[ga] Re: [At-Large] The kiss of death

["Jeffrey A. Williams" <jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Danny and all,

  We have been down this winding path many times before.
Registrants issues and representation is indeed lacking in the
GNSO, as it was in the old defunct DNSO.  That is to say
that Independent Registrants that are not members of any
other ICANN Constituencies, are not and have never been
represented, yet they remain the vast majority of Domain Name
holders.

  However this said, privacy and freedom of expression rights,
are of equal importance as the NCUC advocates.  Diminishing
such is in conflict with good governance.

  Ergo one of many reasons the GNSO in the Constituency model,
is horrendously flawed and as a result demonstrates ICANN's lack
of complying with its obligations to the MOU.

  I also take note and remind all that you have never been a supporter
of open discourse, freedom of speech or expression, and more less
so of security of individual users or Registrants.

Danny Younger wrote:

> Adam,
>
> Re:  Any comments on the new draft of the Noncommercial Stakeholders Group
> petition document?
>
> The charter for the NCSG is an abomination that denies individual 
> constituencies the right to elect their own counselors and to vote their own 
> conscience.  Under Milton's proposal, the NCSG necessarily votes as a block.
>
> This does not serve the interest of many that would otherwise consider 
> joining this "house".  Let me remind you that in the wake of the Registerfly 
> situation, the NCUC did absolutely nothing to protect registrant rights -- 
> they submitted no comments whatsoever during the 18-month long RAA 
> discussions.
>
> Why should the opinions of those that care about registrant concerns be 
> subdued by a majority whose sole interest currently lies in privacy and 
> freedom of expression to the exclusion of all else?
>
> When the notion of a "House" was conceived, the last thing that anyone 
> expected was a home exclusively for Milton's Merry Men.
>
>
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