Re: [ga] french candidate Eric Jonvel - ICANN meeting inMontevideo

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

Joanna and all assembly members,

  Joanna, as you are a relative newcomer to this process, you may not
know that the ICANN BoD and staff have consistently placated to
more financially advantaged and ignored those of lesser or very little
means in this process.  This has been true for over 2 yrs now...

  BUt this should not castrate the efforts or those of little means.
We have worked with a large number of our members in
gaining the collective financial ability to make great strides
in their business endeavors through our trusts which we have
set up with some good initial funding to get them started.
The same can be done with the DNSO GA...  It is all a
matter of will, determination, and perseverance.

Joanna Lane wrote:

> on 8/24/01 9:49 PM, Nilda Vany Martinez Grajales at vany@sdnp.org.pa wrote:
>
> > ICANN has being honest in not show any favoritism for any
> > candidate in any means.
>
> Honesty is not the issue. Participation by all affected stakeholders in the
> process is the issue. Without wishing to put words into Jefsey's mouth, I
> think he is saying that ICANN discriminates against those with few material
> gains. By upholding a policy that insists every participant is responsible
> for their own funding, which policy favors the wealthy and those who are
> subsidised by corporate funding, ICANN is not offering equal opportunities
> for all affected stakeholders. The evidence is there for all to see.
>
> The bottom line is that, under the current structure, if a person seeks to
> participate fully, including at top level, they have to "pay to play", and
> for some affected groups, that is simply not possible (witness the NCDNHC
> difficulties). Assuming that most of the public are not wealthy, ICANN has a
> duty to develop a policy, and the practical means to implement such a
> policy, that does not discriminate against any financially disadvantaged
> group. The Bylaws, under which ICANN operates, are there to protect the
> public benefit, and ignoring the issue of unequal wealth in this world
> doesn't make the problem go away.
>
> Regards,
>
> Joanna
>
> The URLs for Best Practices: DNSO Citation:
> http://www.dnso.org/dnso/gaindex.html
> (Under "Other Information Documents"; "August 2001:
> Proposal for Best Practices for the DNSO GA")
> Part I:
> http://www.dnso.org/dnso/notes/20010813.GA-BestPractices.html
> Part II:
> http://www.dnso.org/dnso/notes/20010813.GA-BP-flowchart.pdf
> (Access to the .pdf file requires installing the Adobe Acrobat
> Reader, which is available for free down load at
> http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html.)
>
>
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Regards,

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