Re: [ga] Increased foreign attendance

["Prophet Partners Inc." <Domains@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Veni,

We're well aware that Debbie has been lurking on the GA list since December 
2006. However, she didn't begin posting until yesterday. You're constantly 
berating people for being negative, so your criticism of our welcome to a 
new participant is hypocritical. As you would say, let's keep it positive. 
Despite opposing viewpoints, Debbie appreciated the welcome.

The audience that we refer to is the general public / individual 
registrants. The narrower audience that you speak of must be ICANN BoD / 
staff.

"Our" and "we" refer to my company and not the other participants on the GA 
list.

You're twisting our comment out of context. We DID NOT say that developing 
countries should be EXCLUDED from ICANN participation. We DID say that they 
should not be given PRIORITY over others.

Sincerely,
Ted
Prophet Partners Inc.
http://www.ProphetPartners.com
http://www.Premium-Domain-Names.com


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "veni markovski" <veni@xxxxxxxx>
To: "Prophet Partners Inc." <Domains@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; 
<ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, June 29, 2007 9:02 AM
Subject: Re: [ga] Increased foreign attendance


> At 06:32 6/29/2007  -0400, Prophet Partners Inc. wrote:
> > Hi Debbie,
> >
> > First, welcome to the GA mailing list. As a newcomer, your interest and 
> > participation in this forum is encouraging. It is a positive sign that 
> > ICANN issues and the need for ICANN reform are reaching a broader 
> > audience. Collectively, with your support and that of other interested 
> > observers, we can make a difference.
>
> For the record - Debbie is on the list since December 2006, not quite a 
> newcomer.
> Second, and more important, ICANN issues have reached broader audience for 
> quite a while - and certainly this list is not the broader audience, bur 
> rather the narrow one.
>
> > By definition, developing countries are poor, having widespread poverty, 
> > sickness, illiteracy and non-industrialized resources. Most areas of 
> > developing countries lack modern basics, such as electricity and running 
> > water, things that most people in industrialized countries take for 
> > granted. These countries need to address the basics and become 
> > industrialized nations before they can truly enter the digital age. Not 
> > following that path would be analogous to teaching calculus to a 6-year 
> > old child who lacks even rudimentary knowledge of simple math. It is 
> > overly simplistic and idealistic to think that by introducing developing 
> > countries to the Internet, we can wave a magic wand and eradicate their 
> > problems. Our position remains that it is a waste of money and effort to 
> > prioritize funding of ICANN participants from developing nations over 
> > those from industrialized nations.
>
> Who else besides you is included in this "our position"?
>
> Thank you for this lovely statement of supporting the position that this 
> list consists of people who have business interest in ICANN and don't want 
> to see normal registrants and people from developing countries included in 
> the ICANN work. Thanks God, there are other people in the US/Canada and 
> the rest of the West countries, who don't think like you.
>
> veni