Re: [ga] Proposal: WWW / slashdot

["Dr. Nii Quaynor" <quaynor@ghana.com>]

no. the ga is the "at-large" for the name space. it is different for the
civil member of the real at-large. nii.
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----- Original Message -----
From: Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School of Law <froomkin@law.miami.edu>
To: Harald Tveit Alvestrand <Harald@Alvestrand.no>
Cc: Jean-Michel Becar <Jean-Michel.Becar@etsi.fr>; <ga@dnso.org>
Sent: Monday, February 28, 2000 7:23 PM
Subject: RE: [ga] Proposal: WWW / slashdot


> You said originally, I think, "necessary and sufficient";
> If you said "sufficient but not necessary" that's another vision.
>
> Is the GA an overlapping or disjoint set with the DNSO constituencies? How
> about the ASO, and PSO?
>
> If it is overlapping, ie. if anyone in a DNSO/ASO/PSO group is [eligible
> to be a] part of the GA, then it makes a lot of sense to say "if ICANN
> member then GA member" without necessarily implying the reverse (if not,
> then not). If there is any group of DNSO/ASO/PSO members who might be
> ICANN members who would not be eligible to be GA members (is there?), then
> the result should be different.
>
>
> On Mon, 28 Feb 2000, Harald Tveit Alvestrand wrote:
>
> > At 08:47 28.02.00 -0500, Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School of Law wrote:
> > >I would be wary of hitching my cart to these oxen.  ICANN appears to
view
> > >the current 'no-fee' memberships as temporary.  What happens when they
> > >start to charge?
> >
> > unhitch? accept other kinds of verification in addition?
> >
>
> More likely to be stable longer.
>
> > but remember - for better or worse, the GA is part of ICANN.
> > "we have met the enemy, and he is us".
>
> Speak for yourself! ;>
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