Re: [ga] TLDA Website two weeks out of date (and counting!)

[Thomas Baxter <baxtertms@xxxxxxxxx>]

So, you ask that the TLDA be viewed as a credible organization that people 
should trust  and yet you hide those proceedings from public view? 

Joe Baptista has many times chided the old TLDA for doing things away from 
public view. The TLDA has, he says, the responsibility to be the voice of the 
TLD holders in the inclusive namespace. He called you together to fight the 
corruption in Europe and you responded by bickering with each other for almost 
a year, culminating, finally in great fanfare about how "Oh, the TLDA is open 
for business after revising its BYLAWS" (which by the way, you didn't change 
very much at all - they are still a confused and ambiguous hodge-podge). The 
one substantial change that you did make was to throw the Taproot under the bus 
- that was the crown jewel of the TLDA and you tossed it. 

I am a TLD holder because I claim .BAX in a FCFS claim. Thats all you need to 
know.

I, like Joe Baptista, demand that you do your duty to protect the interests of 
TLD holders  in a fair, open (that means no secret lists) and democratic 
(democracy requires elections be held in the open and that nominees be made 
public) manner. 

When I see that you are doing your duty, I may join, but not till then.

Thoms.



----- Original Message ----
From: Karl Peters - TLDA <tlda@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Thomas Baxter <baxtertms@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, March 1, 2008 5:22:30 PM
Subject: Re: [ga] TLDA Website two weeks out of date (and counting!)

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-->What exactly is your reputation? I never heard of you before a few weeks 
ago, and only with one issue. You never contacted me directly about anything 
and certainly made no attempt top join whereby you could help shape the 
organization. I am not aware of any "responsibility" to have a public members 
list. Where did you read that this was a requirement? I know many trade 
associations that do not publish their members list, in fact few do.


Please tell us what root your TLD runs on, too. Even if you don't join, we 
certainly want to properly acknowledge your registration for the records.


-Karl E. Peters






      
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