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[ga] ICANN is dishonest and corrupt.
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|> From: Joanna Lane [mailto:jo-uk@rcn.com] Sent: Monday, November 26, 2001 3:14 AM
I've taken the liberty of reformatting,
reformulating, and catagorizing your list;
False Claims:
- claiming a "narrow technical mission" (avoids
engagement in an argument one cannot win),
- claiming "societal issues" must be given proper
consideration in policy decisions (useful to advance "mission creep"),
- claiming lack of adequate representation/ consensus
building procedures (isolates and disarms opponents),
- issuing a Press Release to claim wide community
support for a new policy (avoids having to produce any supporting
documentation),
- claiming that ICANN is an evolving process (valid
defense against material evidence of failed policies),
- claiming that ICANN is not a legal enforcing
organization (protects the interests of donors that are in breach of
contract),
Procedural misconduct:
- denying input from selected groups (useful to ensure
constituencies recommend policies that fit with master plan),
- withdrawing Secretariat services (good for sabotaging
the tenure of potentially effective Chairs and Working Groups),
- creating an intake committee (filtering device to
eliminate unwanted agenda items),
- making an announcement to run a particular course of
action (useful to override a resolution that has been passed for an opposite
course of action- only effective if the issue has been ignored for a while),
- deciding that the views of 7 - 21 people represents
community consensus (reduces the workload to substantiate desired results/
eliminates assembly input without the need to restructure)
- bribing (useful to ensure the successful outcome of
almost anything - including "elections")
- revisionism (useful for making discreet amendments to
published documents on community websites),
- witholding information (in particular financial
expenditure/ budgetary cuts that cannot be substantiated),
- selective failure to enforce Registrar agreements
(write "politically correct" clauses into contracts which
both signatories know will not be enforced) .
When analyzed this way, one can draw many parallels
between ICANN behavior and that of the most corrupt politcal machines, in the
finest American tradition. The evidence is plentiful and covers a large span of
time (2 years). This is basically the foot print of a corrupt and dishonest
organization.
Many years ago, in my very first business classes, the
admonition was placed to NEVER do business with dishonest people or
organizations. I saw the seeds of this corruption and dishonesty when the ICANN
was still called NewCo and before US DOC signed the MoU, all of us in the ORSC
did. Stef withdrew the ORSC from the ICANN universe. MHSC chose not to follow
them. However, MHSC also made a policy decision to not fund any part of ICANN,
under any circumstances, as long as the corruption existed. Time and resources
would be spent, but no cash would be provided. That policy decision is still in
place. I am also sure, from behavior, that others have made similar decisions.
This is the policy responsible for MHSC not participating in last years TLD
lottery, even though we have extant TLDs in operation.
Had the ICANN excized its own corruption, then MHSC
would have been close enough to the process to help the reformed organization.
Failing that, MHSC would have adequate forewarning of possible problems wrt
business strategy and will have helped surface a sufficient portion of the
corruption that it becomes publically available knowlege. At this point in time,
MHSC feels that this goal has been achieved. The corruption is visible in all of
its inglorious splendor, for all the world to see, should they care to look. In
addition, we had hoped to prevent the fragmentation of the DNS name space, which
is now occuring (we've failed there).
It is MHSC opinion that;
- The ICANN has now discredited itself sufficiently that
it is no longer a significant factor,
- It continues to cast a dark shadow on internet
business, but the tumors are shrinking,
- The ICANN is responsible for current and continuing
DNS name space fragmentation and that it will continue to exacerbate the
problem, with its corrupt policies and intransigent positions.
- We have reached the point of diminishing returns wrt
correcting the problem from within the ICANN.
- We don't think that our worst fears will materialize
in the present US Administration. The ICANN doesn't have much credibility
there either.
- Negotiating with a dishonest entity, isn't
negotiating. However, it does serve to surface any latent
dishonesty.
With these points in mind, MHSC will be winding
down its ICANN-related activities between now and the end of the year. On
3Jan02, my 48th birthday present to myself is to unsubscribe from all the ICANN
lists and remove that level of stress from my life. Business in a down economy
is sufficiently exciting, that I don't need more excitement, generated by
corrupt regimes and dishonest organizations, that have discredited themselves
sufficiently such that, they no longer have any potential impact on my
world. There is no longer any point to beating my head on the blockhouse door
any longer then I have to.
I will also begin phasing in a new email address,
between now and then. After 7 years, this one just collects too much
spam.
Notes:
- WRT False Claim(6) and
Procedural misconduct(9); In the USA, the signatories of any
contract are mutually bound to enforce that agreement. However, in normal
cases, no one else is so bound, unless portions of said contract violate some
criminal statute. Third-parties cannot enforce a contract that they are not
signatory to. This also holds for the US Government, as a non-signatory party.
Ergo, the only enforcement authority, for registrar agreements, is the ICANN.
If ICANN chooses to not enforce a point of the contract then that point isn't
worth the ink used to print it. (this is Business Law 101, and
IANAL).
- The difference between an honest politician and a
corrupt one is that the honest politician stays bought. The ICANN isn't even
that honest, as both the winners and the losers of the TLD lottery
can atest.
-- IANAL = I Am Not A Lawyer. Before taking
legal action based on anything I say or write, you are strongly encouraged to
seek the advice of an attorney.
-- R O E L A N D M J M E Y E
R Managing Director Morgan Hill Software Company tel: +1 925 373
3954 cel: +1 925 352 3615 fax: +1 925 373 9781 http://www.mhsc.com
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