Re: [ga] Throw-away PR - is that what you want?

[William X Walsh <william@wxsoft.info>]

Thursday, May 09, 2002, 11:42:04 AM, Thomas Roessler wrote:

> On 2002-05-09 13:39:57 -0400, James Love wrote:

>>Is there a "PR value" in a statement from the GA?  I would hope  
>>so.  That would mean that people actually care what the GA says.   
>>How could this not be clear, both on and off list?  And how would  
>>it be a bad thing if a GA statement was actually noticed by  
>>people?

> What a wonderful world - Ralph Nader's Consumer Project on  
> Technology (and its director, James Love) doing free PR for the 
> DNSO's General Assembly.

> Bad enough, what I've seen so far points in the opposite direction:  
> The Consumer Project on Technology's director trying to abuse the GA 
> as a throw-away public relations tool.

> So, once again, the question to everyone involved with this: Do you  
> want that?  Do you really think that a little PR booster for a  
> campaign of CPTech is worth giving up on the GA?

> Think twice, and respond, please.  Your responses may quite well  
> influence what's going to happen.

That's an easy one.  The core supporters for this motion were
originally those with close ties to the alt.root organizations, such
as a former new.net employee, members of the ORSC and TLDA, etc.

They couldn't care less about damage to the GA, because anything that
damages the credibility of any part of ICANN they believe can only
benefit them.

That is why we have a chair, Thomas, to make sure the GA is acting
within the charter and the rules that dictate its roll in the
processes.

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