Re: [atlarge-discuss] To RALO or not to RALO (was: SomeSimple Facts...)

[espresso@e-scape.net]

At 23:19 +0000 2003/01/10, Richard Henderson wrote:
>...
>Yes, if ICANN can control the "Gate" and act as Gatekeeper, then that
>would
>suit its purposes well.. the organisation which decided to EXPEL
>democratically elected representatives from its Boardroom...
>
>The Internet Users of the World are NOT a subsidiary of ICANN. They
>are an
>entity in their own right, vastly greater than ICANN...
>
>I repeat : the RALOs are a complete (and designed) trap.

I'm with Richard on this.

Pardon the vulgarity but the situation brings to mind the
argument used by Lyndon Johnson for retaining J. Edgar Hoover
as head of the FBI. He said "I'd rather have him inside
the tent pissing out than outside the tent pissing in".

If we let ICANN can keep us inside the tent, we'll be part of
ICANN and in no position to criticize since de facto we'll
have agreed to its way of doing things.

If we're outside the tent, we can speak freely whenever we
like and however we like, and (assuming we do form a viable
organization with enough Internet users as members) we can
probably achieve more than we could as an entity subservient
to the ICANN Board and therefore subject to muzzling or
summary elimination.

In short, I don't think letting ourselves be co-opted as a
"company union" would be either effective or fair to the
constituency we claim we want to serve.

My two cents Canadian,

Judyth


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