Re: PAB Re: martys@INTERPORT.NET: Whois usage rules

[Kent Crispin <kent@songbird.com>]

On Thu, May 13, 1999 at 12:51:12AM +0000, Rahmat M. Samik-Ibrahim wrote:
[...]
> 
> > I was requesting that people send in their own letters to NSI 
> > indicating that they do not agree with the policy. 
> 
> Arguing with NSI? Whoa! "NSOL" is yet a multi-million dollar 
> company, #2 in 1998 for one-year total stock return. I would
> rather consult my lawyers first!

Go right ahead.  However, what do you imagine that NSI might be able 
to do to you for sending them a letter saying that you don't agree 
to their policy?

[...]
> >> What next?
> >  Send a letter; support ICANN; become a member of ICANN when
> >  membership opens.
> 
> I have difficulties to calculate the ROI of being a member of
> ICANN. I don't think that individuals in the third world would 
> have any benefit of being an ICANN member. 

Depends on whether you see any value to having influence on ICANN
decisions, I guess.  Members of ICANN will have influence on ICANN 
decisions.

> Furthermore, ICANN is a constituency based organization.

No, it's not.  The three supporting organizations might be called 
constituencies, but the membership is (or will be) just an open
membership, and they will elect half the directors.  You could 
could win a slot on the board of directors, if you could talk your 
fellow ICANN members into electing you...


> This
> is not so compatible with voluntary individual based organizations
> like the IETF family.

??

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Kent Crispin                               "Do good, and you'll be
kent@songbird.com                           lonesome." -- Mark Twain