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GA-DIGEST           Thursday, May 29 2003           Volume 01 : Number 1709

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Date: Wed, 28 May 2003 10:47:07 -0500
From: "Jim Fleming" <[email-masked]>
Subject: [ga] "...someone at ICANN will say up-front, that a consensus is not needed..." ?

http://www.dnso.org/clubpublic/registrars/Arc02/msg01325.html
"...someone at ICANN will say up-front, that a consensus is not needed..."
====

ICANN is a small company (supposedly non-profit) located in the State of California.
ICANN does what it pleases. People and companies donate money (willingly?) to ICANN.
Non-Profits live on the donations they receive. As long as people and companies donate,
the non-profit company survives and pays the employees $250,000 per year to collect the
donations. One can not fault 10, 20, 30 or more people from sitting around all day, doing
largely nothing, and collecting their daily fees. With $10,000,000 per year, there can be 40
people supported in the life-style they desire. Each of the so-called RIRs have essentially
the same model. It all is based on the 0:0 .ARPA allocations and *.IN-ADDR.ARPA names.
http://www.iana.org/assignments/ipv4-address-space

It should not be surprising that 40 people will always be ready to step forward to sing the
praises of their non-prophet venture and how the good of the "community" is served.
http://www.arin.net/mailing_lists/ppml/1671.html

The clueless U.S. Government bureaucrats have decided (or know no better) to take advice
from ICANN in selecting what TLDs they do not censor. The world is routing around that.
It is an embarrassment to the American public, to have such illiterate government officials.
One can only hope that this will change, as future generations of children become better
educated, become elected, and hire educated employees. In the interim, the world has to
live with the mis-guided decisions of a few bimbo lobbyists who dominate the D.C. beltway.
People can travel (waste their time) several times per year to see them on display.

Jim Fleming
http://www.DOT-BIZ.com

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Date: Wed, 28 May 2003 11:18:40 -0500
From: "Jim Fleming" <[email-masked]>
Subject: [ga] 0:139     KIDS...http://KIDS.R.US ?

http://KIDS.R.US ?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47996-2003May28.html

http://www.icannwatch.org/comments.pl?sid=1284&op=&threshold=-2&commentsort=0&mode=thread&pid=0
".kids.us names will be $65 wholesale, plus a $250 content management fee. Thats makes our $35 fee for .kids names at new.net seem
pretty reasonable."
Page Howe
.Kids Domains Inc.
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http://www.kidsdomains.org
http://www.New.Net

http://www.domainsurfer.com
1,308 matches for -KIDS.com
212 matches for -KIDS.net
206 matches for -KIDS.org
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Jim Fleming
http://www.IPv8.info
http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/domainname/130dftmail/unir.txt
0:139     KIDS

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Date: Wed, 28 May 2003 11:45:39 -0500
From: "Jim Fleming" <[email-masked]>
Subject: [ga] ?:? .NAME or NOM ?...Verisign Launches .NAME ?

http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/domainname/130dftmail/unir.txt
?:? .NAME
http://www.dnso.org/wgroups/wg-c/Arc01/msg01601.html
http://www.isoc.org/whatsnew/iahcreport.html
      .nom  for those wishing individual or personal
      nomenclature  

http://root-dns.org/vuedig/vuedig_tld.php?record=NS&tld=name&submit=Submit
LRS : Legacy Root Servers : 198.41.0.4
VueDig Results : Answer = 5 : Authority = 0 : Additional = 5. 
name. 2D IN NS F10.NSTLD.COM.
name. 2D IN NS NS3.NIC.name.
name. 2D IN NS A10.NSTLD.COM.
name. 2D IN NS L10.NSTLD.COM.
name. 2D IN NS G10.NSTLD.COM.

TINC : The Internet Namespace Cooperative : 145.89.234.7
VueDig Results : Answer = 5 : Authority = 0 : Additional = 5. 
name. 1W IN NS NS3.NIC.name.
name. 1W IN NS UDNS1.ULTRADNS.NET.
name. 1W IN NS UDNS2.ULTRADNS.NET.
name. 1W IN NS NS1.NIC.name.
name. 1W IN NS NS2.NIC.name.
===========================================

Domain Name: NSTLD.COM
   Registrar: NETWORK SOLUTIONS, INC.
Registrant:
VERISIGN GLOBAL REGISTRY SERVICES (NSTLD-DOM)
   21345 Ridgetop Circle
   Dulles, VA 20166
   US

   Domain Name: NSTLD.COM

   Administrative Contact:
      VERISIGN GLOBAL REGISTRY SERVICES  (K8433-OR) [email-masked]
      VERISIGN GLOBAL REGISTRY SERVICES
      21345 Ridgetop Circle
      Dulles, VA 20166
      US
      703-742-0400 fax: 703-421-6703
   Technical Contact:
      VeriSign Global Registry Services  (REGISTRY) [email-masked]
      VeriSign Global Registry Services
      21345 Ridgetop Circle
      Dulles, VA 20166
      US
      703-948-7064 fax: 703-421-6703

   Record expires on 05-Dec-2005.
   Record created on 05-Dec-2000.
   Database last updated on 28-May-2003 12:35:38 EDT.

   Domain servers in listed order:

   A2.NSTLD.COM                 192.5.6.31
   C2.NSTLD.COM                 192.26.92.31
   D2.NSTLD.COM                 192.31.80.31
   E2.NSTLD.COM                 192.12.94.31
   F2.NSTLD.COM                 192.35.51.31
   G2.NSTLD.COM                 192.42.93.31
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Jim Fleming
http://www.IPv8.info

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Date: Wed, 28 May 2003 18:06:15 +0100
From: "Richard Henderson" <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: [ga] "...someone at ICANN will say up-front, that a consensus is not needed..." ?

Alternatively, USG is entirely clear about what it is doing, and uses ICANN
as its instrument of policy, and as a way of masking its own involvement.

I have little doubt that Nancy Victory's findings were negotiated in
backroom discussions, and that she had a perfectly good understanding of
ICANN's strategies and purposes.

I suspect even the little constraints and criticisms were carefully
orchestrated, to make USG seem separate and apart from ICANN, but rest
assured: ICANN only exists because USG chooses to let it exist.

ICANN therefore will carry out those policies which USG intimates would be
in their mutual best interests.

Richard H

- ----- Original Message -----
From: Jim Fleming <[email-masked]>
To: Paul Stahura <[email-masked]>; <[email-masked]>
Cc: <[email-masked]>
Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 4:47 PM
Subject: [ga] "...someone at ICANN will say up-front, that a consensus is
not needed..." ?

> http://www.dnso.org/clubpublic/registrars/Arc02/msg01325.html
> "...someone at ICANN will say up-front, that a consensus is not needed..."
> ====
>
> ICANN is a small company (supposedly non-profit) located in the State of
California.
> ICANN does what it pleases. People and companies donate money (willingly?)
to ICANN.
> Non-Profits live on the donations they receive. As long as people and
companies donate,
> the non-profit company survives and pays the employees $250,000 per year
to collect the
> donations. One can not fault 10, 20, 30 or more people from sitting around
all day, doing
> largely nothing, and collecting their daily fees. With $10,000,000 per
year, there can be 40
> people supported in the life-style they desire. Each of the so-called RIRs
have essentially
> the same model. It all is based on the 0:0 .ARPA allocations and
*.IN-ADDR.ARPA names.
> http://www.iana.org/assignments/ipv4-address-space
>
> It should not be surprising that 40 people will always be ready to step
forward to sing the
> praises of their non-prophet venture and how the good of the "community"
is served.
> http://www.arin.net/mailing_lists/ppml/1671.html
>
> The clueless U.S. Government bureaucrats have decided (or know no better)
to take advice
> from ICANN in selecting what TLDs they do not censor. The world is routing
around that.
> It is an embarrassment to the American public, to have such illiterate
government officials.
> One can only hope that this will change, as future generations of children
become better
> educated, become elected, and hire educated employees. In the interim, the
world has to
> live with the mis-guided decisions of a few bimbo lobbyists who dominate
the D.C. beltway.
> People can travel (waste their time) several times per year to see them on
display.
>
> Jim Fleming
> http://www.DOT-BIZ.com
>
>
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Date: Wed, 28 May 2003 14:29:44 -0500
From: "Jim Fleming" <[email-masked]>
Subject: [ga] "...USG is entirely clear about what it is doing, and uses ICANN..." ?

- ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Henderson" <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: [ga] "...someone at ICANN will say up-front, that a consensus is not needed..." ?

> Alternatively, USG is entirely clear about what it is doing, and uses ICANN
> as its instrument of policy, and as a way of masking its own involvement.
> 

The "USG" is a collection of people who largely protect land (dirt) in places on planet Earth.
In cyberspace, land is equivalent to IP address space allocations. Names are just road signs.
The long-term value is in the land...the allocations...those with allocations will protect them...
http://www.iana.org/assignments/ipv4-address-space

The I* society (small s...aka The Big Lie Society)...manipulates the USG to their advantage.
When there is money to be collected, it goes to the I* society. When there are other problems
those are referred up the food chain or ultimately to the USG. Look at the Registry charade.
If you have a complaint, the Registry claims that ICANN sets all of the policies. If you ask
ICANN, you either get no answer, are pointed back to the Registry, or, are referred to the
USG. If you ask the USG, you are of course referred back to ICANN and then to your
Registrar, which of course is "accredited" which simply means that some lawyers were paid
a lot of money to make that claim.

It is all a huge legal run-around...a huge bureaucracy...designed to protect the insiders...

...the good news is that there is no "end-game" for the I* society...via education, people
are becoming more enlightened...The Big Lie becomes more clear and people walk away
thus routing around the situation...

Jim Fleming
http://www.IPv8.info

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Date: Wed, 28 May 2003 21:41:02 EDT
From: [email-masked]
Subject: [ga] Who speaks for the ALAC?

Vittorio,

Having read the "ALAC responses to comments received on the proposed 
criteria, process and guidelines", I have only question:  Was ICANN Staff member 
Denise Michel the author of all of these responses?

http://alac.icann.org/correspondence/responses-21may03.htm
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Date: Wed, 28 May 2003 21:56:48 -0500
From: "Jim Fleming" <[email-masked]>
Subject: [ga] "...the author of all of these responses?..."

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the author of all of these responses?
> 
> http://alac.icann.org/correspondence/responses-21may03.htm
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http://www.icann.org/financials/proposed-budget-17may03.htm
"The personnel changes described above will increase ICANN's FTE to 40."
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Do you think an office in New York and Italy should be established ?

Jim Fleming
http://DOT.COM.SHOP

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