[IDNO:274] with copy to Don Heath

Joop Teernstra (terastra@terabytz.co.nz)
Sat, 12 Jun 1999 12:04:28 +1200

At 13:00 11/06/1999 -0400, Kevin J. Connolly wrote:
>Ahem . . . I've been on the IDNO list since before there was an IDNO list
:-) and I can testify that DonHeathBashing is one of the oldest and most
revered threads in the discussion. Leaving aside the excursion into
JonPostelBashing (de mortuis nil nisi bonum not having penetrated the
consciousness of some domain name warriors) it's simply revisonist to
suggest that IDNO did not start out as a "Let's oppose the Don Heath view
of constituencies."
>
The only thing I remember is that I said that sadly Don Heath chose not to
talk to me in Berlin. This reflected my willingness to talk to him-- I
approached him and asked for some time to talk. He said "not now" as he was
with someone else and never came back to me.
Doesn't sound like bashing to me.
Interesting how you interpret the start of the IDNO. Do you call the Paris
Draft a "Let's oppose the Don Heath view of constituencies" document?
Kevin, let me tell you, as I am not on the ISOC list, I do not know what is
the Don Heath view of constituencies.
I'll have to take your word for it.

>Moreover, I've been underwhelmed by the silence that has met the
announcement that ISOC is formally considering whether to support a
constituency of individuals as such. For those who are bothering to pay
attention, the message I bring is this: it's better to influence Don
Heath's policy views than to try to convince the Internet Community to
ignore him. Here's a little hint: Don has mor influence with the ultimate
decisionmakers than any of the founding members of The Cyberspace
Association have; indeed, his influence over the process is probably on the
same order of magnitude as that of our whole membership taken in the
aggregate. What's more, he's no longer opposed to ISOC supporting an
individuals' constituency.

I also asked you privately to tell Don Heath that we would like to hear
from him. Didn't you do that? Why then complain about the lack of public
reaction on our list?

I think we all understand about Don's influence with the ultimate
decisionmakers. What IDNO in it's innocence stands for is the polite
request to be a small part (3 seats on the NC for crying out loud!) of a
democratic future decisionmaking structure, where those affected by policy
can have their representation.
If Don Heath is coming round to agreeing with that, we should be hearing
from him.

--Joop Teernstra LL.M.-- , bootstrap of
the Cyberspace Association,
the constituency for Individual Domain Name Owners
http://www.idno.org

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