Re: [ICANN-EU] Comments about your view of ICANN squatters

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>]

Oliver and all,

  Not they obviously are not YET a part of the internet community.

Olivier Guillard / AFNIC wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I go sometimes to visit members of my familly in the country side, poeple that
> don't know what is an e-mail and even less a domain name but that still know
> how to raise childrens, those that will be obliged to use internet in couple
> of years.
>
> Are they part of the "internet community" that karl is talking about, if yes,
> who represent them ?
>
> Olivier
>
> le 31 Oct, Griffini Giorgio a écrit :
> > You wrote:
> > >
> > > > I would be interested in knowing your evalutation of the ICANN annoucement
> > > > of 4 interim Members of the initial BoD  to stay 4 years instead of a few
> > > > months and to represent you.
> > >
> > > Personally I feel that it is a breach of faith.
> > >
> > > Not that this is anything surprising or new - ICANN has from the outset
> > > repeatedly broken its bond of trust with the Internet community.  Just
> > > look at how ICANN has from its very first meeting flagrantly tossed aside
> > > its obligations to "operate to the maximum extent feasible in an open and
> > > transparent manner".  Just look at how ICANN deferred even the creation of
> > > an at large membership.  And why did ICANN fill only a portion of the
> > > at-large seats?
> > >
> > > By permitting this boardsquatting ICANN has once again slapped the
> > > Internet community in the face.
> > >
> > >             --karl--
> > >
> >
> > Karl,
> > be aware that ICANN is under heavvy pressure on stating its role and many
> > attempts to endanger it have been put in place also recently (with NSI
> > multilingual domain names issue the most noticeable one).
> > Also, there is nothing new in such decisions because they were written
> > black-on-white even before the @large adventure was started.
> > I'm not sure that is a good thing to exercise pressure on ICANN from our side
> > (the @large membership) this way with the relevant risk to break the thing
> > we are likely interested in partecipating in.
> > I think a better approach would be to keep watching on what will develop and
> > claim for  'bad faith'  when it actually makes some real damage rather than
> > blame for it in advance.
> > If we allow/contribute for a ICANN breakdown, large companies interests will
> > take control of the DNS and I don't think this is what the membership@large
> > would like to happen.
> > We should go with a little care but be ready to fight when this is actually
> > needed and/or appropriate. After all even David was successful with Goliath
> > but he had to wait for the right moment for hitting him with that famous
> > little stone...
> >
> > Best regards
> > Giorgio Griffini
> >
>
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> Olivier Guillard
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