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Re: [atlarge-discuss] Questions for each candidate



Joop and all fellow members,

Joop Teernstra wrote:

> At 05:58 a.m. 15/05/2003, you wrote:
> >1.  Do you intend to support the formation of Regional At-Large Organizations
> >(RALOs) as enumerated in the ICANN bylaws?  Why, or why not?
>
> No.  Our members have rejected the RALO idea.

 They have?  When was this vote upon by ALL or ANY of
the members officially Joop?  I may agree that your opinion is
correct here, but to out of hand make such a declaration as you
often seem to do, is less than honest and not representative of
what the Members may actually feel or desire.

>
> Why?
> 1.We have not had any input in these ICANN Bylaw changes.

  Nothing has stopped any member here form participating and
providing comments are input regarding ICANN's bylaw changes.
It may be true that such comments/input would be largely ignored,
bu still the bylaws comment list for ICANN is available for such
comment/input.

>
> 2. ICANN is global. It's At Large Membership must be global too.

  This is a very good point.  Yet we cannot say for a certainty that
the ALAC is not global yet.

>
> 3. We have to cope with our political divisions first, before we also
> introduce geographical division.

  Geographical division is not the/an actual issue geographical
diversity is. The politics of such is only than important.

>
> 4. Our members are free to set up any regional organization that is viable.
> But the main issues are not regional. In the end it is one internet
> user-one-vote that must make the decisions.

  I agree here.  Other members here may not however.  Hence yet again
Joop we really do not know at this juncture where this fledgling
organization stands on any issue to date as there has been no
official vote on such issues or considerations.

>
>
> >2.  Which DNS issue is most important to you?  What policy change would you
> >recommend to the ICANN Board with respect to that issue?
>
> DNS "issues" become issues, because companies see opportunities or ICANN
> proposes regulation for them. Today it is WHOIS accuracy, delete policy and
> WLS among others. UDRP is already yesterday's battle. IDN.IDN still has to
> start.
>    The issues of today may be mild compared with the DNS issues of
> tomorrow. (legislation against alt roots,  internet-death, "what is spam"
> and more on the horizon)
>
>   What I would like to see is an ICANN-recognized Bill of Rights for Domain
> Name Owners that enumerates a number of protections that should be
> incorporated in the registrar contracts.
>
> >3.  How many At-Large directors should be seated on the ICANN Board?  What
> >strategy do you recommend to accomplish that goal?
>
> Frankly I don't know what is politically attainable.  Even 3 *real* at
> large directors are better than nothing. I think it is unrealistic to
> expect much, unless we as an organization become solid , global and
> respectable.
>
> >4.  Will you participate in lobbying the U.S. Department of Commerce to
> >formally re-bid the ICANN contracts?
>
> No.  They don't listen to non-US citizens. And, frankly, better the devil
> you know...
>
> >5.  ICANN constituencies are required to submit a new charter and statement
> >of operating procedures no later than 15 July 2003.  Will you commit to this
> >same goal for this organization within the same timeframe?
>
> No. We cannot let ICANN dictate our pace.
>
> >6.  It costs money to run any organization.  How do you intend to fund this
> >organization?
>
> 1.membership fees (with exemptions for those who publicly ask for it).
> 2. member-donations
> 3. sponsorship by more established non-commercial organizations
>
> >7.  In your view, what is the mission of this organization?  How do you
> >intend to accomplish that mission?
>
> The first Mission is to create a respectable democratic representative
> structure for the interests of Individual DNS users worldwide.
> When that is accomplished it is up to the representatives to define a
> further mission with regards to ICANN or any other body that is involved
> with global internet/DNS regulation.
> *****
> Danny,
>
> These are good questions. Could you also post them in the Forum, so that
> the candidates who are not on this list may reply to them as well?
>
> It will also be easier to post URL's to their replies and collate then on a
> "candidate Statements Page" , easier than finding them in the archives of
> this ML.
>
> -joop-
>
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Regards,

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