RE: [Membership] The People's Republic of ICANN?

[George Conrades <gconrades@polarisventures.com>]

Good for you, Steve.

-----Original Message-----
From: BRPWIT@aol.com [mailto:BRPWIT@aol.com]
Sent: Thursday, February 11, 1999 12:48 PM
To: gconrades@polarisventures.com; membership@icann.org
Subject: Re: [Membership] The People's Republic of ICANN?


George:

YOUR APPROACH IS NOT ACCEPTABLE TO ME.

WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE to want to disenfranchise me??? restrict to domain
holders?  What If i choose to share a DOMAIN name - that means i have value?
All people who use ISPs like LYCOS, GEOCITIES,AOL  don't count? Nonsense.

I am one of the stakeholders who is not an ISP nor a wealthy Venture Capital
person nor a large organization.

I use the net have a vested interest in its success - if i want a domain
name
- i should have the same right as you -
yes this is an attack on your stated positions

if the presenters on the Senate floor can get emotional - so can I
thanks 
steve witkin
	 RE: [Membership] The People's Republic of ICANN?
Date:	99-02-11 11:56:03 EST
From:	gconrades@polarisventures.com (George Conrades)
Sender:	owner-membership@ISI.EDU
To:	weisberg@texoma.net ('Eric Weisberg'), gconrades@polarisventures.com
(George Conrades)
CC:	rus@neteze.com ('rus@neteze.com'), terastra@terabytz.co.nz ('Joop
Teernstra'), cabell@mama-tech.com (Diane Cabell), membership@icann.org,
list@ifwp.org, discuss@dnso.org, domain-policy@internic.net, domain-
policy@open-rsc.org

No, to domain name holders as an example.

-----Original Message-----
From: Eric Weisberg [mailto:weisberg@texoma.net]
Sent: Thursday, February 11, 1999 10:50 AM
To: George Conrades
Cc: 'rus@neteze.com'; 'Joop Teernstra'; Diane Cabell;
membership@icann.org; list@ifwp.org; discuss@dnso.org;
domain-policy@internic.net; domain-policy@open-rsc.org
Subject: Re: [Membership] The People's Republic of ICANN?


Do these comments indicate a preference for limiting
membership to certain categories of people/organizations?

George Conrades wrote:
> 
> rus, I am inclined to think we should move slowly on opening up membership
> in an unlimited way UNTIL we understand how the membership process works
> against a more understood or qualified database of constituents.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rus@neteze.com [mailto:rus@neteze.com]

> i do not qualify for any of the categories of membership suggested, yet i
> use the internet and believe i have a right to participate in democratic
> decision making.