RE: [wg-review] Re: [cctld-discuss] Multilingulaism in ICANN

[Roeland Meyer <rmeyer@mhsc.com>]

This is strange, since the Green Paper specifically stated that it was USG
intent to get OUT of the Internet management business.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Derek Conant [mailto:dconant@dnsga.org]
> Sent: Monday, January 22, 2001 10:34 AM
> To: Per Koelle
> Cc: Pilar Luque; wg-review@dnso.org; cctld-discuss@wwtld.org
> Subject: Re: [wg-review] Re: [cctld-discuss] Multilingulaism in ICANN
> 
> 
> ccTLD representatives and other international representatives 
> with all of
> their resources, opinions and frustration towards ICANN and 
> its policy appear
> to not participate with organizations that have demonstrated 
> energy, power
> and directives toward serving a better DNS.
> 
> Nothing will induce more change than a competitive 
> organization that has the
> ability and resources to propose productive change and that will not
> compromise its constituencies, through legislation and through other
> effective communication channels within the US Government.
> 
> ICANN serves only the US Government.  Make no mistake about 
> that.  It appears
> to me that any topic of discussion here, or any seemingly productive
> direction or result of such topic, will only move forward if 
> it fits the US
> Government's current and future plan for the Internet.  I 
> cannot see that
> participants here (whether they know it or not) are doing 
> anything more than
> playing out the US Government's plan of furthering US global 
> control over the
> Internet.  Through my experience, I know that participants 
> here are not going
> to convince a US quasi-government agency (ICANN) of any 
> change unless you can
> show that it will first benefit the US Government's plan to 
> maintain US
> global control over the Internet.
> 
> I hope that this will help make your discussions regarding 
> the subject matter
> more efficient.
> 
> Derek Conant
> 
> 
> Per Koelle wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, 22 Jan 2001, Pilar Luque wrote:
> >
> > > Daer all,
> > >
> > >
> > > 8. Multilingualism should be a point to be considered in 
> the new Names
> > > Council Budget and Names Council Business Plan.
> >
> > No way should we (ccTLD's) pay for this through another 
> body (the NC) !
> >
> > We pay enough directly to ICANN. To me, it makes a lot more 
> sense to do
> > some translation on crucial papers, than spend money on 
> web-casting for
> > maybe up to fifty (50) people during meetings. (Not to 
> mention what has
> > been spend on (US) layers regarding gTLD-matters.)
> >
> > Regards
> > Per Koelle
> > .DK
> >
> > > THEREFORE IT SHOULD BE DECIDED:
> > >
> > > 1. BUSINESS PLAN FOR SLOWLY INTRODUCING MULTILINGUALISM 
> IN THE WHOLE OF
> > > THE ICANN PROCESS
> > > 2. STUDY OF THE BUDGET REQUIRED
> > > 3. WHICH LANGUAGES SHOULD BE INTRODUCED
> > >
> > >
> > > Comments please.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > >
> > > Pilar LUQUE (ES-NIC)
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