RE: [ga-roots] TLD's

["Dassa" <dassa@dhs.org>]

|> -----Original Message-----
|> From: Gene Marsh [mailto:marshm@anycast.net]
|> Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2001 1:42 PM
|> To: dassa@dhs.org
|> Subject: RE: [ga-roots] TLD's
|>
|>
|> Perhaps you should take this up with the individual who
|> "tossed" it.  The TLDA never asked for the TLD ".TLD".

Actually I believe it to be a procedural matter or policy matter and would
think it comes under the umbrella of things the TLDA was formed to address.

|> <SNIP>
|> >
|> > It would seem not all Board members are sure of the functions and
|> > restrictions they are intended to operate under given the motions put
|> > forward at the meeting from which I quoted subsets of the minutes.
|> <SNIP>
|>
|> How so?  You are very quick to make these kinds of statements,
|> but you have absolutely nothing in your message here backing up your
claim.
|> Inflammatory rhetoric is not good enough, sorry.  Please show one
instance
|> of what you claim here.

Note the following motion by yourself:
MOTION 4 BY GENE MARSH
The TLDA will hold but not operate the top level domain ".TLD" until a
discussion at a later date.

But in a previous email to me you wrote:
We feel that it would not be appropriate for the TLDA to hold and/or
operate a TLD.
That would be in direct competition with our membership.  Therefore, we
declined his offer.

Obviously there has been a change in the thinking of yourself and the TLDA
Board between the time of the Motion and the responses yourself and Leah
have made to my posts into GA-Roots about the issue.

Such a change would indicate there did exist some confusion.  I do not have
enough information to know if any confusion still exists.

|> <SNIP>
|>
|> > As such, I used the minutes from the TLDA meeting to show how a small
|> > number of individuals determine the fate of TLDs in other roots.
|> <SNIP>
|>
|> The TLDA does not operate a root.  The TLDA is not a root.  The
|> TLDA does not represent a root.  The TLDA does not hold a TLD.

But is an Association formed to represent the interests of members who do
hold TLD's and operate roots.  And by deciding to reject the offer of a
TLD, the TLDA did take action to determine the fate of a TLD operation,
even if that determination was to return it to the original operator.  To
be honest, I am not very interested in the business operations of TLDA but
do find the fact that discussion of this point from TLDA has been in the
fact it was judged as inappropriate for the TLDA to operate the TLD but
that there has been little discussion on the issue that concerns me, to
wit, the procedures for transferring a TLD from one operator to another.

|> Is there something here I am missing, Dassa?  You have not made a single
|> statement that bears any truth to it.  Please either discuss something
of
|> substance or discuss something else.

You have not substantiated any claims that what I have posted is false.
Nor can you.  Neither do I allow myself to be dictated to with regard my
either entering or initiating discussions.


|> What personal observation would that be, Dassa?  You just
|> subscribed to the TLDA mail list today.  I have never spoken with you.
I have
|> never received an email message directly from you.  I have seen no posts
to
|> any other list regarding the TLDA.

The observations are from being a subscriber to a large number of DNS
related mailing lists and from reading the TLDA member requirements.  All
publically available sources of information.

|> I would suggest you get your facts straight.  I would welcome any
|> constructive criticism you, or anyone else might have.  However, your
|> statements in the last few messages are no more appropriate
|> that me asking you "Do you still beat your wife?"

This message doesn't convey that impression.  Especially the last sentence
which is totally inappropriate.

If you do not consider concerns over TLD operations and the transfer of a
TLD being decided by a very limited number of people appropriate, I have to
wonder just what the standards and other objectives mentioned in the TLDA
Mission Statement, really mean.

Darryl (Dassa) Lynch.

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