Re: [ga] No room on the bus

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

David and all assembly members,

  Seems like Atuart Lynn speak out of both sides of his mouth at the
same time.  We Texas, call that Weaseling!  In the Wahsington DC
circles it called "Spin"....

David Hernand wrote:

> Danny:
>
> Thanks much for your posting.  The facts you describe are truly remarkable.
> Moreover, such facts are particularly ironic in light of ICANN's willingness
> to accept our sponsorship of the ICANN meeting in Montevideo and the
> following personal note of thanks that we received from Stuart Lynne earlier
> this month:
>
> ***********************
> -----Original Message-----
> From: M. Stuart Lynn [mailto:lynn@icann.org]
> Sent: Monday, October 08, 2001 10:57 AM
> To: Brad.Copeland
> Subject: Thank you
>
> Dear Brad:
>
> I would like to thank you and your colleagues at New.Net for your
> sponsorship of ICANN's recent meetings in Montevideo.
>
> I am sure that all attendees were grateful for your generous
> contribution. We appreciate it.
>
> With regards
> Stuart
> --
>
> __________________
> Stuart Lynn
> President and CEO
> ICANN
> 4676 Admiralty Way, Suite 330
> Marina del Rey, CA 90292
> Tel: 310-823-9358
> Fax: 310-823-8649
> Email: lynn@icann.org
>
> **********************
>
> Apparently, the ICANN staff's views change with the wind, and Mr. Lynn's
> level of appreciation for our past support does not extend to future
> meetings or perhaps just meetings of the GA -- we can't be sure!  One must
> really wonder what public benefit is served by denying constructive
> participation by persons with different viewpoints.
>
> Best regards,
>
> David Hernand
> CEO
> New.net
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-ga@dnso.org [mailto:owner-ga@dnso.org]On Behalf Of
> DannyYounger@cs.com
> Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2001 12:48 PM
> To: ga@dnso.org
> Subject: [ga] No room on the bus
>
> Dear members,
>
> It is my duty as your Chair to report on recent events.  As many of you
> know,
> the General Assembly will be meeting on the evening of November 12 from 8PM
> to 11PM.  The new.net organization kindly offered to sponsor our session by
> providing food and beverage during our meeting (which comes at the end of a
> very long day of back-to-back meetings).
>
> Protocol required that I contact Mary Hewitt as per the instructions posted
> at http://www.icann.org/mdr2001/  because "Starting with the Marina Del Rey
> 2001 meeting, there will be a new format for sponsorship opportunities for
> this ICANN meeting."
>
> Ms. Hewitt rejected the sponsorship application of new.net citing the fact
> that they did not support the authoritative root.
>
> I sent a reconsideration request to Stuart Lynn.  Mr. Lynn responded that
> "we
> place bounds around whom we accept as sponsors. And new.net does not fit the
> package."
>
> On the 1st of December 1955, Mrs. Rosa Parks, an African-American
> seamstress,
> was arrested in Montgomery, Alabama for failing to let a white bus rider
> take
> her seat.   Today, ICANN has proven that discrimination is still very much
> alive, and that there is no longer any room on the bus for those that don't
> share the same views as ICANN staff.
>
> Although our Memorandum of Understanding with the US Department of Commerce
> states:  "Neither Party, either in the DNS Project or in any act related to
> the DNS Project, shall act unjustifiably or arbitrarily to injure particular
> persons or entities or particular categories of persons or entities," recent
> ICANN actions, from the issuance of ICP-3 to this sponsorship denial, make
> it
> clear that ICANN is indeed acting to injure a particular cartegory of
> entities.
>
> I thank new.net for demonstrating its commitment to participation in the
> ICANN process and for its support of the General Assembly.  It is to our
> shame that such efforts at participation are routinely being denied by those
> charged with the coordination activities of the Internet.  This is a sad day
> in our history, and I mourn the death of the concept of "fairness".
>
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