Re: [ALSC-Forum] Feedback on Draft Report

[Jeff Williams]

Mark and all stakeholders or interested parties,

  Indeed you are quite correct.  And a point that has been made a number
of times in the past as well.  It seems that this is being considered
to being ignored.  The White Paper also outlines "Interested Parties"
as stakeholders as well.  Are not E-Mail address owners also
Interested Parties?  I think they are!

Mark Neville wrote:

> <snip>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-forum@www.atlargestudy.org
> > [mailto:owner-forum@www.atlargestudy.org]On Behalf Of David Farrar
> > Sent: 30 August 2001 12:37
> > To: forum@atlargestudy.org
> > Subject: [ALSC-Forum] Feedback on Draft Report
> >
> > The requirement to hold a domain name is sensible if ICANN only
> > dealt with
> > domain name issues.  But protocol and addressing issues affect
> > every user.  For
> > that matter all internet users use the domain name system also
> > and have a stake
> > in having it run well.  If the DNS is broke then your e-mail is
> > also broke.
> >
> If ALSC is suggesting that only those with a 'contract' with ICANN should
> have a right to ALM, then this does include everyone with an e-mail address.
> Every e-mail address owner has a contract with the domain name owner, who in
> turn has a contract with the registrar, who in turn has a contract with
> ICANN. If domain name owners - 'one step' removed from ICANN - are to be
> entitled to ALM, then why not e-mail address owners - who are 'two steps'
> removed, but no less affected by ICANN decisions?
>
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Regards,

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