I have some experience of Internet: I own my hosts and nameservers, I have more than 500 sites on line and my own remote server management technology. I currently head two propositions for new TLDs: ".sys" for formated domain names (VPN, large groups, product lines) and ".wiz" for studying new addressing semantics.

From past experience in international telephone and data addressing schemes, I see the IP addressing plan and numbering scheme as the key issue with major impacts on banking and telecommunications industries. IMHO TLDs are minor interest as they will soon become a free market as written in the technicalities of the DNS system and in common business sense.

I acquired an inner knowledge of many public networks issues in business, political and technical fields, having sold, installed, customer supported and operated networks, systems and services, of some millions of dollars (PTTs, multinational groups) or of my own personal development and conducted public interest projects. I have a political experience of this industry both private vs public and US vs European relations, with connections in this area.

People consider I have a vision of this industry because I see the things in a pragmatic way down to their future conclusions and common usage. Actually my ideas turn to be true in a reasonable number of cases as I see both the market evolution of my last 25 years in this business and the projects I currently develop.

I would fight for the ICANN to be the secretariat of a consensus oriented democratic conference gathering users and technical associations, industry representatives concerned by the development of the internet and governments due to its impact on the day to day life of people and some international issues. I do not support the concept of a self appointed governance and of a worldwide power. IMHO the ICANN should be subsidized by the participants from their own corporate Members and public institutions, not from any fee, tax, or user Membership.

I strongly defend the extension of the Netiquette to include:
- a decent behavior of the TLD (and of their clones which will necessarily appear),
- the right for every human being to have an Internet address and his private information and property protected
- the right to share into the internet management to protect his own ideas and interests.
I think that such a simple thing as to understand, accept and protect a mutual decent respect has more pragmatic power than petty political pacts (even against large financial interests).

My positions and presentation will be http://sys.ws/jefsey.htm when I am back of my first week of vacations in 6 years (I am an hard worker!).

PS: as there are only 48 hours a day, I will read your mails, but I probably not respond..