[atlarge-discuss] Re: [ncdnhc-discuss] clarification (sort of) on ICANNatlarge.com and other ICANN "at-large" things

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

Todd and all,

  Good idea here Todd.  Well done!  Now for the funding phase
eh?  >:)

todd glassey wrote:

> I registered the USDOA.ORG domain for this purpose if anyone is interested
> in starting this up.
>
> Todd Glassey
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "todd glassey" <todd.glassey@worldnet.att.net>
> To: "James Love" <james.love@cptech.org>; "Alexander Svensson"
> <svensson@icannchannel.de>
> Cc: "NCDNHC Discussion" <discuss@icann-ncc.org>
> Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 2:19 PM
> Subject: Re: [ncdnhc-discuss] clarification (sort of) on ICANNatlarge.com
> and other ICANN "at-large" things
>
> > Personally from all the noise on this list I am beginning to think that a
> > smaller US-Only Domain Owner/Operator's Association is in order. Its
> intent
> > would be to protect the rights and capabilities of US Domain Owners as a
> > whole. It would present to IDNO/ICANN and to the US Congress as
> > representative of the voting American Citizens that own operate or
> > administer domains and their interests.
> >
> > Anyone else have any commentary on that?
> >
> > Todd
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "James Love" <james.love@cptech.org>
> > To: "Alexander Svensson" <svensson@icannchannel.de>
> > Cc: "NCDNHC Discussion" <discuss@icann-ncc.org>
> > Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 7:14 AM
> > Subject: Re: [ncdnhc-discuss] clarification (sort of) on ICANNatlarge.com
> > and other ICANN "at-large" things
> >
> >
> > > Alexander Svensson wrote:
> > > > You are (mis)portraying ICANNatlarge.com and the ALOC as two
> > > > competing entities. In fact, ICANNatlarge.com is represented
> > > > /on/ the ALOC. But I'm not trying to defend what the ALOC does
> > > > or doesn't do: The point is that I believe it would be a bad
> > > > idea if user organizations started to fight against each other
> > > > to become the Single Authoritative Voice of the Users. I
> > > > believe we need an interface between a multitude of user
> > > > organizations and ICANN. And someone has to reach out to
> > > > user organizations worldwide (which is what Denise Michel is
> > > > doing). Of course, that interface must be composed of and
> > > > elected by user organizations in the end.
> > >
> > >     I guess this is something that people will disagree about.  I don't
> > > think it is unimportant that the Denise/Esther effort has hijacked the
> > term
> > > "at-large" and turned it on its head to bless a decidedly undemocratic
> > > effort.     Maybe some others feel differently.   By the way, how does
> the
> > > Esther/Denise effort get its own legitimacy?  And has the at-large
> > > organizing committee have any proceedures, ways of electing leaders or
> any
> > > real role other than to make ICANN look like it has a real voice for
> > users?
> > >
> > >    Jamie
> > >
> > > --
> > > ------
> > > James Love, Consumer Project on Technology
> > > http://www.cptech.org, mailto:love@cptech.org
> > > voice: 1.202.387.8030; mobile 1.202.361.3040
> > >
> > >
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