Re: Conflict resolution?

["David R. Conrad" <davidc@apnic.net>]

Bob,

> NSI is an American corporation

Yes.

> that owns Internic, 

No.  InterNIC is an NSF project name.  NSI operates the registration
services portion of InterNIC.

> currently the
> only fully functioning Domain Name
> Registry. 

Obviously wrong.  Please check any of the ISO 3166 TLDs or various
second level domains.

> NSI is controlled by a
> defense contractor Corp called SAIC

Well, NSI was bought by SAIC, so I guess it could be said to be
controlling it, but I do not believe SAIC has any input in the day to
day operations of either domain or ip registration services.

> which has extremely close ties to
> the Pentagon, CIA, NSA and the American
> Government.

SAIC is a large US defense contractor, *of course* it has close ties
to the Pentagon, the CIA, the NSA, and the American government -- they
like to get defense contracts.

> No-one will support thie organization
> becoming the protector of "." the
> undefined root. 

I am impressed you have the ability to read everyone's mind.  Have you
contacted James Randi to collect your prize?

> This function has
> to be adopted by a non-profit, fully
> international, democratic organization
> not a group of US generals.

I agree that it would be nice to have a non-profit, international
(although not sure exactly what you mean by this, nor what you mean by
"fully") and democratic organization operate the root as it is a
global resource.  In fact, I would propose that such an organization
be responsible for the management of all non-ISO 3166 top level
domains as well as they are also a global resource.  After all, if it
is good for the root, why not for the other "global" domains as well?

Regards,
-drc