[ga] RE: on politics and trust

["Jonathan Cohen" <jcohen@shapirocohen.com>]

Peter I sent the letter to you so its in cyberspace somewhere..Who the heck
is running the internet anyway?!!(grin).
I will pose your Questions to the ERC and to other Board members and see if
I can get you an answer.
Jonathan

-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Dengate Thrush [mailto:barrister@chambers.gen.nz]
Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 10:29 PM
To: DannyYounger@cs.com; jcohen@shapirocohen.com
Cc: apisan@servidor.unam.mx; ga@dnso.org
Subject: Re: on politics and trust


Dear all,
I am not aware of any such letter.

I have received nothing from Jonathan.

Regards

Peter Dengate Thrush
Barrister
Wellington

644 499 8959
64 21 499 888

fax  644 471 0672

----- Original Message -----
From: <DannyYounger@cs.com>
To: <jcohen@shapirocohen.com>
Cc: <barrister@chambers.gen.nz>; <apisan@servidor.unam.mx>; <ga@dnso.org>
Sent: Saturday, September 14, 2002 2:01 PM
Subject: on politics and trust


> Jonathan,
>
> In your letter to Peter Dengate Thrush (posted to the Council list) you
make
> the reasonable suggestion that <<maybe the "politics" could be ramped down
by
> all>>.
>
> I draw your attention to the Bucharest ccTLD Response to the Committee on
> Evolution and Reform's Blueprint for ICANN Reform in which the following
> request was made:  "In the spirit of "bottom up" development, the ccTLDs
> prefer to continue using the established name for this SO, ("ccSO") which
is
> used in all of our documentation, website domain name, committee names and
> lists, and which reflects the cultural and historical language of the
> internet."
>
> In spite of this eminently reasonable request, the ERC continues to offer
> barbs by pointlessly changing the name of the Supporting Organization for
the
> ccTLD community, the latest version being "ccNSO" referenced in the ERC's
> Second Implementation Report.
>
> Ramping down the politics is a two-way street.  Perhaps you could also pen
a
> similar letter to your fellow Board members who lately seem to be the ones
> engendering this unfortunate climate.  You might also ask them to provide
> some actual answers to Peter's questions.
>
> You have asked Peter to work proactively to rebuild trust, yet by the day
it
> becomes harder and more foolish to trust the Board.  Frankly, I have to
ask,
> why should we?  We have had no indication that the Board is committed to
> honoring the consensus view of the Community (as was demonstrated by the
> Board decision on WLS).  If we can no longer count upon you to act in our
> best interest (and this is not the first time that you have unilaterally
> rejected DNSO recommendations), then please explain to us why you should
> warrant our trust.
>
> We too are listening.
>



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