RE: [ga] BC exclusionary practices and GA funding

[Roeland Meyer <rmeyer@mhsc.com>]

Hello Erik,

Where did you miss the part about MHSC being a registry? Go back and read
again. This is exactly why we aren't in the DNSO/BC. The MHSC root zone is
on ROOT-SERVICE.NET. The only difference is that MHSC.NET does not run a
publically available registration service on the web. We never have. All VPN
registrations are done  as a part of an MHSC Engagement Agreement and MHSC
never sells a registration unbundled from a development project. The zone
file entries are done manually. No, we don't sell as many names that way.
But, selling names is incidental to our main business and the names would be
useless without the rest of the architecture. But, MHSC is still a registry.
Our AboveNet-based servers show a steady 1.5Mbps throughput, each. The Web
is not the whole Internet. It is only a very small part.

New.Net has reached exactly the same impasse that MHSC reached years ago. I
was actually quite vocal about it at the last MdR meeting. According to the
rules of the DNSO/RC neither MHSC nor New.Net are accredited ICANN
registries. I don't know about New.Net, but MHSC will not sign the ICANN
contracts as written. The DNSO/BC is a different matter, but they're being
their normal pig-headed selves. I might point out that the ORSC,
AtlanticRoot, and PacificRoot are also in this same boat, except that they
choose to not be involved with the ICANN.

Whilst I'm on the topic of the DNSO/RC, if MHSC pays out $50K then MHSC
expects to see guaranteed results. MHSC does not buy lottery tickets. MHSC
would be better served buying me a Porsche Boxter and keeping the change
(not quite enough for a Jag XK8 <sigh>). At least, one can kick the tires
after having spent the money.

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|> -----Original Message-----
|> From: Eric Dierker [mailto:eric@hi-tek.com]
|> Sent: Friday, October 19, 2001 1:10 AM
|> To: Roeland Meyer
|> Cc: 'William X Walsh'; Joanna Lane; ga@dnso.org
|> Subject: Re: [ga] BC exclusionary practices and GA funding
|> 
|> 
|> {on this matter I welcome any and all attacks both personal 
|> and professional,
|> here you may kill the messenger for I truly believe that my 
|> brethren have been
|> wronged and it is personal}
|> 
|> Dear Members,
|> 
|> We have a bigger problem than we took in at first look at 
|> this problem.  Mr.
|> Meyer and MHSC faces the same problem as Mr. Hernand and 
|> NewNet, however they
|> are facing a disease that has metastasized in different 
|> areas of the same body -
|> ICANN.  Due not worry cancer is curable if caught in time and treated
|> aggressively.
|> 
|> MHSC belongs in the BC and has been excluded by legalism and 
|> discriminatory
|> practices.
|> 
|> While NewNet has been excluded by the BC, I do not believe 
|> they belong there.
|> 
|> NewNet has been excluded by the Registry Constituency into 
|> which they truly
|> belong.  They are a registry and belong in that 
|> constituency.  We believe that
|> is where any petition belongs.
|> 
|> Verisign acting alone has developed a rule that excludes any 
|> Registry not
|> approved by ICANN.  In other words they exclude all who are not them.
|> 
|> Mr. Hernand has been reflecting his company policy of 
|> openness and transparency
|> and my new research assistant, Brooks has worked overtime on 
|> this issue.  Thank
|> you both.
|> 
|> Brooks informs me that we have until sunday the 21st to 
|> submit this for an
|> actual (virtual?) vote by the NC at their next grouping.  
|> But I add a caveat, we
|> have until 5pm on Monday due to queer Sabbath laws in California.
|> 
|> Dotcommoners and members of different persuasions I beg of 
|> the thusly;
|> 
|> Petition our NC promptly.  Ask for consideration of your 
|> denied application for
|> membership, in any constituency.
|> 
|> Review our Registry membership provisions.
|> 
|> Support and engage in dialogue your other members on this 
|> critical subject.
|> 
|> MHSC petition in good order and within time parameters, be 
|> the leader we know
|> you are with Mr. Meyer at the helm.
|> 
|> NewNet petition in good order and within time parameters, 
|> focus upon what your
|> are - a registry - and demand inclusion.  The only 
|> alternative is exclusion and
|> that is unacceptable as the status quo.  Please also petition my BoD
|> representative Mr. Karl for he is a good man and a trusted 
|> servant of right.
|> 
|> We are meeting at a confluence of raging waters, those who 
|> fight the consensus
|> to flow downhill will soon be caught in an eddy where the 
|> float scum gathers.
|> 
|> May you silently and privately giggle and reflect on the 
|> silliness of bickering.
|> 
|> Sincerely,
|> Eric
|> 
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