RE: [ga] Increased foreign attendance

["Debbie Garside" <debbie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Could you PLEASE only ask questions that can reasonably be answered!  No
matter how eloquent you ask the question if there is a sting in the tail you
will not get a response.  Are you saying you really cannot see why members
of the GA have been passed over and funds given to DiploFoundation?  Please
don't waste this forums or ICANNs time.  Try asking a constructive question.

Debbie

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:owner-ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jeff Williams
> Sent: 29 June 2007 06:37
> To: Prophet Partners Inc.
> Cc: ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx; icann staff; icann board address
> Subject: Re: [ga] Increased foreign attendance
> 
> Ted and all,
> 
>   Honestly I cannot see any reason why this Ginger person and 
> the organization she perports to represent is a bad choice 
> for Theresa Swinehart to have selected.  However why after 
> many attempts by members of the GA whom have ask for travel 
> expenses, ect., in the passed over in favor of organizations 
> like DiploFoundation.  Maybe Theresa or some other staff 
> member would be willing to please address that concern?
> 
> Thank you Theresa, or whomever reports directly to you, for 
> your cooperation in advance regarding this concern.
> 
> Prophet Partners Inc. wrote:
> 
> >    Hi Eric,
> >
> >   "ICANN's unique role is global in nature so it's 
> important that we 
> > not only invite the world to participate in our 
> organization - we also 
> > need to find ways to get involvement from developing nations and 
> > regions that might not otherwise be able to participate," 
> said Theresa 
> > Swinehart, ICANN's Vice President, Global and Strategic 
> Partnerships.
> >
> > This nonsense is a complete waste of registrants' money. To 
> us, it is 
> > strictly a public relations stunt aimed at improving 
> ICANN's image. We 
> > would not be the least bit surprised to find ICANN using 
> this sham to 
> > support a ploy to become an international organization. Rather than 
> > getting people who have an active interest in ICANN to participate 
> > (i.e. the people on this mailing list), ICANN funds a bunch 
> of stooges 
> > from developing countries that they can lead around by the nose.
> >
> > Although video and audio quality of the YouTube video is 
> overall very 
> > poor, it is possible to make out what some people were saying. The 
> > woman named Ginger who started speaking at 02:21 says she 
> is a tutor 
> > for the bilingual Spanish/English group at the 
> DiploFoundation. From 
> > their About Us page http://www.diplomacy.edu/ig/About/default.asp , 
> > "DiploFoundation is a non-profit organisation which works to assist 
> > all countries, particularly those with limited human and financial 
> > resources, to participate meaningfully in international affairs, 
> > through education and training programs, research, and the 
> development 
> > of information and communications technologies for diplomatic 
> > activities." Ginger said that she is hoping to fill in some 
> holes in 
> > her technical issues as she tends more to the education of social 
> > issues and human rights. These are the type of people that ICANN 
> > selects for fellowship participants. Perhaps the real 
> reason she was 
> > invited was to fill a hole in ICANN's volleyball tournament lineup.
> >
> > Sincerely,
> > Ted
> > Prophet Partners Inc.
> > http://www.ProphetPartners.com
> > http://www.Premium-Domain-Names.com
> >
> >
> >   ----- Original Message -----
> >   From: Hugh Dierker
> >   To: ga
> >   Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2:11 PM
> >   Subject: [ga] Increased foreign attendance
> >
> >
> >   This is a perfect example of how numbers get skewed. The amazing 
> > part is that they are blowing their trumpets over it,
> >   <http://icann.org/announcements/announcement-26jun07.htm>
> >   They pay these peoples to attend. To bad I no longer live in a 
> > distant exotic land.
> >   I cannot believe that they did not see this article as a bad idea.
> >
> >   Eric
> >
> 
> Regards,
> 
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