[ga] The "mushroom treatment"....

["Jim Fleming" <jfleming@anet.com>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eric Dierker" <eric@hi-tek.com>
To: <ga@dnso.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2001 9:08 PM
Subject: [ga] Motion and request for amendment


> I Eric Dierker, being a member of the GA of ICANN, hereby make motion
> that the GA agree, reach consensus and evidence by a vote, formal or
> otherwise, that the BC (business constituency within the DNSO of ICANN)
> is currently acting in direct contravention of the Green Papers the
> White Papers, all and amended contracts with the DoC (department of
> commerce of the US gov).....

In my opinion, you might want to study the long history that lead up
to the founding of ICANN. You stated at the ICANN meeting that you
became an Internet user 18 months ago. That may make it hard to emcompass
the past 7 years of history and the years before 1995, where the small
circle of Jon Postel's cronies systematically controlled the allocation of
basic Internet resources through their combined government and educational
institution network, aided by a small group of corporate supporters who
realized they could make a lot of money, for doing very little, by supporting
that regime. That worked as long as the general public was given the
"mushroom treatment" (i.e. kept in the dark and fed manure).

Here is a sample....
http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/internet/11/20/interview.lynn.idg/index.html
"...ICANN's Lynn: No new domains anytime soon..."
....
Q: If there are no technical impediments to adding top-level domains, would that essentially obligate you to do so?
A: No. We do have other responsibilities in creating a level playing field and a fair place for competition.
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It all boils down to fairness.
Which list do you think is more fair ?
The "toy" IPv4 Internet Early Experimentation Allocations ?
http://www.iana.org/assignments/ipv4-address-space
or
The Proof-of-Concept IPv8 Allocations ?
http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/domainname/130dftmail/unir.txt

People are now prepared to route around ICANN. Thanks to Microsoft,
all of the technology is in people's hands (via Windows XP) to break
free from the shackles of the Postel regime and to build a larger, more
open, and more free Internet, that all of the world's people can be proud of,
not just the small circle of insiders who have conspired for years to
control the allocation of Internet resources for their own financial gain.

Jim Fleming
http://www.DOT-BIZ.com
http://www.in-addr.info
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