And as usual, Veni invokes a strawman, instead of giving us an answer
to why he and the rest of the ICANN board members, as per usual,
ignored the wishes of the peasants.
>because by insulting people, you just push them away
You don't consider being ignored in ICANN's "bottom-up" process
insulting? I do.
On Dec 8, 2006, at 7:21 PM, Veni Markovski wrote:
> Danny,
> as usual (and very much in confirming what I just wrote), you have an
> opinion, and you state it.
> It sounds like a mantra, "What I say is right, because it's true". Or
> "What I say is true, because it's right".
>
> That's why nothing happens, because by insulting people, you just push
> them away. Then, even when you make a good event, like the one about
> Whois in NY, it's being lost in the waterfall of words.
>
> veni
>
> On 12/8/06, Danny Younger <dannyyounger@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> As usual, those that occupy seats on the Board (or
>> former Board members) have a real problem
>> understanding what is meant by "public interest"
>> (they're too busy focusing on their own organizational
>> self-interest that takes priority over the public
>> good).
>>
>> They also have no grasp whatsoever on who represents
>> that public interest within ICANN (which, I suppose,
>> is understandable in view of the fact that ICANN
>> formally shut down the only body that allowed members
>> of the public to aggregate and to elect their own
>> leadership -- the DNSO General Assembly).
>>
>> When you deliberately exclude the public in such
>> fashion and eliminate all publicly elected directors
>> from the governing Board, you reap the wrath of the
>> community and the bashing continues unabated.
>>
>>
>>
>> --- Veni Markovski <veni@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> > At 02:18 PM 08.12.2006 '?.' -0500, kidsearch wrote:
>> > >I have to agree. But it is not unexpected. The
>> > ICANN Board has
>> > >absolutley no regard for the public wishes or
>> > benefit. Yes, Veni,
>> > >since the vote was unanimous, obviously you are
>> > included in that.
>> >
>> > It's good you mention that. It also makes a lot of
>> > sense to see who
>> > of the directors / former directors reads the least
>> > ;), and you know that.
>> >
>> > However, now that I am not on the Board, I am more
>> > free to talk, too.
>> > There have always been people bashing ICANN for one
>> > or another
>> > decision. Can you define what you mean by "public
>> > wishes or benefit"?
>> > Is the GA list representing the "public wishes or
>> > benefit"? Or it's
>> > the GNSO council? Or someone else?
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Sincerely,
>> > Veni Markovski
>> > http://www.veni.com
>> >
>> > check also my blog:
>> > http://blog.veni.com
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>>
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