Re: Authority , (was Re: [ga] [INS TLD KFC] PUBLICROOT REPRESENTATIVE NOTICE)

[Joe Baptista <baptista@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Palmer, John wrote:

> At 03:52 28/09/2007, Joop Teernstra wrote:
>
>     Claims to authority over new territory , such as a "name space",
>     can arise bottom-up, and become legitimized by general acceptance
>     of elected authority by the "colonists".
>     This is American history.
>      
>
>  
>
> Please be advised that Joe Baptista is NOT ASSOCIATED with the Top 
> Level Domain Association in any way shape
> or form. He is not a board member, officer or committee member, nor is 
> he even a member of our organization. Please ignore any statements 
> that he makes regarding the official position or opinions of the TLDA 
> - he is not authorized to speak for the TLDA.
Mr. Palmer is absolutely correct.  I am not a board member, officer, 
committee member or even a member in the organization.  I am one of the 
original founding members of the organization and recently resigned over 
Mr. Palmer conduct and the TLDAs failure to bring him under control.
Mr. Palmer is a root operator for the INAIC / Public-Root - which see 
URL at:
http://www.public-root.com/g-root.htm

Mr. Palmers organization (INAIC) claims it is "an international, 
not-for-profit, service agency organized and dedicated to the 
maintenance of public information resources that facilitate the 
coordination and resolution of global Top-Level Domain names through the 
Public-Root server system".  This is a false claim as the TLDA is in 
fact recorgnized by what was the alternative root systems as an authority.
> The TLDA has made no such claim that we are any authority in the 
> namespace. This is a false statement on his part.
Mr. Palmer and I are at odds over this claim.  I claim Mr. Palmers has a 
direct conflict of interest between the TLDA and INAIC and is misleading 
this assembly with respect to the TLDA.  The TLDA has a clear policy 
governing it's authority over the Inclusive Name Space.  That authority 
of the TLDA is found under its bylaws being Article I section 5 and all 
of Article II.  Which see the archived bylaws
http://www.publicroot.org/tlda/TLDA/official/bylaws_current.htm

or the current stated bylaws at

http://www.tlda.org/official/bylaws_current.htm

for the record the bylaw section applicable to the TLDAs authority read 
as follows:
----- By law snippet start

  Section 5          Regions of Representation, Scope and Coverage

            1.5.1 There shall be no formally acknowledged international 
regions. The TLDA has adopted a uniform policy of a single (One) global 
and universal region shared by, and comprised of all service providers, 
subscribers, and participants in the Internet's total singular and 
complete domain name space - the Inclusive Name Space.
ARTICLE II

PURPOSES, MISSION STATEMENT, AND GOALS HAVE THE TLDA



           Section 1          Purpose

           2.1.0 The following is the purpose for which this 
organization has been established:
           2.1.1 A trade association for the benefit of Top Level 
Domain (TLD) holders.
           Section 2          Mission Statements

           2.2.0 "The Top Level Domain Association Inc. is a trade 
association of Internet Top Level Domain (TLD) holders. This 
organization represents the interests of TLD Holders and will seek to 
foster cooperation among TLD holders and all of the Internet's various 
DNS root-level service providers to advance the cause of building a 
stable namespace. All eligible TLD holders are welcome to become members 
of the TLDA."
           2.2.1 The TLDA shall publish various standards, protocols, 
and procedures that it recommends that pertain to the delegation and 
operational support of TLDs, including gTLDs and ccTLDs, and in an 
effort to facilitate a single, global name space on the Internet; for 
the registry and contact data of TLDs and for the technical policies and 
guidelines which ensure the preservation of Domain Registrant data.
           2.2.2 The TLDA shall, as part of its charter, recognize that 
institutions and individuals alike, both freely and concurrently; have 
legitimate rights in the Internet name space that are not subject to 
arbitrary appropriation, and not necessarily based in trademark.
           2.2.3 The TLDA shall work to ensure fair and equitable 
stability of the Internet, where both subscriber and provider access and 
services should remain open to all, and on a non-discriminatory manner.
           Section 3          Goals

           2.3.0 The goals are to provide the following for its members: 

               - A mechanism for fair resolution of TLD collisions and 
holder claims;
           - A mechanism for the fair resolution of TLD collisions;

           - A single comprehensive compilation of all known, 
operational TLDs in a comprehensive and non-operational and publicly 
published file known as "The TapRoot", which shall contain the 
serviceable contact information for the TLD Holders or administrators 
responsible for the operational elements of each particular TLD as well 
as the most current authoritative nameservers for each particular TLD 
and can be referenced as the recommended authoritative document by all 
root-level service providers for the purpose of providing accurate 
Authoritative DNS zone information by Internet service providers;
           - Standards and best practices for the operation and 
management of TLD;
           - Education and information to the public and membership 
regarding the role of TLDs and their operation and management;
           - A liaison between TLD holders and root managers to assist 
in providing choice to the Internet community without collisions in the 
Internet name space;
           - Assistance in the maintenance of stability of the 
Internet; promote the idea that the users and registrants of domain 
names are the reason for the existence of domain names and the TLDA;
           - Issue statements of perceived compliance with the 
standards and practices recommended by the TLDA for each known 
operational TLD and the various root-level service providers as well as 
to what degree such compliance with TLDA recommended standards and 
practices are adopted by or adhered to by each TLD Holder and the 
various root-level service providers; and
           - Be an advocate for the TLD industry: an industry with real 
businesses and employees that is part of the Internet's and the world's 
global economy.
----- By law snippet end

I hope this clarifies the issues concerning the TLDAs authority.

cheers
joe baptista


> Any information about the TLDA can be found at _www.tlda.org_ 
> <outbind://18/www.tlda.org>. Please verify all claims about our 
> position with the official information on our website.
> Thanks
>
> John Palmer
> Member - TLDA Board of Directors.
>
>  
>  


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