[atlarge-discuss] Ranking re: [atlarge-discuss] Re: [wg-web] Re: passwords toaccess the preview icannatlarge.org site

[espresso@e-scape.net]

Much as I value the idea of trying to raise our ranking in the search
engines and recruit new members, I'm by no means sure now is the time
or that the text Chris wrote is what I'd like to see on our homepage.
My suggested revisions are interspersed below.

At 15:12 -0800 2002/12/05, NameCritic wrote:
>IcannAtLarge.org is global internet community that you are urged to
>join for
>free, whose members are concerned about issues such as;

Delete "that you are urgerd to join for free,".
I know "free" is one way to get ranked near the top of some search
engines and attract people who are looking for free stuff but this is
not what I'd choose for us to do in the way of
outreach, particularly before we have finalized what we're doing.

>Your Rights regarding the way WHOIS Information is displayed to the
>public
>and how your privacy is protected from governments, spammers, and
>others who
>would sell your information for profit or otherwise use the
>information in a
>harmful way.

Lowercase "rights" throughout.
"WHOIS" doesn't mean anything to most Internet users -- even domain
name owners don't always know what it is.

I'd say something like:
* Your right to have your privacy respected on the Internet and your
personal information protected from people who would misuse it
(spammers, governments, sellers of marketing data...).

>Your Rights involving Domain Names and Domain Name Registrys and
>Registrars
>such as the introduction of new TLDs and how they are determined and
>distributed, the policies about the Transfer of Domain Names, how
>Domain
>Name Registration is handled, how Domain Name Disputes are decided, as
>well
>as Trademark and other Intellectual Property Issues surrounding the
>use of
>domain names.

Lowercase "rights", "domain names". "transfer"... in short, use
capitals only for proper names of people, organizations, titles of
reports and such.
"TLDs" doesn't mean anything to most Internet users -- we should either
explain the terms fully or rephrase them so that people understand what
we mean.

I'd say:
* Your right to register a domain name easily and securely, to transfer
it to another registrar when you want to, and to fair judgment of
disputes about trademarks and intellectual property issues about your
domain name.
* Your right to know how "top level domains" (TLDs, the ".com",
".net", etc. extensions at the ends of domain names) are chosen, how
the registrars are licenced and the registry maintained, and how the
policies about these things are made.

>Your Rights to Internet Privacy, Security, and Freedom. Your right to
>use
>the Internet in whatever country you may be in, regardless of your
>race or
>creed, without government censorship, control, or invasive monitoring,
>as
>well as without the control and restrictions multi-national
>corporations and
>ICANN wish to place on those rights.

I'd say:
* Your right to personal privacy, security and freedom on the Internet
as in real life.
* Your right as an individual to use the Internet freely, regardless of
who or where you are, without censorship or invasive monitoring or
limitations imposed by governments, commercial interests, or regulatory
bodies like the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
(ICANN).

>Your Right to have a voice and a vote involving the way policies,
>rules, and
>laws are being made that affect you and your ability to use of the
>Internet
>freely and without interference or restriction.

I'd say:
* Your right to a voice --and a vote-- in the making of policies,rules
and laws which affect your ability to communicate freely over the
Internet without interference or restriction.

>Your Right to have a voice involving the use of DNS, the way DNS is
>Governed
>and Administered, as well as many other Technical Issues surrounding
>the
>rights of users worldwide.

I'd say:
* Your right to a voice in how the domain name system (DNS) operates
and is governed, as well as in other technical issues affecting the
rights of Internet users around the world.

>By joining and participating in icannATLARGE.org, you help us fight for
>those rights and address issues related to Policy and Rules set forth
>by
>Organizations such as ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names
>and
>Numbers), the DNSO (Domain Name Supporting Organization), The ALAC (At
>Large
>Advisory Committee), The IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force), and
>others,
>some of whom want to control the Internet for their own purposes. And
>you
>help us influence them to decide these rules and policies in a
>bottom-up
>democratic process that begins with you and other individual users,
>not by
>governments or multi-national corporations.

ICANNATLARGE.ORG intends to address these issues and represent all
individual Internet users where the policies and rules are made -- by
ICANN and its the At Large Advisory Committee (ALAC), the Domain Name
Supporting Organization (DNSO), the Internet Engineering Task Force
(IETF) and other organizations which seek to protect their own
interests rather than yours.

We believe in an open, bottom-up, democratic process which begins with
you and other individual internet users.

We believe that together we can make sure that the Internet is governed
and administered for the benefit of all rather than for the benefit of
certain interest-groups.


>We hope you will join us and make your voice heard on these issues.
>Your
>vote counts! Join today!

You can help us by joining (it's free) and participating in our effort
to protect the communications rights of individuals like yourself.
Please register {here} and make sure your voice --and your vote-- will
count.

[a somehwat frivolous idea here... you may want to improve it]

ICANNATLARGE.ORG
- International Coalition Against Name-and-Numberism, Technical
Libertarianism, Administrative Rigidity and General Elitism

Regards,

Judyth

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