Re: [ALSC-Forum] Comments on Study: ""ICANN and the Problem of Legitimacy"

[Saudia-Online]

It sounded like you were telling me "In your dreams! :-)"
I agree with your statement, but we have to keep on trying
I think "he who has the means of power sets the rules"
So in order to have the ICANN one hundred percent legitimate, it should have
the means of being fully self financed by us the Internet users of the world
through:
*Member ship fees
*Direct donations.
* Most importantly having some fees derived from domain registration.
If this organization can generate its own financing then it will achieve its
first step of Legitimacy and freedom.
Hadi Bahra
Jeddah- Saudi Arabia
Hadi@saudia-online.com
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce Young" <byoung651@home.com>
To: "Saudia-Online" <hadi@saudia-online.com>; <forum@atlargestudy.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2001 8:40 AM
Subject: RE: [ALSC-Forum] Comments on Study: ""ICANN and the Problem of
Legitimacy"


> I totally agree.  Although we in the US created the Internet, our "baby"
has
> grown up, and it's time to be good parents and let it out into the world!
> :)
>
> ICANN will only have true authority when the Internet community at
large --
> every living, breathing one of us -- accepts that authority and deferrs to
> it.  That will never happen as long as the old vested interests continue
to
> keep control. If ICANN's rules are discussed, voted on and approved
directly
> by the majority of the Internet community at large, that will be true
> ligitimacy! :)
>
> Bruce Young
> Portland, Oregon
> byoung651@home.com
> http://members.home.net/byoung651/index.html
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Saudia-Online [mailto:hadi@saudia-online.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2001 4:54 AM
> To: forum@atlargestudy.org
> Cc: Bruce Young
> Subject: [ALSC-Forum] Comments on Study: ""ICANN and the Problem of
> Legitimacy"
>
>
> Comments on Study: ""ICANN and the Problem of Legitimacy"
>
> Being new to this forum and Reading all the positive and negative
opinions,
> I think that Mr. Young has addressed a very basic and important corner
stone
> of this organization which has to be constructed and established first.
>  This organization should address all problems, laws, and regulations
> related to the internet world wide based on set plan, rules and regulation
> which should be decided by the  Internet community at large through their
> currant ICANN directors elected from the --Internet community at
> large --carrying out the will of their constituents, this will give ICANN
> its legitimacy. So this proposed plan, regulation and principles should be
> proposed by the currant ICANN directors then put for discussion by all the
> ICANN members and finally to be voted on by ALL the Internet community,
> after establishing this big step we would have laid our Bill of rights and
> all the governing laws for this organization at that time we should have
all
> the directors to be elected only by the  Internet community at large (Non
of
> them should be appointed by governments), this organization is an
> international and global body representing all Internet users all over the
> planet and not for one nation to control, We should really turn it this
way
> to be the first truly global organization democratically established,
> governed and  run by the Internet users in the earth planet.
>
> Hadi Bahra
> Jeddah- Saudi Arabia
> Hadi@saudia-online.com
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