[ncdnhc-discuss] Re: [atlarge-discuss] Trashing Our Founding Principles

[Marc Schneiders]

Danny, Jamie, others,

It would be amazing, if the ICANN top did not have the blessing of the USG
already for their reform plan. I don't think the ICANN board consists of
gamblers. Trying to convince the USG seems a waste of time therefore.

Since ICANN is now developing into an organization run by the suppliers
only, the consumers/users have no other option than to organize in a
parallel organization, which will demand a part of the 'power'. This will
not be easy. Unfortunately I see no other way though.

In principle the Internet is not made up of suppliers and consumers.
However, if some users (Intellectual Property owners e.g.) start to behave
as suppliers, the others cannot let them grab the power under the disguise
of them being the only 'stakeholders'. Especially not since this
experiment in industry self-regulation, called ICANN, manages a cartel.

-- 
Marc @ ICOULD .ORG

On Mon, 3 Jun 2002, at 12:19 [=GMT-0400], James Love wrote:

> I agree with Danny that those involved in the at large organizing effort
> should speak out  on the current ICANN reform proposals.  Earlier much was
> made of the "go forth and multiply" statement, which allowed some to believe
> this was still possible.     The current reform proposals continue the
> allusion of some possible at large, but only for the most gullible, and only
> because  they have avoiding providing useful detail of how the NomCom is
> constituted.
>
> Jamie
>
>
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> Sent: Monday, June 03, 2002 11:56 AM
> Subject: [atlarge-discuss] Trashing Our Founding Principles
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> : The Palace Coup d'Etat Committee has presented us with a plan that
> : permanently disenfranchises the at-large membership, eliminates all
> : elections, and creates a self-perpetuating regime accountable to no one.
> We
> : will now "evolve" from a democratic representative model to control by an
> : oligarchy of technocrats.
> :
> : This is not evolution, it is the repudiation of our founding principles.
> : This ICANN Board has forfeited our trust.
> :
> : I call on all those that support the at-large initiative to set aside
> : whatever mundane tasks that currently occupy their time, and to
> immediately
> : draft a letter to the Department of Commerce to call for a return to the
> : founding agreements of 1998.  We should settle for nothing less than ICANN
> as
> : a true membership organization with the membership electing their own
> : leadership and Board.
> :
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