Re: [ga] "...someone at ICANN will say up-front, that a consensus is not needed..." ?

["Richard Henderson" <richardhenderson@ntlworld.com>]

Alternatively, USG is entirely clear about what it is doing, and uses ICANN
as its instrument of policy, and as a way of masking its own involvement.

I have little doubt that Nancy Victory's findings were negotiated in
backroom discussions, and that she had a perfectly good understanding of
ICANN's strategies and purposes.

I suspect even the little constraints and criticisms were carefully
orchestrated, to make USG seem separate and apart from ICANN, but rest
assured: ICANN only exists because USG chooses to let it exist.

ICANN therefore will carry out those policies which USG intimates would be
in their mutual best interests.

Richard H

----- Original Message -----
From: Jim Fleming <JimFleming@ameritech.net>
To: Paul Stahura <stahura@enom.com>; <Bruce.Tonkin@melbourneit.com.au>
Cc: <ga@dnso.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 4:47 PM
Subject: [ga] "...someone at ICANN will say up-front, that a consensus is
not needed..." ?


> http://www.dnso.org/clubpublic/registrars/Arc02/msg01325.html
> "...someone at ICANN will say up-front, that a consensus is not needed..."
> ====
>
> ICANN is a small company (supposedly non-profit) located in the State of
California.
> ICANN does what it pleases. People and companies donate money (willingly?)
to ICANN.
> Non-Profits live on the donations they receive. As long as people and
companies donate,
> the non-profit company survives and pays the employees $250,000 per year
to collect the
> donations. One can not fault 10, 20, 30 or more people from sitting around
all day, doing
> largely nothing, and collecting their daily fees. With $10,000,000 per
year, there can be 40
> people supported in the life-style they desire. Each of the so-called RIRs
have essentially
> the same model. It all is based on the 0:0 .ARPA allocations and
*.IN-ADDR.ARPA names.
> http://www.iana.org/assignments/ipv4-address-space
>
> It should not be surprising that 40 people will always be ready to step
forward to sing the
> praises of their non-prophet venture and how the good of the "community"
is served.
> http://www.arin.net/mailing_lists/ppml/1671.html
>
> The clueless U.S. Government bureaucrats have decided (or know no better)
to take advice
> from ICANN in selecting what TLDs they do not censor. The world is routing
around that.
> It is an embarrassment to the American public, to have such illiterate
government officials.
> One can only hope that this will change, as future generations of children
become better
> educated, become elected, and hire educated employees. In the interim, the
world has to
> live with the mis-guided decisions of a few bimbo lobbyists who dominate
the D.C. beltway.
> People can travel (waste their time) several times per year to see them on
display.
>
> Jim Fleming
> http://www.DOT-BIZ.com
>
>
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