Re: [ICANN-EU] Comments about your view of ICANN squatters

[chiari mario <chiari.hm@flashnet.it>]

Giorgio, 

well said!

mario

ps you know, italians always agree!

At 02.14 31/10/00 +0100, Griffini Giorgio wrote:
>You wrote:
>> 
>> > I would be interested in knowing your evalutation of the ICANN
annoucement 
>> > of 4 interim Members of the initial BoD  to stay 4 years instead of a
few 
>> > months and to represent you.
>> 
>> Personally I feel that it is a breach of faith.
>> 
>> Not that this is anything surprising or new - ICANN has from the outset
>> repeatedly broken its bond of trust with the Internet community.  Just
>> look at how ICANN has from its very first meeting flagrantly tossed aside
>> its obligations to "operate to the maximum extent feasible in an open and
>> transparent manner".  Just look at how ICANN deferred even the creation of
>> an at large membership.  And why did ICANN fill only a portion of the
>> at-large seats?
>> 
>> By permitting this boardsquatting ICANN has once again slapped the
>> Internet community in the face.
>> 
>> 		--karl--
>> 
>
>Karl, 
>be aware that ICANN is under heavvy pressure on stating its role and many 
>attempts to endanger it have been put in place also recently (with NSI 
>multilingual domain names issue the most noticeable one).
>Also, there is nothing new in such decisions because they were written 
>black-on-white even before the @large adventure was started. 
>I'm not sure that is a good thing to exercise pressure on ICANN from our
side 
>(the @large membership) this way with the relevant risk to break the thing 
>we are likely interested in partecipating in. 
>I think a better approach would be to keep watching on what will develop and 
>claim for  'bad faith'  when it actually makes some real damage rather than 
>blame for it in advance.
>If we allow/contribute for a ICANN breakdown, large companies interests will 
>take control of the DNS and I don't think this is what the membership@large 
>would like to happen.
>We should go with a little care but be ready to fight when this is actually 
>needed and/or appropriate. After all even David was successful with Goliath 
>but he had to wait for the right moment for hitting him with that famous
little 
>stone...
>
>Best regards
>Giorgio Griffini
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