Re: [ga] Text of Letter to U.S. Commerce Dept. on ICANN Reform

[eric@hi-tek.com]

Of course as usual Peter has underspoken in his polite diplomatic way.
He of course is a Gentlemen unlike my rapscallion self.

Unlike commercialized dots, ccTLDs, to the great  majority maintain an integrity
that is lacking elsewhere.
In general, they run and manage their ccTLDs in the interest of their particular
country with sincere dedication and an effort to benefit the local community.
For the most part they sacrifice glory, money and prestige in order to protect
their user community.  They care with unbridled principal about their
dotcommoners and work diligently to insure security, accessibility and
reliability.

My hat is off to these modern day soldiers in pursuit of better things for
people.  Their work in education and training is second to none.  People like
Peter and Thuy are making a difference in lives.  I believe it is high time they
rocked the monopolistic tendencies of ICANN.  Please support them in every
regard. I for one am proud to have a job that allows me to be of assistance to a
ccTLD.

Sincerely,
Eric


Peter Dengate Thrush wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "William X Walsh" <william@wxsoft.info>
> To: "Marc Schneiders" <marc@fuchsia.bijt.net>
> Cc: <ga@dnso.org>
> Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 11:45 AM
> Subject: Re: [ga] Text of Letter to U.S. Commerce Dept. on ICANN Reform
>
>          Stuart said
> > > *"A registry by definition has a monopoly, so they all have a common
> > > *interest in preserving individual monopolistic practices, so they
> > > *don't want to be accountable to anybody."
>
> WXW said
>
> > Oh please, Marc.  I know you are an alt.root advocate, but you are one
> > of the most reasonable ones, surely you can recognize that Lynn was
> > spot on right in this article, and that the reason for this "protest"
> > is clearly because the registries want to attack ICANN for doing the
> > right thing with regard to the WLS.
>
> Of course, as often the case in relation to ccTLDs, the staff reaction is
> not accurate.
>
> ccTLDs are managers of a natural monopoly, but -say it after me - they are
> accountable to their local internet communities.
>
> Anyone who wants to know what that means in practice can join InternetNZ, as
> an example, and see it in action. Or in Australia, Canada, and many other
> places.
>
> Recognising that there are cctlds where the level of that accountability can
> be improved, the ccTLD movement has an active outreach programme, conducted
> in part with the outreach and training programme of the RIRs.
>
> We are working also to develop a programme jointly with the GAC to have
> regional meetings.
>
> None of this is about preserving monopolistic practices. Its about serving
> the local and global internet communities, consistent with RFC 1591 and the
> duty which cctld managers feel to those communities.
>
> What we are not going to do is allow ICANN to substitute that for a duty to
> ICANN.
>
> Regards
>
> Peter Dengate Thrush
> Senior Vice Chair
> Asia Pacific TLD Association
>
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