Re: [ga] ICANN to tackle transparency, top-level domain issues

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sotiris and all,

  Paul has a very active, although belated and skewed imagination.
We know this by the lack of action taken when the RegistryFly
situation was first reported by registrants..  4 months later ICANN
finally decided to do some investigation of these reports by registrants.
Of course by that time so much damage was done to by over
10,000 registrants, that fixing the problem was effectively far
too little and far too late.  So much for effective or meaningful
transparency.

  So Paul, the next best item which critics have and are still complaining
about which would far and away serve ICANN better is inclusive
representation of ALL stakeholders.  Ergo, reinstate the GA fully,
allow for a Independent Registrants Constituency, and eliminate the
disinclusive rules governing the ALAC membership, so ALL stakeholders
whom wish to join can do so without giving up their civil rights and thus
not be encumbered accordingly.

  Otherwise here Paul, your just passing gas here... Fooling no one.
But we know passed gas when we smell it.


sotiris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> See article:
> http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=printArticleBasic&articleId=9025724
>
> Quote from above mentioned article:
>
> "A key effort ICANN is involved with is improving the transparency of its
> operations and the accountability of its decisions -- areas critics
> regularly complain about. "We must ensure we're in the leading edge of
> transparency and accountability," Twomey said."
>
> LMAO!  Sure Paul... whatever you say...  Are you on drugs?
>
> "ICANN commissioned an independent study about its transparency and
> accountability in December from London's One World Trust, which reported
> its findings in March. It concluded that ICANN is a very transparent
> organization but that it could improve certain areas, including better
> explaining how it uses input from stakeholders when making decisions. "
>
> I am forced to conclude that Paul Twomey and the "independent study"
> authors from London's One World Trust MUST be on drugs... there's no other
> explanation.  Unless, of course, they are part of a secret conspiracy and
> are nothing more than brainwashed automatons serving the interests of some
> behind-the-scenes power brokers whose names we're not likely to ever
> know...
>
> I have followed/participated in ICANN since its inception and all I can
> say is that I don't think a more convoluted and byzantine organization
> exists on this planet, unless it's the UN.  Of course, most people who
> read such news don't know a thing about ICANN to begin with, so blatant
> whitewashes such as those above don't even register with the mass of
> Internet users who happen upon such "news".
>
> I think it's time we started considering pie-in-the-face techniques at
> ICANN public meetings.  Can you picture Paul Twomey wearing a meringue
> mask right after he touts ICANN's 'transparency'... food for thought, no?
>
> Sotiris

Regards,

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