but if your going to talk acronyms, again, not my fav.... although a three
letter acronym is easy to swallow. Take for example, RCA CBS, NBC, BBC,
NBA, NFL, NHL, MGA (Mitsubishi Group America wasn't the meaning at first -
in fact it didn't mean anything but the execs at Mitsubishi said they
needed a three letter acronym to cpmete with the other biggies in marketing
like IBM, ABC, etc... The name for the letters came later -the story I got
anyway when I worked for them years ago.)
Also, as you said already NRA. I cannot, however, think of many acronyms
more than three letters that really do it for me. Oh sure, there's the
NCAA, the ACLU, the NAACP, Great post!
A Gehring wrote:
> Thank you Sri,
>
> Names are powerful. I've been giving much thought to this wrt to the
> CA, during my struggle to get back online.
>
> We really need a name that 'just sais it', I am not a huge fan of the
> Cyberspace Assoc.as a name, in part because 'CA' represents Certificate
> Authority, California, or Canada to me, and mostly because I foresee a
> convergence of the big three communication technologies (tv,phone,&
> internet) coming very fast.
>
> Soon lay folk will no longer be talking about cyberspace. I would like
> to come up with a name that survives this transition so when the masses
> buy their individual domains they assume our association is representing
> their
> interests. Like the NRA, if you own a gun; it is a no brainer to figure
> out who is protecting your rights.
>
> In fact, I feel strongly that we have many parallels to the NRA. In the
> communication age it will be the individuals right and ability to blast
> packets through cyberspace that yields food for the family dinner table
> and protects society from the natural entropic decline of democracy
> toward fascism and tyranny. Owning a domain name is akin to controlling
> a little hill to farm, hunt, and shoot from.
>
> I have yet to find a better name to replace the CA. How about: the
> International Association for Names and Numbers. Ok. I like that: IANN.
> Every one on the planet can identify with the importance of their
> name and the numbers that get associated with their person. They will
> automatically assume that we are the association that represents their
> individual interests in the global fora concerned with communication
> governance.
>
> We also so need to pass the mutli-cultural test. The name should sound
> good in at least the top seven languages and cultures. Above all, we
> need a name that 'just sais it', straight out plain and so simple that
> everyone will know that we are the people who protect, advance and
> represent their individual right to own and bear communication
> properties.
>
> We will not only be able to post candidates, prepared to represent the
> interests of individuals, to the IDNO, DNSO, and the ICANN; but we will
> be expected to grow and participate in any local, national, and
> international governing body that affects law or policy impacting
> individual communication rights.
>
> More names and summary; Brainstorming session:
>
> 1.) IANN International Association for Names and Numbers. *****
> Fair
> 2.) ICRA International Communication Rights Association. ***** Good
> 3.) IDNA International Domain Name Association. ***** Too Narrow
> 4.) CRA Communication Rights Association. ******* Better
>
> Arnold Gehring
> alg@open.org
>
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