Re: [atlarge-discuss] "Europe threatens to invade ICANN"

["J-F C. (Jefsey) Morfin" <jefsey@club-internet.fr>]

On 13:36 11/02/03, Joe Baptista said:
> this is more bullshit - i think they want to liberate the internet for
> themselves.  were going to see alot of this over the next few months.
Joe is perfectly right. The ccTLDs are as we are. They are a group of 
people whose interests are endangered by ICANN's intent to control the IANA 
file and they want deseperately to delay the day the IANA file is automated 
because they will have no more local monopoly.

In that way they are our allies. But we do not want them to stop us in 
benig locked into 257 TLDs only. This is why we must be everywhere in the 
governance because we are everywhere in the real world.

Most of the dispute in here would stop should we adopt the proper perspective.

1. we are the @large Members of the Internet governance, ie we are the 
defacto trustees of the real owners of the internet: the users who build 
the nets with their computers and money.

2. that governance includes among others ICANN, the ccTLD Alliance, the 
open roots, the ITU and our right is to be present everywhere.

3. the network is currently hijacked though the root management by ICANN. 
This is not stable, secure and innovation oriented. A new way must be found.

From having kept the naming file for years, from having shared in the 
alt(sic)roots, from having discussed that a lot with ICANN and with ITU 
people, I think the best way is to resume a concerted effort where ICANN, 
ccTLDs, open roots, ITU (as the telephone namespace), large nomenclatures 
(ISSN, ISBN. etc) may form a G8 like concerting group and develop a system 
to automate the generation and the mutual control for consistency of each 
of their root system. This using the data from each TLD Manager who may 
this way control their life and develop independently, out of the ICANN soviet.

This is the solution we initially had, the solution Jon Postel implied in 
his initial RFC 920, the solution that Peter de Blanc headed to, the 
solution ITU will supprt, the solution that protect the users most ... This 
is a solution that ICANN has asked to test (see last part of ICP-3). This 
is a solution which needs developments, agreements and tests. This is the 
reason of dot-root.

Our own share as @large there is simple: as ".atlarge.ws preparing 
.atlarge" we will be part of this, seeing the practical aspects and 
results: a watching partner into this.

Just remember: ICANN is not an ennemy, ICANN is not out of our concerns.
ICANN is a place we also OWN. We have to come Home.

Should the bylaws have not changed, the BoD would probably today be made of 
Stuart Lynn, with the 9 first and last people quoted in the trust/distrust 
atlarger's list (but me as I cannot afford it :-).

jfc
















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