RE: [wg-review] [IDNH] & @Large Members Organization

["Cindy Merry" <tomerrys@inter-linc.net>]

I agree with a lot of this statement.  I also think that most of the people
who are on the work group appear to care very much about what is being
done.  And I'm not sure that being paid to be here is bad...  Sometimes I
represent clients and their causes (getting paid) and I still strongly
believe in that cause as a private person, an individual.  I definitely
agree that the flow of information should never be controlled by any
entity.  And I'd really like to see the cost of using the Internet, which
was developed by our military and then our universities, and not one
individual business, stay inexpensive.  This isn't a case of private
business developing something and than selling it,  it's a case of private
business trying to figure out how to make money off the Internet, now that
its been created.

The one thing I still don't understand is why limiting the number of Top
Level Domain names is considered a good thing?  If this is a communication
device why can't there be a plethora of TLDs?

Cindy Merry

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Sent: Monday, January 08, 2001 8:51 PM
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Subject: [wg-review] [IDNH] & @Large Members Organization

I posted a message earlier... it didn't seem to make it to the list for
some reason.  In any case, what I wanted to say is outlined below:

I care enough about the free flow of Information to understand that the
Internet is too important a thing to botch or clutter up.  I do not wish to
see a Big
Business or Big Brother Internet .  I hope there are others out there who
agree with this sentiment, and frankly, I hope they are many!  Of course,
this is
not to say that Big business (or Government) does not have its place on the
Net, they do, but they must know that it's just that- one place among
others,
*many* Others.  The Internet was devised to serve diverse purposes and
functions (and people), not simply those of "special interest" or
ultimately
minority groups who currently wield clearly disproportionate power in its
decision-making processes and policies.  I think it's important that
everyone of us
make no mistake that it's all about Information and who controls it's flow.
I think it's important that any `Global Internet Governing body', such as
ICANN
ultimately purports to be, is accountable and responsible to ALL of its
Members.

I care enough about myself to understand that there are others like me out
there who wish to have a voice in what will IN REALITY (not cybermyth)
affect
ALL of US and OUR FUTURE.  I strongly suspect there are opposed groups who
would thwart individuals like myself, as these are contrary to their
"special interests".  But, I know that if enough of US realize there's
strength in numbers- not *just* in FIGURES- we will have found our fulcrum
point.
Numbers can generate figures pretty quickly.

I know enough about the workings of ICANN to understand that what is
necessary in the process of ICANN self-government, is that the Members (ALL
of
them) realize the value of the Corporation to each of them individually,
and as a whole.  In fact, it is the responsibility of bona fide Members of
ICANN to
perpetuate, cultivate, and foster their common Project TOGETHER.
Otherwise, what right does anyone have to be here at all, even at open
invitation to
this WG (as it clearly was and already verified by Ms. YJ Park)?  Any claim
to a right of Opposition to an accountable Globally Public endeavour such
as
ICANN, is clearly not in the interests of the Global Public or ICANN @Large
Membership.

I care enough about all the abovementioned to be here at my own expense of
time and money; I know there are others who are also paying to be here.
Of course, I also know that there are others who are *being* payed to be
here.  I think it's high time the @Large started assuming its mantle and
full rights
of Membership.  We must organize, it is our only hope for any kind of
effective representation and action.  Let's start rebuilding the "bottom
up" concept
of ICANN... from the bottom up.

Hello up there?!

Sotiris Sotiropoulos
          Hermes Network, Inc.




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