Re: [ga] Increased foreign attendance

[George Kirikos <gkirikos@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hello,

--- veni markovski <veni@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> At 09:54 6/28/2007  -0700, George Kirikos wrote:
> >Don't expect anything but cheerleading from Veni.
> 
> George,
> I hope that you could take the personal attacks off the list, and 
> instead of wasting your (and every of the readers') time, you could 
> contribute something positively? That is, of course, unless you 
> consider personal attacks as a positive contribution :)
> 
> As I have said many times, personal attacks do not have influence 
> upon me, my views, or my expressions. I have been on the Internet for
> long enough to ignore them, and to continue to ask - especially the 
> people who address such attacks - to see something posititve in their
> contribution. As for the personal attacks - I am sure you know that 
> they only expose the lack of arguments on the substance. I don't 
> remember naming anyone of these "us", who were mentioned here, and I 
> keep talking to people who, under other circumstances, would not 
> deserve my attention.

This was not a "personal attack", but an accurate observation -- try to
find *any* statement by you that is negative towards ICANN. That's the
definition of cheerleader. Your "mantra" about people making "positive
contributions" is just a tired smokescreen, as everyone here knows, to
try to give yourself justification for ignoring people that you want to
ignore. When 99%+ of people logically are against something (e.g.
VeriSign contracts, .biz/info/org contracts), you ignore them. You see
only what you want to see.

For someone who only a few posts ago scolded "old timers" it is ironic
you would use the phrase "I have been on the internet long
enough......" Expecting logical consistency from you within a matter of
hours, though, isn't something I would expect. I know better.

As for my contribution, just ask the boys at Neustar or Affilias/PIR
whether I had an impact in ceasing their tiered/differential pricing
proposal that they tried to sneak through, or others in the Business
Constituency whether I'm doing a good job or not. I'll be remembered in
a positive light for my contributions. What have you done? Raised
prices for registrants? Given sweetheart deals to registries? Oh, and
brought a Verisign Regional Internet Resolution site to Bulgaria:

http://www.verisign.com/verisign-inc/news-and-events/news-archive/us-news-2006/page_038483.html

Great job, Veni.

Fact is, the money wasted giving people free vacations and tickets to
the ICANN circus could have been refunded to registrants. Or,
alternatively, 90% of it could have been returned to registrants, and
10% spent on something like www.webex.com, to boost remote
participation.

Spending money wisely? Not in ICANN's mission. 

Sincerely,

George Kirikos
http://www.kirikos.com/