What Sondow neglects to mention is that the shrinkage he and Fenello refer
to has occurred in his effort as well, as those who have recognized that
their general statements of intention to join the NCDNHC have been used to
claim support for Sondow's specific positions have withdrawn. One notable
ICIIU dropout is the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
Andy Gardner wrote:
>
> Found on comp.protocols.tcpip.domains:
>
> > From: richard@ns1.vrx.net (Richard J. Sexton)
> > Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.domains
> > Subject: Ready for a laugh?
> > Date: 10 Jun 1999 16:54:24 -0400
> > Organization: none
> > Lines: 89
> > Message-ID: <7jp8m0$b5h$1@ns1.vrx.net>
> > NNTP-Posting-Host: ns1.vrx.net
> > Xref: news.xtra.co.nz comp.protocols.tcp-ip.domains:5491
> >
> > <>Return-Path: <Jay@Iperdome.com>
> > <>X-Sender: iquest1@mail.mindspring.com
> > <>Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 16:24:24 -0400
> > <>To: Michael Sondow <msondow@iciiu.org>
> > <>From: Jay Fenello <Jay@Iperdome.com>
> > <>Subject: Re: NCDNHC compromise proposal status
> > <>Cc: Erick Iriarte <faia@amauta.rcp.net.pe>, Troy Davis
> <troy@nack.net>,
> > <> Tom Lowenhaupt <toml@communisphere.com>,
> > <> Eberhard W Lisse <el@linux.lisse.na>, iciiu@iciiu.org,
> > <> "Kevin M. Kelly" <Webmaster@BioAnth.org>,
> > <> "Hector L. Rodriguez Milla" <hectorrm@comtelca.hn>,
> > <> SLanfranco@dkglobal.org, Jay@pdnha.org, Jeff Graber
> ><jgraber@usa.net>,
> > <> "Richard J. Sexton" <richard@mbz.org>, Monika Ermert
> ><m.ermert@gmx.de>,
> > <> Linda Kayla <lkayla@mail.nu>
> > <>
> > <>Hi Michael,
> > <>
> > <>A little history is in order . . .
> > <>
> > <>When the gTLD-MoU was first announced,
> > <>the IAHC announced a list of 40 or 50
> > <>or so organizations that had signed in
> > <>approval.
> > <>
> > <>When we started checking, however, many
> > <>of them had never agreed, and many of the
> > <>rest were simply ISOC chapters and affiliates.
> > <>
> > <>Over a two week period, it was hilarious as
> > <>their list of supporters actually *decreased*
> > <>on a daily basis as their "errors" were
> > <>corrected.
> > <>
> > <>FYI,
> > <>
> > <>Jay.
> > <>
> > <>
> > <>At 02:32 PM 6/10/99 , Michael Sondow wrote:
> > <>>Fellow NCDNHC members,
> > <>>
> > <>>I have just had a message from Milton Mueller, of the Assoc. for
> > <>>Computing Machinery's Internet Governance Council - who are drafting
> > <>>the compromise proposals for the NCDNHC - that negotiations with
> > <>>ISOC have been suspended because the ACM has discovered that a
> > <>>number of organizations listed by ISOC as its supporters (including
> > <>>New York University, NYSERnet, and others) have never officially
> > <>>adhered to either ISOC or the NCDNHC and were only included by ISOC
> > <>>in their list of supporting organizations because someone not in an
> > <>>official capacity gave their go-ahead. This is being investigated by
> > <>>the ACM leadership and, until there is some decision by them, the
> > <>>ACM has suspended negotiations.
> > <>>
> > <>>I have given Milton Mueller my approval for this action, and hope
> > <>>you are in agreement. The ICIIU will desist from further
> > <>>communications regarding a compromise proposal for the constituency
> > <>>until we receive news from the ACM.
> > <>>
> > <>>I will, however, be participating as an observer for the NCDNHC in
> > <>>tomorrow's Names Council teleconference, if I am not stopped from
> > <>>doing so by the CORE people who are trying to take control of the
> > <>>DNSO (they have its website and listserv on their servers, and are
> > <>>refusing to give the teleconference number to people who don't
> > <>>support them). If I am able to participate, I will report to you
> > <>>about it sometime tomorrow.
> > <>>
>
> Andrew P. Gardner ZL2VOA 176.E 41.1S
> Wairarapa, New Zealand http://navigator.co.nz/andy
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>
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