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[ga-abuse] Fwd: Re: Joop's little complaint.
Just to make sure our archive contains the important info, I pass this on.
Harald
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>Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 02:21:15 -0800 (PST)
>From: "William X. Walsh" <william@dso.net>
>To: Harald Tveit Alvestrand <Harald@Alvestrand.no>
>Subject: Re: Joop's little complaint.
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>On 14-Feb-2000 Harald Tveit Alvestrand wrote:
> > BTW, I'm still awaiting your response to my warning about your Joop
> message.
> > Joop has, naturally, appealed to the list monitor on the grounds that your
> > message was a personal attack.
>
>Yes, I had to think about it, and talk to a couple of other IDNO detractors
>before I decided how to approach it.
>
>Personal attack is an interesting term for him to use. I could really make a
>case for him doing that, but have no interest in silencing him.
>
>I will however, make an honest effort to tone down my messages to the GA list
>about him and the IDNO.
>
>I won't promise not to post it there, because to be blunt the only thing that
>has kept him at bay in the IDNO and prevented him from acting even more
>dictorial is that he knows every word and action he takes is subject to be
>posted by me and maybe 2 others to the GA and elsewhere.
>
>His emasculation of the IDNO is almost complete, unfortunately. He alienated
>the majority of the IDNO by positing for protection of the minority (him and
>his fan club) and then he has totally castrated those who didn't just
>leave who
>disagreed with him by now setting up a tyranny of the majority who can
>vote any
>of the minority out with a simple vote. That's not a constituency.
>
>And his intent from the start with the IDNO was get a stronger voice for
>himself within the DNSO and ICANN as a result of being the "devoted leader" of
>the individual domain owners constituency, and quite possibly a NC seat, and
>just force people to give him the credibility and recognition he couldn't get
>on his own. And when he tries to use data like the IDNO having 160 members
>when in reality he can't even get 8 members to vote in even the most VITAL
>pollings anymore, I will make sure it is noted.
>
>If my refusal to totally abandon this way of dealing with him is not
>acceptable
>to you, then by all means do what you have to do, Harald. You will not be
>thought less of by me. I knew what I was posting, and I accept full
>responsibility for it. An hour of discussion with myself and other
>disgruntled
>IDNO members occured online before I posted it. (Yes we have a little
>coalition, which is setup to create a new organization for domain owners
>should
>we finally decide the IDNO is not recoverable).
>
>If my assurance that I will tone down the name calling (despot, dictator,
>little napolean, etc) and the negative characterizations (pathetic little man,
>etc) is not sufficient that I stand to you judgement.
>
>You also have my full permission to make the contents of this email public, or
>to post them to Joop, or whatever you see fit.
>
>I won't lie to you, a bouncing off the GA list as a result of a Joop complaint
>would do wonders for my case against him in the IDNO, and probably cause the
>IDNO to lose a couple more members.
>
>- --
>William X. Walsh <william@dso.net>
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Harald Tveit Alvestrand, EDB Maxware, Norway
Harald.Alvestrand@edb.maxware.no
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