Re: [ALSC-Forum] ICANN AT LARGE

[Eric Dierker]

In principal (or is that principle) I endorse this plan.

Sincerely,
Eric

Jefsey Morfin wrote:

> Let be practical.
>
> 1. ICANN AT LARGE does not resolve because I was to drop it. Also I do not
> know how to renew it because I have been transfered from Registrars to
> Verisigns what creates me problems. But that will solve.
>
> 2. Non-Profit organization. I have a non-profit secretariat for 24 years
> which served several large PTT and Telecom plans. It has a banking account
> and may serve as a temporary legal location.
>
> Address is
>
> SIAT
> (International Secretariat for TeleServices Applications)
> 4 B, rue de la Ceinture
> 78000 Versailles
> It has a banking account I can list.
>
> 3. Incorporating an "ICANN AT LARGE" non profit association can be done
> tomorow if you want in France for $30, be legally in operation immediately
> and be able to open a bank account in 15 days anywhere in the world. I can
> offer that as the world@wide foundation: its job. We have no problem in
> getting it a Credit Card collection service I think. Peter de Blanc's
> bsiness is to provide a service where you can have a central CC payement
> and the money can be sent to the correponding local  banking accounts
> automatically. We could ask him and negotiate the rate.
>
> 4. I do not think that @large should contribute. They should only enlist in
> giving some creedentials as "developper", "lawyer involved in Internet"
> etc... and accept to be interviewed as part of their assistance to the
> Internet Community. We would then charge a "question fee" to people wanting
> to run market studies. We should start scouting market research firms to
> test the concept and determine a rate. A part of the money could be passed
> to the credit of charities or to actions against the digital divide
> supported by the Member (a list of the accrued amounts would be published
> to keep some emulation: like for experts-echange.com ).
>
> 5. I think we can organize a complete system for resgitration, management,
> archive, polling, questions, voting etc... I am discussing that with a
> skilled and known member of our community that Joop knows. The only thing
> we need now is an NT computer as I suppose Joop and that developper are
> under NT.
>
> 6. If we follow that track and a lawyer is ready to cooperate we could
> publish a press annoucement before the BoD meeting.
>
> Question: who on the bootstrap BoD? Who puts his name as founder?
>
> Jefsey