Re: [ga] Re: Documentation request

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

Bill and all assembly members,

William S. Lovell wrote:

>    L Gallegos wrote:
>
> > I fully agree that the at-large is important in addressing both the
> > DNS and IP addressing.   However, I still believe that the DNSO
> > needs an individual domain name holders constituency, as there is
> > no representation there for those individuals.
> >
> > The at-large is a different ball game.
> >
> > Leah
>
> Those are indeed two quite different critters.

  Indeed they are!  But of course this is really quite obvious...

> As part of the DNSO,
> the GA is concerned with domain names; the At-Large would be
> concerned with everything that concerns ICANN (and a lot that
> ought not to concern ICANN, but it has its nose into them anyway.)

  Exactly!

>
> The At Large bypasses the NC and thus avoids its road block,
> and might indeed be better suited for a lot to the things that the
> GA has for years ineffectually pretended to address.

  Yes.  And this is seemingly a circular occurrence or activity.

>
>
> CAUTION -- BRAIN AT WORK: Now, if you have a group
> wrapped around domain names, then you will necessarily
> have vested interests.

  Indeed you do if they are commercial in nature, be they non-profit
or not.

>  You will have the self-centric egos
> that Joanna recently commented on.  But in an At-Large,
> there is no such liability.

  This is not entirely true of the At-Large, but you are on the right
track.

>  Maybe we should toss the GA
> and let the economic interests there do battle with each
> other in the kind of "marketplace" thing that our good friend
> William X Walsh loves so much, and as to the Internet as a
> whole --in the interests of its users rather than those who
> profit from it -- run with the At-Large instead? Hmmm???

  I don't think that your suggestion, all be it in jest, is a viable
one.
However WXW's position or opinion is not to be looked upon
lightly either.  The Marketplace is made up of all sorts or entities
including individuals.

>
>
> Life is but a series of possibilities.

  And sometimes those possibilities culminate in a "Train Wreck" ....

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
Contact Number:  972-447-1800 x1894 or 214-244-4827
Address: 5 East Kirkwood Blvd. Grapevine Texas 75208


--
This message was passed to you via the ga-full@dnso.org list.
Send mail to majordomo@dnso.org to unsubscribe
("unsubscribe ga-full" in the body of the message).
Archives at http://www.dnso.org/archives.html