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Re: [atlarge-discuss]
Sorry to interrupt this discussion about paypal, but, I am unsure of what
the point is. Is it possible for someone to post a clear statement as to
where the group is in its organizational effort? The e-mail discussions seem
a bit scrambled.
Who is currently leading this effort? How many people are on this list? Why
does it seem as if nothing is being accomplished?
Rod
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From: <espresso@e-scape.net>
To: <atlarge-discuss@lists.fitug.de>
Sent: Monday, April 28, 2003 2:04 PM
Subject: Re: [atlarge-discuss] Thawte certificate... WoT
: Sotiris Sotiropoulos said:
: >> 3) I think a Paypal account would be sufficient for our purposes,
: >> provided that it was a verified account.
:
: and Holger Steiner responded:
: >Paypal is not known for their reliability or trustiness.
: >I for instance will never do business with them again.
:
: There seem to be quite a number of people who feel that
: way. PayPal is also being prosecuted in the U.S. for
: operating an unauthorized bank and being sued by various
: individuals and companies.
:
: One quite reasonable alternative for identification
: purposes might be to incorporate the group, at least in
: preliminary form -- e.g., a charter that specifies it is
: a non-profit operation which exists expressly "to promote
: public education and information on the need for a
: non-commercial Internet users' constituency". As primarily
: educational (rather than a lobby group, private club, etc.)
: it could probably obtain charitable status without too
: much difficulty, and it could legitimately use any
: donations collected to pay the eventual ICANNATLARGE.ORG
: to develop the educational materials, user forums, etc.
: for its Web site.
:
: This new organization could then open a real bank account
: and ask prospective members to send in small personal
: donations by personal cheque or electronic transfer,
: along with a real-world name and address as well as their
: online identity. There would thus be no need to have
: PayPal or Verisign or whoever involved, and people who
: have no actual need of their own digital certificate (which
: is most people around the world) wouldn't be compelled
: to pay for one. Meanwhile, the money collected could
: actually be used to do something useful.
:
:
: My two cents Canadian, FWIW,
:
: Judyth
:
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