This is great. Since I've been offf the list for about 24 hours, this question may be silly-sounding. Is this a proposed Mission Statement for the website?
>Dennis
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> YES and YES (except for that last sentence, that might be misunderstood ;-) )
>
>
> At 18:08 17/06/1999 -0400, Srikanth Narra wrote:
> >What a Individual Domain Name Owner should be able to expect from IDNO (or
> >new name when we vote for it) to do -
> >
> >I. To fight for (and later act like a watchdog) for Individual Domain Name
> >Owner's -
> >
> >1. Right to Exist :-
> >
> >Its about Individual Domain Name Owners not having to wake up one fine date
> >to find their whole dream and effort of craving out a tiny individual piece
> >of internet existence forced down tubes because of some arbitrary decision
> >by some agency (NSI or ICANN or whatever).
> >
> >2. Right to some Sanity and Civility :-
> >
> >Its about individual domain name holders, despite exercising due care and
> >common sense, not having to wake up one fine day to find a notice of some
> >frivolous lawsuit or a attorney's letter and related expenses and trauma
> >staring at their faces.
> >
> >3. Right to Freedom of Expression :-
> >
> >Its about the right of being able to communicate our individual point of
> >view through medium of internet (with aid of domain names) freely with
> >assurance of our anonymity (if we choose to exercise it), personal and
> >material safety and security for ourselves and our loved ones intact and
> >unharmed.
> >
> >4. Future Parity :-
> >
> >Ensuring that the system works equally fair and on equal footing for the new
> >domain name holders that come on board.
> >
> >(Feel free to add to it and build on it).
> >
> >Essence :-
> >
> >Its about giving a hope and expression in immediate future (and to protect
> >and safeguard at later date) to the little people of internet world - The
> >currently voiceless marginalized diverse individual domain name owners world
> >wide in the global internet spectrum of things.
> >
> >How :-
> >
> >Besides and in addition to what's being debated.
> >
> >By joining or aligning or participating with and in any agency/forum (post
> >ICANN ?) - be it ICANN or NSI or ACLU or Consumer groups or USG or UN.
> >Including courts - not limited to these alone.
> >
> >What ever it takes to ensure the goals and interests of Individual Domain
> >Name Owners are created, protected and safeguarded.
> >
> >[ It is and should be lot more than working along with ICANN or NSI - its
> >about the fundamental interests of Individual Domain Name Owners and if I am
> >stretch it a bit - the freshness and bubbling liveliness of internet !]
> >
> >In one sentence :-
> >
> >With the sprit of Open Source Movement (going by the debates and comradely I
> >guess we have that !) and muscle of Microsoft (for lack of better example -
> >pls. don't blast me for blasphemy !)
> >
> >Comments ?
> >
> >Sri
> >
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> --Joop Teernstra LL.M.-- , bootstrap of
> the Cyberspace Association,
> the constituency for Individual Domain Name Owners
> http://www.idno.org
>
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