Re: [wg-review] constituency composition

["Olivier Crepin-Leblond" <ocl@gih.com>]

Michael Sondow <msondow@iciiu.org> wrote:


> Kent Crispin wrote:
>
> > Alejandro Pisanty came from the NCC, don't forget.
>
> He is also a national officer of ISOC. Don't forget that, either.
>

[...snip...]

and...

> > Since ISOC is now an official UN sanctioned NGO, there certainly are
> > some intriguing possibilities there.
>
> ISOC runs ICANN. It doesn't need any constituency, much less another
> one in addition to the NCDNHC, which it already controls.
>

This is incorrect. ISOC is totally independent of ICANN. If ICANN
members and officers are also members of ISOC, this is their own right.
They may also vote republican or democrat. And hey, who knows, some
may also be communists... But this doesn't mean that the reds run ICANN...

ISOC is there for it's members, both organizational, and individuals. I
fail to understand why we need 101 other organisations to reflect the
views of individual domain name holders when, IMHO, ISOC could
take on that task.

Quick intro: Internet user since 1987. Involved with CCtld creation since
1991.
Opposes the creation of a thousand gTlDs due to fears of gTlD hogging
at the top level. No financial interest whatsoever in the TlD wars. I listen
more than I speak - and I've heard a lot of rubbish about TlDs since 1997...

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Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond, PhD - ocl@gih.com
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