Re: [atlarge-discuss] Thawte certificate... WoT

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

Holger and all fellow members,

  As to one of you comments below, the membership list does not
currently list Vint Cerf as a member.  I am also not aware of him
ever discussing his financial accounts either.  So perhaps you could
share with all of the members which "Inventor of the Internet"
you are referring to that is an ICANNATLARGE.ORG member
Holger???

Holger Steiner wrote:

> espresso@e-scape.net schrieb:
> >
> > 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 would be easier I think than to say: "We are the new government of
> the Internet.".
> ;-)
>
>
> > 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.
>
> I am not into the banking technicalities, but this sounds much better
> than PayPal.
>
> As long as it is not the banking account of the internet inventor on
> this list...
> ;-)
>
> greetings
> Holger
>
> --
> ######################################
> Holger Steiner
> Programmer & Consultant
> Synchron GmbH
> h.steiner@synchron-is.de
> http://www.synchron-is.de
> <script>alert("Only the code gets executed, not the
> intentions...")</script>
> ######################################
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> 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 LLA. - (Over 129k members/stakeholders strong!)
================================================================
CEO/DIR. Internet Network Eng. SR. Eng. Network data security
Information Network Eng. Group. INEG. INC.
E-Mail jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com
Contact Number: 214-244-4827 or 214-244-3801



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