Re: [ga] News from Sampa

["kidsearch" <kidsearch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yeah, but that was likely coordinated by an outside entity. Had ICANN's 
staff coordinated that there would have been an additional fee for each 
domain registration to pay for the hats and they wouldn't have matched.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andy Gardner" <andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "General Assembly of the DNSO" <ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2006 2:15 AM
Subject: Re: [ga] News from Sampa


> On Dec 5, 2006, at 8:33 PM, Karl Auerbach wrote:
>
> > Roberto Gaetano wrote:
> > > The event of the day.
> >
> > > _http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1Rmpp0VLQQ_
> >
> > I am always amazed when people accept not the second best, not the  third 
> > best, nor even the fourth; but instead willingly allow  themselves to be 
> > labeled as inferior.
> >
> > The ALAC system is a badge of inferiority - it treats the community  of 
> > internet users as children who may have no voice that must be  heard 
> > while at the same time certain select industrial interests  have been 
> > given direct access to the levers of control in ICANN.
> >
> > Sad day.
> But hey! They all got matching hats!
>
> That's exciting, isn't it?