nic.fr/
>         http://www.gouvernance-internet.com.fr
>         Personal Email: Annie.Renard@nic.fr
>
>  In your previous mail you wrote:
>
>          As Chair of france@large I whish to share this with you.
>
>          Last year for the @large elections learning from Germany which had been
>          very active,  I proposed the French candidates (including the ICANN
>          nominees) to meet together face to face, inviting the AFNIC. Then we ran a
>          press conference, published several joint press releases and we started a
>          common French language mailing list (we are poor at foreign languages :-) ).
>
>          After the election this lead france@large to be incorporated as a kernel
>          association to support the local and French speaking @large community.
>
>          Our first action was to guest Andy Mueller Maghun at the DNSO and at the
>          AFNIC in Versailles, meet with the DNSO/BC in Paris and to have a general
>          meeting with him at the Parliament. We attended the MDR meeting with Michel
>          Baujard, produced the response to the Staff on @large issues (
>          http://icann-fra.org ). We liaised with several possible @large projects.
>          We are commonly interviewed on ICANN matters by the press.
>
>          The DNSO election to the BoD was an occasion for us to make people aware of
>          the DNSO and of what it may mean to the cultural exception and for the
>          defense of French, European and other cultural values. This extended mainly
>          to French speaking countries (again our poor foreign languages!) with
>          results in Canada, Africa, Germany, UK, USA, etc. I cannot give figures yet
>          as we have reports that Secretariat has not taken yet into account all the
>          registrations they received in the time widow they had specified.
>
>          We were not alone in that effort as several associations, ML, individuals
>          shared into this endeavor. Interest was good enough since France has now
>          proportionally as much DNSO voting Members as the USA. I am happy seeing
>          that 2 candidates (we support both obviously) are French and that our
>          france-fra mailing list includes the 3 French nominees. As the AFNIC
>          Management is also on this  list, you see it is a real non-partisan concept
>          which develops, supported by diversified and even opposing people and
>          interests.
>
>          We intend now to support one or several @large candidates to the AFNIC BoD,
>          a better Web Site and to open relations with Consumer Protection and Family
>          associations, Local Governments and governmental Internet oriented offices.
>
>          Now, I made two dreams:
>
>          1. that what we started in Germany and in France be carried for every
>          country and culture. Many problems would fade away should the ICANN be
>          first an infrastructure oriented association of the National Internet
>          Centers and of Local Internet Communities.
>
>          2. that our icann-fra ML becomes a DNSO/GA sublist so new people may
>          contribute and be educated serve as a vehicle for the real Individual
>          Users, Domain Name Holders, and TM owners constituencies. And that many
>          other sub-lists be careated in as many languages as needed.
>
>          Jefsey
>
>          I want to associate to this all those who shared in france@large including
>          Michel Baujard and Eric Jonvel - now a "opposing" candidate to the BoD -
>          Luc Mangin and many others. I also want to thank all the AFNIC team for
>          being "cricket".
>
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Regards,

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