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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