Re: [ICANN-EU] Independent support for Jeanette Hofmann

[Jefsey Morfin <jefsey@wanadoo.fr>]

Alexander,
tour response to Vittorio is very interesting. You seem to be
well aware of the ccTLD situation: could you tell us what the
ICANN wants to bill the ccTLD for.  This description would
probably help everyone in better understanding how the
ICANN sees itself.

I am quite interested by the point made by the CENTR (the
european ccTLD at large) that the ccTLD have not delegated
yet any authority to the ICANN. This seems to be a key issue.

If you consider the DNS: the "autority" is with the fellow user.
a-root, ccTLD, ISP, etc.. are just telling which nameserver has
autority. IMHO (cf. Jon Postel's RFC) the ICANN *service* is to
manage the public TLD set. Why virtual authority would not
show the lead to real authority? I wander.
Jefsey






At 13:06 28/08/00, you wrote:

>Dear Vittorio, Marc,
>
>[Vittorio Bertola]
> >> What if the national registries for 3-4 (or more) major European
> >> countries do not pay their ICANN fee? Do you think that their
>[Marc Lehmann]
> > It is very very difficult to get 3-4 major european registries to boycott
> > ICANN.
>
>Those who have been involved with ICANN know that it
>has already happened (or rather: it is happening). The
>European ccTLDs are not paying the invoices ICANN has
>send them, but are giving voluntary contributions (which
>are much lower). They rejected the payment scheme ICANN
>presented and want to wait until the ICANN-ccTLD agreements
>are ready. (Which is why I agree with Alf Hansen's
>statement that these agreements should have high priority
>for any director.)
>
>See also
>http://www.centr.org/docs/press/20000605-icann.html
>
>Best regards,
>/// Alexander
>
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