Re: [wg-review] 3.Constituencies - RTF Report

[Eric Dierker <ERIC@HI-TEK.COM>]

From one of your posts yesterday I was afraid our trivial pursuits had bored you away.

I believe this topic is at the core root of rot that has infected and/or turned away participants.
What many people do not understand, is that here in the U.S.A. our governing collection body known as
the IRS was established as a corporation, but I bet Mr. Crispin would not even say they are not part
of a government.  No matter what rules ICANN plays by they are a governing body.

Sincerely,

Sotiropoulos wrote:

> 1/30/01 1:13:54 PM, Kent Crispin <kent@songbird.com> wrote:
>
> >On Tue, Jan 30, 2001 at 10:19:23AM -0800, Eric Dierker wrote:
> >> My son asked me the other day which type of government was most
> >> successful.  I answered with the question, "from whos point of view the
> >> governed or the government?".  Fidel Castro's reign in Cuba is extremely"
> >> successful in that he has remained in power for so long.  There are many
> >> examples of success from the point of view of the governed.
> >
> >Here you express one of the most pernicious misconceptions about ICANN.
> >ICANN is NOT A GOVERNMENT.  If you persist in trying to think of it in
> >those terms you are doomed to disappointment, and your comments are
> >meaningless.
>
> But this is where you stop, Kent.  Why don't you go on and tell us what ICANN
> is exactly.
>
> I think all of us are aware that ICANN *is* a Not-for-Profit Organization, structured
> on a corporate model.  Some of us do understand what the corporate model requires.
> What I am saying to you Kent, is that many of the @Large stakeholders in the
> corporation ICANN are beginning to feel as if things are not being done according to
> the rules of the ICANN itself.  However, what *is* going on *is* being labeled as "in the
> name of the ICANN", but does not necessarily reflect what is in ICANN's best interests.
> We have been given a right to a voice, in the very By-Laws of ICANN, and we're speaking
> up.  The real question is: Are any of you people going to start listening, or are you paid agents
> provocateurs, out to ruin our Corporation?
>
>
>
> Sotiris Sotiropoulos
>           Hermes Network, Inc.
>
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