Re: [ga] icannworld.org

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

Sotiris and all asseembly members,

  Will do.          Done.

Sotiris Sotiropoulos wrote:

> Jeff,
>
> My messages are being blocked or something.
>
> This is the fifth copy I'm sending to the GA ML.
>
> Please forward the below, if necessary.
>
> SS
>
> ------
>
> Joop Teernstra wrote:
>
> > On 09:07 13/11/01 -0800, William X Walsh said:
> > >Tuesday, Tuesday, November 13, 2001, 8:53:16 AM, Sandy Harris wrote:
> > >
> > > > I find myself wondering about the line on www.icannworld.org's front page:
> > >
> > > > " This site is sponsored by the General Assembly of ICANN's Domain Name
> > > > " Supporting Organization
> > >
> > > > Is that true? Can someone point me to the record of the GA deciding to
> > > > sponsor that?
> > >
> > >You know, I find this rather amusing.  A person gets a few supporters
> > >from a group, and all of a sudden, that group is supporting what they
> > >are saying and doing.  At least that is how these people want to
> > >present it.
> >
> > Some people find this amusing. Others find it tragic.
> > A person goes out of his way to help with outreach, overreaches  with
> > regards to claimed support, and gets slammed to the point of being stamped
> > in the ground.
> > Can you please keep in mind that the job of GA Chair is an unpaid job and
> > that time and money needed for the job is volunteered.
>
> Joop, that is bull!  I could have cobbled together that
> lame, frame-based, sorry excuse for a "website" in under 15
> minutes in Dreamweaver!  If anyone thinks differently, I can
> prove it for them anytime.  Don't even try to call it an
> outreach effort!  That is a sick, pathetic, fcuking joke, so
> don't go falling for it.
>
> [If I made any spelling errors... they were intentional!]
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Sotiris Sotiropoulos
>
> >
> >
> > Discourage any such volunteering and the only people to "run" the GA are
> > the people who get paid, such as the ICANN staff and the secretariat.
> > Is that what you want?
> >
> > While I am very disappointed about what happended yesterday at the GA
> > meeting, with the published agenda suddenly disregarded  and 2 items not
> > addressed,  I will not help playing the game of attacking a Chair before
> > there is another elected one willing to take over that thankless job.
> >
> > I have seen enough of this "amusing" game played in the IDNO for  years now.
> > The result is not enough nominees to run a proper election.
> >
> > >But unfortunately the Names Council as all too cowardly to step up to
> > >their duty under the bylaws and appoint an effective GA chair.
> >
> > The idea of an top-down appointed chair would only be acceptable if the
> > Names Council itself contained a constituency of Individual Domain Name
> > Holders who would have input in such an appointment.
> > Others may find that top-down *in itself*  is undemocratic especially if
> > the role of Chair is not tightly circumscribed.
> >
> > --Joop
> >
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