Re: [ga] Re: [ga] ICANN presents misleading blackline c omparison document regarding pricing?]

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

Karl and all,

  Thank you for expressing your views, many of which share broad
agreement.

  Let's not forget the majority of the damage ICANN has done, such
as .BIZ debacle, was under the than seeted Vint Cerf ICANN Bod.

"Karl E. Peters" wrote:

>     Yes! When ICANN achieves its independence from the US Government
> under which it has operated all these years, it also becomes just
> another root systemthat gets its support only from those who like
> them, a fast dwindling group! To be sure, most every root system
> carries, and will continue to carry, traditionally "ICANN" TLDs, but
> there will be no compelling reason to use ICANN's servers with their
> often-maligned technical abilities to operate within those TLDs.
> Instead, there will be more perceived freedom to choose from other
> root systems that provide a much wider and "Inclusive Name Space".
> The TLDA (Top-Level Domain Association, Inc.) has assembled many
> experts in these matters and will soon publish a thoroughly researched
> "TapRoot", a list of all active TLDs in the world with a recommended
> subset for which a combination of "First Come, First Served" policy
> and proper technical stability will be used to determine the widest
> possible definition of the "Inclusive Name Space" that is stable and
> sound. No longer will independent roots have to do all the research
> themselves to include all the best of the internet, the TLDA will
> regularly publish the ever evolving "TapRoot" to use as a starting
> point. There will be no requirement that all the listed TLDs be
> included in each root system, but it will no longer be difficult to
> know which ones pass a defined set of standards, thus earning a place
> in the TLDA's recommended list.    Perhaps we will not have to endure
> another travesty such as the virtual theft of an operational and
> successful TLD like .BIZ simply because someone paid lots of money to
> ICANN. When there is a basic protection of ones investments in
> operating TLDs, more will be put into them and the entire internet
> community will benefit, not just ICANN.    It's time to get ready for
> a new and inclusive internet. There have always been alternatives to
> ICANN's root, but now they will be empowered to represent more and
> better TLDs without re-creating the wheel to establish a workable
> list. Now they will not suffer from the image that ICANN is the "real"
> root of the US government, but understand it for what it is, just
> another alliterative from which the internet community can choose.
> Come and join our public list for more information and discussion of
> these topics. We need not stay in the wilderness much longer! The
> promised land is coming into view on the horizon!Sincerely yours,Karl
> E. Peters, PresidentTop-Level Domain Association, Inc.
>
>      ------ Original Message --------
>      Subject: Re: [ga] ICANN presents misleading blackline
>      comparison
>      document regarding pricing?
>      From: JFC Morfin <jefsey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>      Date: Sat, December 06, 2008 8:13 pm
>      To: George Kirikos <gkirikos@xxxxxxxxx>, ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>      Dear George,
>      I agree with you when you use the strong word of "outrage".
>      However,
>      are we not accustomed to this kind of behaviour? The real
>      question
>      now, is to decide if we still care about them or not,
>      meaning if we
>      adopt the position that they will not survive August 31,
>      2009 as an
>      Internet market monopoly. If we do that, our priority is to
>      prepare
>      for 01/09/09.
>      jfc
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