Re: Got a beef with ICANN? INS is still here. (was Re: [ga] Call for Elimination of AGP)

[<chris@xxxxxx>]

John, if you read the archives you will find that many here have championed 
the cause of getting those roots included. I would love nothing more than 
the inclusion of all roots and the TLDs that are in those roots. In other 
words, you are definitely preaching to the choir.
Chris McElroy, NameCritic, Inc.
http://www.thingsthatjustpissmeoff.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Palmer" <jpalmer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2008 12:01 PM
Subject: Got a beef with ICANN? INS is still here. (was Re: [ga] Call for 
Elimination of AGP)

> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: <avri@xxxxxxx>; <twomey@xxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2008 12:35 AM
> Subject: Re: [ga] Call for Elimination of AGP
>
>
> > Chris and all,
> >
> >  I must agree with Chris here.  The history of the GA
> > and ICANN Bod and staff members remarks, comments, and
> > declarations clearly show that what Chris has expressed
> > below is largely unfortunately largely correct.
> >
> >  What's worse IMHO, is that the mission and promise of
> > ICANN originally expressed by Ester Dyson which was
> > "Trust us", which many of us whom have been around for
> > some many years now did, has largely been demonstrated by
> > betrayal, RegistryFly is one huge example or many other
> > less significant examples of that betrayal.  Now we
> > have Domain Name Tasting and Front Running, DN Warehousing,
> > Kiting and registrar transfer issues which could have been
> > avoided long ago base on ideas and suggestions from GA
> > members that were either ignored or not given the consideration
> > they deserved.  As such, users and registrants are and have
> > been endangered accordingly and remain facing such
> > dangers unecessarly and irresponsibly.
> >
> >  And so, the ugly saga of ICANN continues...
> Yes, the ugly saga of ICANN. You know, the Inclusive Namespace is out 
> there still, with roots
> such as publicroot.com and worldroot.net and organizations like TLDA (just 
> restarted, I hear)
> For all the griping about ICANN, I don't see many folks who are 
> complaining about them come
> over and assist the INS institutions in gaining greater use and viability.
>
> Remember, we are still out here and have always been ready to serve as an 
> alternative to
> ICANN. Perhaps those who want to see alternatives should come over and 
> help.