Re: [ga] ICANN Board unanimously approves .biz/.info/.org registry agreements by 13-0

["kidsearch" <kidsearch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

So, once again, I ask, if 99% of the public comments are against something 
that is open for discussion and ICANN is supposed to use a bottom-up 
consensus to reach decisions, how can the decision on the net/org agreements 
be considered in any way for the public interest?


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Veni Markovski" <veni@xxxxxxxx>
To: <ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, December 08, 2006 3:54 PM
Subject: Re: [ga] ICANN Board unanimously approves .biz/.info/.org registry 
agreements by 13-0


> At 12:02 PM 08.12.2006 '?.'  -0800, Karl Auerbach wrote:
> > kidsearch wrote:
> > > basically it means that we don't want to wait until anyone tells us what 
> > > they think should happen because those who sit on the ICANN BoD know what 
> > > is best for the rest of us peons.
> >
> > When I was on the board I realized that I was making choices on behalf of 
> > about 335,000,000 people.  It is necessary in such circumstances to make 
> > choices about what is best.  That takes a bit of chutzpah, but it's part 
> > of the job.
> >
> > One the other hand, I, like Veni, and now Roberto, did interact with 
> > internet users, and thus had at least some notion of where we should be 
> > going. Unfortunately many, indeed most, board members seem afraid of that 
> > kind of thing.
>
> I disagree it's because they are afraid.
> I don't care that much what people would write [about me] here, as I am 
> neither a potlician, nor a showman, so I'm not here for the ratings, or my 
> image. But many people don't want to waste their time and all they can get 
> here, is being blamed.
> Regardless of that, I've always tried to listen to the different voices. 
> It's also a documented fact that I was asking people to come and talk to 
> me way back, in 2003, and 2004. Whoever wanted, could approach me and talk 
> to me. I don't remember turning down anyone from the ICANN community.
>
> However, what you say in the beginning is more important. When the people 
> here understand that on one hand you have to think about the 1 Bln users, 
> and on the other - about all the different interests.
>
> veni