Danny, Let me clarify, since you are tactlessly calling me out. 1) I am not an "individual functioning as an ISP." My company is not an ISP. I haven't marketed or dealt with ISP services since dialup. 2) I am not nor have been a reseller for register.com 3) At-Large has never been a marketing vehicle for me or anything related to me. 4) I manage a portfolio of well over 900 domains, some of which are currently using monetized parking pages. None of which is any concern of yours. If you would like to lease one I'd happily refer you to my agent. 5) There is no requirement to post minutes, archives, or anything else not required by the initial application. All requirements have been substantiated. 6) If you have a problem regarding lack of contribution within my membership base then why dont you get involved? Some people, for reasons apparent here, prefer not to present their views as publicly as I do. 7) AmericaAtLarge is a valid nonprofit organization, currently applying for 501c3 status - which is not a requirement of ICANN. 8) As a nonprofit, I can also sell T-shirts and coffe mugs in order to generate operating capital. Any suggestions? 9) Finally, you are out of line. Your tone toward this discussion does not warrant further explanation, although I would like to. So, should we dig into your background and reasons for being here now?? Randy Glass A@L On 7/26/07, Danny Younger <dannyyounger@yahoo.com> wrote:
Randy,
You are an individual functioning as an ISP in Hawaii. You are also a domain name reseller for GoDaddy and Register.com, and you also manage a portfolio of over 900 monetized parking pages.
So, I understand where you are coming from... just like MarkMonitor that offers domain services for a niche community (the intellectual property folk), you are offering domain services that are marketed for the "domainers and Internet users in America".
The "at-large" has become your marketing vehicle, and apparently the most important thing that you took out of the San Juan experience was your complimentary membership with the .mobi folks.
I can accept all that as the basis for a view that promotes special-interest segments ahead of the unrepresented public interest segment.
What I can't accept is the notion that your organization properly belongs in the NARALO as an at-large organization. From what I have seen over the course of the last few years, you have no active membership. You have no articles posted by anyone other than yourself. You have no publicly archived discussion forums. You have no posted organizational minutes.
Summing it up, you're an individual with a financial interest in domain name activities that put up a website hoping to become an organization...
...I can understand that course of action; there are some long-time participants in the GNSO GA that have acted in similar fashion.
Frankly, there also have been many ALSs that are in the process for other than purely honorable reasons -- just look at all those European ALSs that signed up primarily to get their hands on travel funding for the earlier Athens IGF session; since they signed up they've contributed almost nothing to the At-Large process...
...but at least you contribute. I'm prepared to accept your contributions as an individual since the NARALO allows for individuals, but I'm having a hard time accepting the notion that AmericaAtLarge speaks for the broader at-large community.
regards, Danny
--- "RJGlass | America@Large" <jipshida@gmail.com> wrote:
Sure,
by 'constituency organizations,' I mean the Nomcom should be appointed by and made up of individuals found somewhere within the NARALO, ALAC, SSAC, RSSAC, TLG, ASO, GNSO, CCNSO, etc.
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