Re: [ga] Point of Order

["Roberto Gaetano" <ploki_xyz@hotmail.com>]

William X Walsh wrote:
>
>I call on the Chair to table the motion by Jamie Love and others.
>


I respectfully disagree.

I am against the motion, because it be the death of the GA.
I am against tabling the motion, because by not abiding the rules the Chair 
will kill the GA.

The effect is the same, but as explained in a previous message, I am not 
willing to sanction self killing, but I will sanction killing of others.

Let the will of the (new forming) majority of the GA (voting registry, not 
mailing list) prevail: it will be absolutely irrelevant for the matter, as I 
cannot think for a second that USG will give any credit to a small group, 
rallied at the last minute.
It will be relevant, though, to demonstrate that individuals cannot 
self-organize and produce meaningful results.
What DNSO NC, ICANN BoD, and many others have argued ever since.

Incidentally, has anybody thought that ICANN is doing *exactly* what USG is 
expecting it to do, and therefore there is no whatsoever reason to kill it, 
if not to create further delays before creating a photocopy of it? I have 
lived this experience in Italy in the 60's and 70's, when governments failed 
confidence votes were replaced after long and thorough consultation by ... 
the same people over again.
The CEOs and the BoD Chairs of ICANN have been and are all US citizens, 
whose election/nomination was done with the placet of (if not following 
direct nomination from) the USG. Why would you think that they are acting 
not in line with the owner? Moreover, USG has had, and still has, the lever 
of the power. It could have warned or even stopped ICANN with a phone call, 
had it wanted. It did not, because ICANN is doing exactly what is supposed 
to do: slowing down the introduction of new TLDs, not hurting NSI/Verisign, 
favour IP (not the protocol, the property) and big business versus 
individuals and small guys, window dressing this with a zest of 
internationalism, that is to hold meetings also outside the US. Actually, 
after September 11, better if *all* meetings are held outside the US, in any 
case this will not affect the center of power, it will be just more dust in 
our eyes.

Well, I have my squash partner waiting for me, see you later.
Roberto


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