[ga] Re: [ncdnhc-discuss] Announcement of TF Participants!

["Richard Henderson" <richardhenderson@ntlworld.com>]

Once again, you can note the conflict of tone between those legitimate
stakeholders who would like to see accountability in ICANN, and elected
representation of the public at large; and that ruling politburo that seeks
to maintain its own orthodoxy and power base, prefers to appoint on the
basis of arbitrary selection, and is prepared to be accountable to no-one.

Will Stuart Lynn please review his statement that he would not accept Jamie
Love on the New TLD Evaluation task force?

Just listen to the language, and it says it all...

"the President't Task Force... is not required to have all constituents
represented."

"This is a President's Task Force and I invite individuals to particpate AS
I BELIEVE..."  (!!!) How arbitrary is that?

"I was free to pick or choose."

"I understand that some of you may wish that this were a different kind of
Task Force composed of representatives. But it is NOT."

All this from the man who wants to strip away representation in the Board
Room from the AtLarge constituency... that constituency of millions upon
millions of end-users who fundamentally use the internet, develop the
internet, need the internet, SHARE the internet... for the benefit of so
many... the whole human race potentially.

How democratic is that?

"I INVITE... AS I BELIEVE!!!"

Ha!

Translation: I prefer to nominate my own stooges who will protect the
orthodoxy I desire, rather than recognise the democratic rights of ordinary
people to have a direct say and control over the way the internet is run.
Let the vast majority of internet users IN to the heart of ICANN! Those
millions upon millions beyond the walls of the ICANN offices.

ICANN at LARGE - the representation of the public - is preferable to "I
invite... as I believe!"

Richard Henderson
http://www.theInternetChallenge.com

----- Original Message -----
From: Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>
To: M. Stuart Lynn <lynn@icann.org>; Karen Rose <krose@ntia.doc.gov>
Cc: Milton Mueller <Mueller@syr.edu>; <discuss@icann-ncc.org>; General
Assembly of the DNSO <ga@dnso.org>; Don Evans <DEvans@doc.gov>; kathy smith
<ksmith@ntia.doc.gov>; Nancy J. Victory <nvictory@ntia.doc.gov>; Clyde
Ensslin <censslin@ntia.doc.gov>
Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 11:37 PM
Subject: Re: [ncdnhc-discuss] Announcement of TF Participants!


> Stuart and all assembly members or other interested parties,
>
>   Thank you Stuart for this personal clarification on your position
> in and on this matter of some considerable and growing concern
> amongst the stakeholders.  As you should know such a "Presidents
> Task Force" as you seem to define or envision it is and cannot be
> representative of any group of stakeholders/users other than the
> actual Task Force members themselves.  Therefore it is obvious
> in both the tone and verbiage of you response here to Milton
> and the NCC that you are displaying a complete disregard
> for the MoU and White paper with this "Presidents Task Force"
> with respect to proper representation, openness and transparency.
>
> M. Stuart Lynn wrote:
>
> >    Nice to hear from you, Milton.
> >
> > Here's the scoop:
> >
> > 1. This is not an NC task force that is composed of representatives
> > of individual constituencies or is indeed required to have all
> > constituencies represented. This is a President's Task Force and I
> > invite individuals to participate as I believe. The Board resolution
> > that led me to establish this Task Force stated, in part and in
> > response to my recommendation:
> >
> > "Whereas, the President has recommended to the Board the formation of
> > a New TLD Evaluation Process Planning Task Force chaired by the
> > President and consisting of members selected with the advice of the
> > Names and Protocol Councils and the Chairs of the IETF, IAB, and
> > ICANN DNS Root Server System Advisory Committee"
> >
> > 2. I did indeed consult with the NC (and the other named bodies) and
> > received a list of suggested individuals from which I was free to
> > pick or choose -- or indeed reject all of them. There was no
> > requirement that the NC, for example, include someone from every
> > constituency although in fact the list submitted by Phil did indeed
> > include someone (actually two people) from every constituency except
> > for the gTLD Registries (who could not participate for reasons of
> > potential conflict of interest) and the Registrars.  These were not
> > representatives or delegates, but simply a suggested list of names in
> > response to my request.
> >
> > 3, It was (and is) a great list, however, so, I actually included all
> > of the suggestions in the Task Force. That included Vany and YJ.
> > Neither has informed me of their resignation from the Task Force. In
> > fact, at the end of the Accra meeting, YJ reiterated to me her desire
> > to continue as a member. Thus, I have no reason to add any more
> > members at this time. I have no knowledge that either one is
> > "inactive".
> >
> > 4. In general, if I do determine that certain members of the Task
> > Force are no longer participating and that their lack of
> > participation will have a significant effect on the work of the Task
> > Force, then I would consider the option of replacing them with other
> > individuals. So far, that has not proven to be the case. Should that
> > happen, I expect to consider each situation on its own merits.
> >
> > Now I understand that you and some of your colleagues on the NCDNHC
> > may wish that this were a different kind of Task Force composed of
> > representatives. But it is not.
> >
> > But thank you as always for your thoughts.
> >
> > Stuart
> >
> >
> >
> > At 2:37 PM -0400 4/17/02, Milton Mueller wrote:
> > >Stuart:
> > >I hope this is an oversight or a mistake of some sort.
> > >The former participants on that task force are no longer
> > >active. The NCDNHC would like to be represented on the
> > >New TLD committee, and there is widespread agreement among
> > >us that James Love is an appropriate representative.
> > >Can you please reconsider?
> > >
> > >--MM
> > >
> > >>>>  "James Love" <james.love@cptech.org> 04/17/02 10:08AM >>>
> > >Stuart Lynn wrote to say he would not accept me on the New TLD
> > Evaluation
> > >task force.
> > >
> > >Jamie
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> > __________________
> > 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
> >
>
> Regards,
> --
> Jeffrey A. Williams
> Spokesman for INEGroup - (Over 121k members/stakeholdes strong!)
> CEO/DIR. Internet Network Eng/SR. Java/CORBA Development Eng.
> Information Network Eng. Group. INEG. INC.
> E-Mail jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com
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>
>

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