Re: [ga] Business Constituency and the GA

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

Chuck and all assembly members,

  I think you are off at least one here Chuck.  The BC is on the
supply side predominantly as well as are the ISP Constituency.
I would also say that the Trademark and IP are also on the
supply side as well see: http://www.dnso.org/constituency/ip/ip.html

Gomes, Chuck wrote:

> Patrick,
>
> Without detracting from your point about the individuals consitutuency, it
> seems to me that only 3 of the 7 constituencies represent suppliers: ccTLD,
> gTLD and registrars.  The rest are all on the demand side.  Moreover, only 2
> of the 7 are actually required contractually to implement any consensus
> policies developed.  That means that the supply organizations who are most
> directly impacted by consensus policies only have six of 21 votes on the NC.
>
> Chuck
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Patrick Corliss [mailto:patrick@quad.net.au]
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2001 12:45 PM
> > To: Philip Sheppard
> > Cc: [ga]
> > Subject: [ga] Business Constituency and the GA
> >
> >
> > Hi Philip
> >
> > At present the DNSO consists of seven constituency groups as follows:
> >
> > *    ccTLD registries
> > *    Commercial and business entities
> > *    gTLD registries
> > *    ISPs and connectivity providers
> > *    Non-commercial domain name holders
> > *    Registrars
> > *    Trademark, intellectual property, anti-counterfeiting interests
> >
> > In relation to the supply and demand for domain names, only
> > two of these
> > seven could relate to the "demand-side" viz business and non-profits.
> >
> > A simple question.  Do you agree with me that, without an individuals
> > constituency,  these initial constituencies are supply-side dominated?
> >
> > With the current revisions to the Business Charter, I would
> > suggest that the
> > constituencies be split into two equal divisions "supply" and
> > "demand".
> >
> > Best regards
> > Patrick Corliss
> >
> >
> > --
> > This message was passed to you via the ga@dnso.org list.
> > Send mail to majordomo@dnso.org to unsubscribe
> > ("unsubscribe ga" in the body of the message).
> > Archives at http://www.dnso.org/archives.html
> >
> --
> This message was passed to you via the ga@dnso.org list.
> Send mail to majordomo@dnso.org to unsubscribe
> ("unsubscribe ga" in the body of the message).
> Archives at http://www.dnso.org/archives.html

Regards,

--
Jeffrey A. William's
Spokesman for INEGroup - (Over 121k members/stakeholdes strong!)
CEO/DIR. Internet Network Eng/SR. Java/CORBA Development Eng.
Information Network Eng. Group. INEG. INC.
E-Mail jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com
Contact Number:  972-244-3801 or 214-244-4827
Address: 5 East Kirkwood Blvd. Grapevine Texas 75208


--
This message was passed to you via the ga@dnso.org list.
Send mail to majordomo@dnso.org to unsubscribe
("unsubscribe ga" in the body of the message).
Archives at http://www.dnso.org/archives.html