[ga-watchdog] Re: [ga] Message from the Chair - Is phony grandstanding

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

Roberto and all,

  I would like to believe allot of what you have said here, but it is clear
form the archives of the DNSO list that you do not have the interests of
any stakeholder in mind other than those that are constituency members.
This you have proven by continuing to allow and not speak out on the
SELECTIVE CENSORSHIP that still prevails within the DNSO.

  Your "Election" due to this SELECTIVE CENSORSHIP is therefore
a sham and a fraud, as you well know and many others have already
pointed out quite clearly.

  Anyone of good conscience cannot abide in anything that you or any
of the other "Illegitimately Elected" DNSO NC or Chair members at this
juncture until or unless this problem is dealt with directly and in all
due haste.

R.Gaetano@iaea.org wrote:

> Dear GA Members,
>
> As some of you may have noticed from the announcement amidst the heavy
> traffic, I have been elected Chairman of the GA ;>).
>
> As a first step, I would like to thank those of you who participated in the
> nomination/support process, and invite all the others - the majority - to
> get more engaged in all aspects of the life of the GA.
> It is my strong belief that without participation, we will not have any hope
> to count in the future.
>
> Secondly, I would like to confirm every single word of my statement of
> acceptance (see
> http://www.dnso.org/clubpublic/ga-nominations/Archives/msg00011.html). My
> first priority will be to take actions to "improve the effectiveness of the
> GA". My goal is to contribute in making this body one of the cornerstones of
> the DNSO, a vehicle for "ideas and proposals on Domain-Names-related issues,
> in particular for, but not limited to, the individuals that do not belong to
> recognized constituencies".
> I believe that this GA has among its members some of the brightest brains in
> DNS-related issues, covering expertises ranging from technical to legal,
> with a collection of different approaches and cultures that best represent
> the multiplicity of approaches and interests to the DNS-related issues.
> This exceptional group of people did not have, yet, the chance to count much
> in this process, also because of lack of common goals and organization. I
> think that we are still on time to reverse the tendency - if this was not
> the case, I would not have accepted the nomination.
>
> I am expecting to see lower traffic in the next couple of weeks, due to the
> Christmas + New Year holidays (I will be offline myself for few days),
> therefore it makes little sense to me to force a jump start in the last days
> of this century, but I would like us all to think about a couple of things.
> First of all, if we really want to engage ourselves in a process of change
> of the current situation (of the position and role of the GA in ICANN, but
> also of the dominant themes of debate in the GA itself).
> Second, if the answer to the first question is positive, what are the
> priorities and suggested actions to achieve this change, also keeping in
> mind that the first deadline is the ICANN meeting in Cairo (2000-03-07 to
> 2000-03-10, see http://www.icann.org/cairo2000/cairo-details.htm).
>
> That's all, folks.
>
> Merry Christmas to those who celebrate it,
> Happy New year to those tuned with the Gregorian Calendar,
> Have a nice time, to everybody.
>
> Roberto

Respectfully Regards,

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