Re: [wg-review] Re: [cctld-discuss] Multilingulaism in ICANN

[Derek Conant <dconant@dnsga.org>]

I witnessed the change first hand.  I am in DC.

> Mr. Conant,
> In case you haven't noticed, there was a change of government in the USA
> over the weekend and you are making a serious mistake to think the Bush
> Cheney administration is going to go along with Clinton Gore policies,
> whatever they may or may not be. Your statement has no merit IMHO.
> Joanna
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-wg-review@dnso.org [mailto:owner-wg-review@dnso.org]On
> Behalf Of Derek Conant
> Sent: Monday, January 22, 2001 1:34 PM
> To: Per Koelle
> Cc: Pilar Luque; wg-review@dnso.org; cctld-discuss@wwtld.org
> Subject: Re: [wg-review] Re: [cctld-discuss] Multilingulaism in ICANN
>
> ccTLD representatives and other international representatives with all of
> their resources, opinions and frustration towards ICANN and its policy
> appear
> to not participate with organizations that have demonstrated energy, power
> and directives toward serving a better DNS.
>
> Nothing will induce more change than a competitive organization that has the
> ability and resources to propose productive change and that will not
> compromise its constituencies, through legislation and through other
> effective communication channels within the US Government.
>
> ICANN serves only the US Government.  Make no mistake about that.  It
> appears
> to me that any topic of discussion here, or any seemingly productive
> direction or result of such topic, will only move forward if it fits the US
> Government's current and future plan for the Internet.  I cannot see that
> participants here (whether they know it or not) are doing anything more than
> playing out the US Government's plan of furthering US global control over
> the
> Internet.  Through my experience, I know that participants here are not
> going
> to convince a US quasi-government agency (ICANN) of any change unless you
> can
> show that it will first benefit the US Government's plan to maintain US
> global control over the Internet.
>
> I hope that this will help make your discussions regarding the subject
> matter
> more efficient.
>
> Derek Conant
>
> Per Koelle wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 22 Jan 2001, Pilar Luque wrote:
> >
> > > Daer all,
> > >
> > >
> > > 8. Multilingualism should be a point to be considered in the new Names
> > > Council Budget and Names Council Business Plan.
> >
> > No way should we (ccTLD's) pay for this through another body (the NC) !
> >
> > We pay enough directly to ICANN. To me, it makes a lot more sense to do
> > some translation on crucial papers, than spend money on web-casting for
> > maybe up to fifty (50) people during meetings. (Not to mention what has
> > been spend on (US) layers regarding gTLD-matters.)
> >
> > Regards
> > Per Koelle
> > .DK
> >
> > > THEREFORE IT SHOULD BE DECIDED:
> > >
> > > 1. BUSINESS PLAN FOR SLOWLY INTRODUCING MULTILINGUALISM IN THE WHOLE OF
> > > THE ICANN PROCESS
> > > 2. STUDY OF THE BUDGET REQUIRED
> > > 3. WHICH LANGUAGES SHOULD BE INTRODUCED
> > >
> > >
> > > Comments please.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > >
> > > Pilar LUQUE (ES-NIC)
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