Re: [ga] RE: on politics and trust

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

Jonathan and all assembly members,

Jonathan Cohen wrote:

> Peter I sent the letter to you so its in cyberspace somewhere..Who the heck
> is running the internet anyway?!!(grin).

  >;) Well whomever is running the internet now needs to have his
head examined!  >;)

>
> I will pose your Questions to the ERC and to other Board members and see if
> I can get you an answer.

  Good.  The real problem here with this though Jonathan is that
why cannot the ERC members and the BOD communicate
such an answer here on the DNSO GA forum with everyone?
Is it a secret?  Do they not have an answer?  Lack of open
and transparent communications leads to further mistrust.

>
> Jonathan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Dengate Thrush [mailto:barrister@chambers.gen.nz]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 10:29 PM
> To: DannyYounger@cs.com; jcohen@shapirocohen.com
> Cc: apisan@servidor.unam.mx; ga@dnso.org
> Subject: Re: on politics and trust
>
> Dear all,
> I am not aware of any such letter.
>
> I have received nothing from Jonathan.
>
> Regards
>
> Peter Dengate Thrush
> Barrister
> Wellington
>
> 644 499 8959
> 64 21 499 888
>
> fax  644 471 0672
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <DannyYounger@cs.com>
> To: <jcohen@shapirocohen.com>
> Cc: <barrister@chambers.gen.nz>; <apisan@servidor.unam.mx>; <ga@dnso.org>
> Sent: Saturday, September 14, 2002 2:01 PM
> Subject: on politics and trust
>
> > Jonathan,
> >
> > In your letter to Peter Dengate Thrush (posted to the Council list) you
> make
> > the reasonable suggestion that <<maybe the "politics" could be ramped down
> by
> > all>>.
> >
> > I draw your attention to the Bucharest ccTLD Response to the Committee on
> > Evolution and Reform's Blueprint for ICANN Reform in which the following
> > request was made:  "In the spirit of "bottom up" development, the ccTLDs
> > prefer to continue using the established name for this SO, ("ccSO") which
> is
> > used in all of our documentation, website domain name, committee names and
> > lists, and which reflects the cultural and historical language of the
> > internet."
> >
> > In spite of this eminently reasonable request, the ERC continues to offer
> > barbs by pointlessly changing the name of the Supporting Organization for
> the
> > ccTLD community, the latest version being "ccNSO" referenced in the ERC's
> > Second Implementation Report.
> >
> > Ramping down the politics is a two-way street.  Perhaps you could also pen
> a
> > similar letter to your fellow Board members who lately seem to be the ones
> > engendering this unfortunate climate.  You might also ask them to provide
> > some actual answers to Peter's questions.
> >
> > You have asked Peter to work proactively to rebuild trust, yet by the day
> it
> > becomes harder and more foolish to trust the Board.  Frankly, I have to
> ask,
> > why should we?  We have had no indication that the Board is committed to
> > honoring the consensus view of the Community (as was demonstrated by the
> > Board decision on WLS).  If we can no longer count upon you to act in our
> > best interest (and this is not the first time that you have unilaterally
> > rejected DNSO recommendations), then please explain to us why you should
> > warrant our trust.
> >
> > We too are listening.
> >
>
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