Re: [ga] The Disappearing Public Forum

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

Karl and all,

  Nicely articulated Karl!  >:)  I give you **** <=== 4 stars here!

  There is absolutely NO excuse for what ICANN did to .biz
and Amblers .Web application, or for that matter the grossly
flawed TLD application process than, and now.

"Karl E. Peters" wrote:

>      Yes, but you can't blame those applicants for being upset; they
> had probably already started "paying for" their approval in
> anticipation of a back room vote, regardless of public sentiment. Had
> it not been for the surprise interruption of the DOC statement, only
> us few would have ever noticed. If, as in the past, as with Chris
> Ambler's .web application, they will accept all the astounding fees
> and payments without refund, even if they are somehow unwilling or
> unable to allocate the TLD to the bidder / applicant.     Gambling
> with ICANN as proven very expensive for some good people. Only a few
> ever win in these gambles, and they were likely selected beforehand in
> a private meeting, like the awarding of .biz to a high paying bidder
> when it was already profitably operating in another root system.
> Certainly, it was not making as much then is it is on the ICANN
> system, but it was, none-the-less a legitimate business literally
> stolen, with full knowledge of its pre-existence, by ICANN and sold to
> someone else.     One would have to be very foolish to do business
> with ICANN, given their long established track record. Just like
> gambling in a casino, it is only a gamble for the player, not for the
> house. When will people wake up and understand ICANN to be as
> irrelevant as they really are to a successful and stable internet?
> There are other ways!!!-Karl E. Peters, PresidentTop Level Domain
> Association, Inc.
>
>      -------- Original Message --------
>      Subject: [ga] The Disappearing Public Forum
>      From: Danny Younger <dannyyounger@xxxxxxxxx>
>      Date: Fri, February 06, 2009 6:55 pm
>      To: ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>      The Mexico schedule has been published --
>      
> http://mex.icann.org/files/meetings/mexico2009/ICANN34-MEX09-released6Feb09.pdf
>
>      Total time devoted to the public forum : 2 1/2 hours
>      Out of that time, likely 2 hours and twenty minutes will be
>      swallowed up by hearing complaints from new gTLD applicants.
>
>      I remember when Public Forums were three hours long on one
>      day, followed by another hour long session the next day.
>
>      I guess it doesn't matter how many letters are sent by the
>      ALAC and GNSO Council on the topic of sufficient face time
>      with the Board... nobody's listening.
>
>
>
>
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