Re: The Price Of Admission is Acceptable.

[Jim Dixon <jdd@matthew.uk1.vbc.net>]

On Tue, 16 Sep 1997, Infobahn Consulting wrote:

> >    The gTLD MOU's main problem is absolutely fundamental: it has no consent 
> >    from the Internet community.   Instead of the personal attacks on me, 
> >    you might consider addressing the issue.  The real way to change my 
> >    opinion is to change the facts: get the Internet community to sign 
> >    the gTLD MOU.  If people won't sign, don't get nasty, just start figuring
> >    out why they won't sign.
> 
> If there are companies and other organisations out there who have examined
> the MoU and made a conscious decision *not* to sign it, it would behoove
> them to draw up a declaration to that effect and to sign *that* for
> submission to the US govt. 

In democratic elections you can vote for or you can vote against
a person or proposition.

So we have another very interesting possibility: since the gTLD MOU 
people are putting on this charade of a democratic process, they 
could post on their site a list of those who have refused to sign 
the MOU.  Or they could put up a Web form allowing you to add 
yourself to such a list of non-signatories.  

Somehow I don't think they will do this.   ;-)

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