Re: [ga] Outreach/funding

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

Eric and all assembly members,

  Ok thank you Eric for you update.  Seems to be pretty bleak.
Very unfortunate.  :(

Eric Dierker wrote:

> In short, both of these topics are dead.
>
> I have opinions which have been formed as a result of trying to work
> in these areas.
>
> Outreach;
>
> The majority of contributing members to the GA do not want
> significant increases in others participating in their "professional
> society".  If one cared it would be frustrating.  They say they
> want outreach but will not participate in it or more often attack
> any attempt at Outreach.
>
> Funding;
>
> This has significant possibilities which I have offered to the GA
> but there is no effective way to move it forward.  I believe that we
> (those interested) will move this into more of a consumer oriented
> program outside of the GA and ICANN.
>
> Summation;
>
> Those outside are not interested in entering into a professional
> society to which they do not rightfully belong and those outside are
> not interested in funding a closed group that does not represent any
> societal interests other than their own.
>
> Here is a major problem.  those who are already here have no
> desire to reduce their influence here and both funding and outreach
> would do just that.
>
> So I believe the work that I have done and indeed Danny tried to help
> facilitate with his condemned web site will go the route of the U.N.,
> TOKTEN and commercial world wide Internet cafe's.
>
> This also dovetails with the ALSC matters.  So it would appear that as
> we move forward it will not be within the GA.  And as things go probably
>
> not within ICANN.  I do not see this as a good or bad thing and I
> believe we will come to accord that ICANN will be a technical
> coordination
> body, and some other formulated body will represent the consumer.
> In the long run I think it will give the Domain Name registrant even
> more power, combined with the consumers by which I mean dotcommoners.
>
> Sincerely,
> Eric
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