Re: War of Internet Governance: 1995 -????

[Kent Crispin <kent@songbird.com>]

On Tue, Nov 11, 1997 at 05:09:17PM -0500, Steve Heflin wrote:
> >  Problem 1: The fee structure sets the 
> >  price of admission at an artificially
> >  high level excluding many legitimate
> >  and otherwise very capable participants.
> 
> Wait:  while it may be true that some 'capables' are not in at this time,
> it is NOT true that it is set artificially high.  In fact, it is a 10K fee
> to apply and you only need to show the ability to get a 300K line of
> credit or liquidity of some fashion - by corporate standards - not a lofty
> admission level at all.

In fact, many *individuals* could meet this requirement.  $10K is the
cost of a cheap car; $300K is the median price of a single-family home
in my area (admittedly, the SF Bay Area has a very expensive housing
market.) For businesses the bar is pretty low -- tens of thousands, if
not hundreds of thousands, of small businesses could easily meet these
requirements.

> >  Problem 2: There is absolutely no room
> >  for non-profit registries which will
> >  never be able to afford *any* fees or
> >  surcharges.
> > 
> The process cannot be an incubator for non-profits to 'flop' around and
> try to flourish in.  What is the reasoning for allowing a mechanism for
> non-profits to also participate?  Why do they need a 'no-fee' system so
> they can exist? 

And even more, there is plenty of room for non-profit registries.  
"Non-profit" doesn't mean "without funds".

> >  Problem 3: There are no democratic or
> >  responsive structures in place and no
> >  government or International body has
> >  sanctioned anything proposed.
> > 
> Ok...so? :/

I think there are democratic and responsive structures in place, in 
any case.

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