Domingo Pablo Baron [Dominic Paul Baron]
Asociacion del Ciberespacio [Cyberspace Association]
http://www.idno.org
On Monday, July 12, 1999 4:43 PM, Bradley D. Thornton
[SMTP:tallship@access1.net] wrote:
> We have never, ever been the "IDNO Association",
> as this ballot initiative implies. If we were,
> then why was the option to keep the name not
> on the ballot? Because we never have been
> the "IDNO Association"
>
> Furthermore, it is not an option on the
> ballot to vote for being known as the
> "IDNO Association" either.
>
> When I joined IDNO (As I am very fond of
> refering to us- as most of us are), We were,
> and are still known as, "The Cyberspace
> Association, the Constituenty of Individual
> Domain Name Owners". And that is still what
> we are still known as, although this election may
> change that (Not neccessarily good or bad).
>
> For the Cyberspace Association to be called,
> "IDNO" is fine with me - it is easy, it is our SLD,
> and Internet Steering committees are fond of
> acronyms.
>
> Let's get this straight though: Our name - as stated on
> our website and on Joops signature line is thus:
> "The Cyberspace Association, the Consituency of Individual Domain
> Name
> Owners."
>
> And we are located at www.idno.org
>
> It makes perfect sense to me.
>
> The second issue I am having problems with is
> that there is no initiative to retain our name.
> We are given the choice between either one of the
> IDNO versions or merely "The Cyberspace Association".
> Personally, I happen to really like, "The Cyberspace Association,
> the
> Consituency of Individual Domain Name Owners."
>
> The final thing wrong here, is exactly what
> I sited in an earlier post last week.
>
> We had an election, when did it close? did it close?
>
> Cyberspace Association won in that election,
> yet the post date for this election reflects that this
> is the same ballot - IT IS NOT! The other ballot was different!!!
>
> For this reason, I really urge that we call
> for a few days of submittals for names and then
> hold a REAL election that is set, and final. That is my proposal.
>
> I find this kind of seat of the pants approach to what has been
> arranged
> here
> to be farscicle, preposterous, and quite reactionary. We can't just
> go
> around changing ballots midstream.
> We can't just throw away our existing name without having the
choice
> to
> keep it, and we can't just say that we're the
> "IDNO Association", when we never have been, and what would you
like
> to
> be called instead?
>
> These are not, and have never been, the sort of things that will
> lend
> credence and legitimacy to
> an organization or government that claims to be dmocratic, or a
> epresentative democracy in nature. It don't fly because it ain't
> true
> when that kind of thing happens.
>
> So again, I call for us to completely scrap this initiative and
> start
> over on it - IT'S HANDLING IS SERIOUSLY FLAWED. (albeit with the
> best
> intentions I am sure).
>
> In fact, the hubub about this name thing was merely out there
> mulling around until I posted regarding it last week.
>
> We didn't even have a comment period. This is rash and shameful!
>
> A Name is everything one is identified with and we should take some
> time
>
> to hold another election and do this right -
> Get it syntactically correct if you will.
>
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