[ncdnhc-discuss] Names council candidates

[Chun Eung Hwi]

Dear Alejandro,

On Mon, 10 Sep 2001, Alejandro Pisanty - CUAED y FQ, UNAM wrote:

> as Michael Froomkin points out, we do have commercial groupings. One of
> them considers strictly the business user of the Internet, others consider
> other aspects of the interests and principles affecting or affected by the
> DNS.

Michael Froomkin is talking somewhat different thing. I will comment on it
later. He is looking at negative aspects while you are emphasizing the
other aspects.

> An individual domain name holders constituency has not been able to
> organize adequately. It is a pity and a part we miss, but the truth is it
> hasn't been able to get its act together. That's something the NCDNHC has
> said it's favorable to but also not intervened (I do not think we
> should.)

Regarding this, I know many different explanations and interpretations.
Yours is only one of those.

> This constituency was created to group the non-commercial organizations
> which were so important to create and expand the Internet. What these
> organizations provided in the early and latter days is innovation,
> technology, new information-distribution models, etc., and it is in
> recognition of that contribution that the constituency was formed.
> Universities figure prominently in this history.

Academic group is also one part of NCDNHC, not all of it.
 
> Superposing agendas such as "consumer defense" and "solidarity with at
> large" has lead to great ineffectiveness, and had a great cost of
> opportunity at not attending to domain-name issues.

Sure!, great ineffectiveness to argue a number of new gTLDs. It was true.
But I don't think that was not attending to domain-name issues.


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