Re: [atlarge-discuss] Why do users need a place at the table?

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

Danny and all stakeholders or other interested parties and members,

DannyYounger@cs.com wrote:

> >From Ross Rader's blog at byte.org:  "Why do users need a place at the table?"
>
> "I was just reading through Esther's interview at OpenDemocracy and it
> occurred to me that over the last four years I've not heard (or perhaps more
> precisely, I don't remember hearing) any arguments concerning why user
> participation in ICANN is appropriate.

  Danny those arguments to this were done long before you showed up
on the scene, so to speak such as during the DOC's forum on Domain policy
and the Green paper transition to the White Paper...  As I have suggested
before to you, perhaps a review of those archives would be helpful for a
more encompassing understanding...  ????

> I mean, it seems perfectly logical and
> healthy for providers, producers, customers and caretakers of the DNS and
> domain names to be involved - but actually users?

  Yes especially users!

> If "user" means "those that
> use the resources of the Internet and in doing so take advantage of the
> resolution services of the DNS" then I need some significant education as to
> what the fuss is about.

  Again review the many arguments and debates along these lines
from '96 forward to '98 and you can than have a better understanding.

> I'm not saying that user participation on some level
> is or isn't desirable, I'm just saying I don't think that I "get it" enough
> to actually buy either side of the argument. If on the other hand "user"
> means "an individual who has registered a domain name", then the picture is
> quite clear to me - they need representation and they need it now. I think I
> have some reading to do this weekend" ;)

  Yes you do!  >;)  Have fun!

>
>
> --------------------------------
> Any thoughts on this commentary?
>
> I have a related question for the group:  If "users" are to be represented in
> ICANN, should all users (and not just domain name registrants) be expected to
> fund ICANN's activities?  Does this imply establishing contracts with the one
> "provider" group that is not yet under contract, the ISPs, so as to have a
> vehicle for the receipt of such funds?
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> To unsubscribe, e-mail: atlarge-discuss-unsubscribe@lists.fitug.de
> For additional commands, e-mail: atlarge-discuss-help@lists.fitug.de

Regards,
--
Jeffrey A. Williams
Spokesman for INEGroup - (Over 127k members/stakeholders strong!)
CEO/DIR. Internet Network Eng/SR. Java/CORBA Development Eng.
Information Network Eng. Group. INEG. INC.
E-Mail jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com
Contact Number: 214-244-4827 or 972-244-3801
Address: 5 East Kirkwood Blvd. Grapevine Texas 75208



---------------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe, e-mail: atlarge-discuss-unsubscribe@lists.fitug.de
For additional commands, e-mail: atlarge-discuss-help@lists.fitug.de