[ga] Re: [ncdnhc-discuss] Board conflict of interest on .org

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

Jefsey and all,

  I smell a set up in the making here with the re-deligation of .ORG
and the COI from Mr. Blokzijl and his new wife's involvement with
Nuelevel/Nuestar consortium.  So this whole new ICANN mess
in their diapers stench is getting rather ripe.  What's even
more interesting is that Mr Blokzijl  is the Chair of the COI
committee...

jefsey wrote:

> Interesting.
>
> On 03:22 20/05/02, Kent Crispin said:
> >Here are all of Dr Blokzijl's comments during that discussion:
> >I WANT TO MAKE CLEAR THAT THE BOARD AND STAFF UNDERSTAND THE FACT THAT
> >THIS IS DIFFERENT FROM CREATING A NEW TOP-LEVEL DOMAIN.
>
> Otherwise we might be here for another 10 years :-)
>
> >SO WE DON'T HAVE MUCH FREEDOM.
>
> glad to hear they think they have some from tim to time...
>
> >WHOEVER IS GOING TO RUN DOT ORG IN THE NEAR FUTURE INHERITS AN EXISTING
> >USER BASE OF ABOUT 3 MILLION PEOPLE AND ORGANIZATIONS, SOME OF THEM
> >INDIVIDUAL PERSONS, SOME OF THEM LARGE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE REALLY
> >DEPENDENT UPON THE PROPER OPERATION OF DOT ORG.  JUST TO NAME ONE, THE
> >INTERNATIONAL RED CROSS TODAY COULD NOT DO ITS WORK WITHOUT THE REGISTRY
> >DOT ORG.
>
> 1. also inherit from pre-renewals over up to 10 years, but no one wants to
> talk about the money which goes with them.
> 2. ICANN is not afraid of wanting to take over the entire root system
> (hiring a few people to get familiar with such operations, see 2003
> budget). What a legal firm can do, why a non-profit could not do it?
>
> >ROBERT BLOKZIJL: ICANN, MAYBE.
> >THERE IS ALWAYS ICANN.NL.
> >WHICH IS RESERVED FOR ICANN, BY THE WAY.
>
> ICANN is puting themselves as a candidate? with the support of Neustar to
> foster competition among "Plan B"ers?
>
> >SO THERE ARE NOT MANY ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE A DEMONSTRATED EXPERIENCE
> >IN RUNNING A REGISTRY WITH 3 MILLION REGISTERED NAMES.
>
> The killing point... may be DENIC is a good candidate. It is a non-profit.
>
> >A REGISTRY WHICH HAS ABOUT 10, 12 SERVERS SCATTERED AROUND THE WORLD ON
> >CRUCIAL SPOTS OF THE INTERNET.
> >THIS IS A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN RUNNING A COUNTRY CODE TOP-LEVEL DOMAIN,
> >FOR INSTANCE.
>
> Glad to know that. Is this more than running ".museum"?
> Why so long a negotiation for .museum?
>
> >ROBERT BLOKZIJL: A WORD FROM THE PAST.
> >DOT ORG WAS CREATED AT THE SAME TIME AS DOT COM.
>
> It shows that he never read the RFC 920 and does not know anything about
> the way TLDs are created and supported...
>
> >AND WE SHOULD HAVE LEARNED FROM THE FACT THAT IN AN INTERNET SPACE THAT
> >WAS INCREDIBLY MORE SIMPLE TEN YEARS AGO THAN IT IS TODAY, EVEN THEN IT
> >WAS NOT POSSIBLE TO DRAW A CLEAR LINE.
>
> Glad to learn that a BoD Member confuses 1984 and 1992...
> It means that nothing really changes.
>
> >SO LESS RULES ARE BETTER THAN MORE RULES, I WOULD SAY.
>
> For saying that, he should be sanctified!
>
> >That is the absolute totality of Dr Blokzijl's contribution to the
> >discussion on this issue.  I've read the above comments several time,
> >and I really can't find any indication whatsoever of Dr Blokzijl in an
> >advocacy position for for-profit entities taking over .org.  All he does
> >is make the fairly commonplace observation that .org is a relatively
> >large registry, and it cannot be run from a kitchen table.
>
> I thank you for comparing a non-profit to a kitchen table. Most of the
> ccTLDs will be very happy!
> But you yourself said it was very simple compared to the work to make
> believe you are authoritative. The real task is not to redelegate .org but
> for the ICANN to make believe it has the right to do it. Otherwise the
> whole system falls apart.
>
> What Milton may say or not is of no real interest. The point is that Mr.
> Blokzijl did not step down and that this obvious COI case does not rise any
> interest by the BoD and by the COI committee. What may lead to think, as
> Norbert hinted it, that this is common practice.
> This is the concern.
> Mani pulite.
> jfc
>
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Regards,
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