[governance] Another conflict of interest at ICANN : SAD !!

Suresh Ramasubramanian suresh at hserus.net
Fri Nov 30 16:59:36 EST 2012


Eh, looks like there is very broad consensus across various African stakeholders on the .africa ccTLD.  That it doesn't match one single player's wishes is ..well, regrettable.

The WCIT discussion is on a rather broader level than this one.

--srs (iPad)

On 30-Nov-2012, at 22:16, "Louis Pouzin (well)" <pouzin at well.com> wrote:

> Yeah. Smacks of Google vs. ITU.
> 
> How about peace & love with .africa and .afrique ?
> 
> Good luck. Louis.
> - - -
> 
> On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 5:00 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian <suresh at hserus.net> wrote:
>> It is invective and innuendo laden as usual
>> 
>> --srs (htc one x)
>> 
>> ----- Reply message -----
>> From: "McTim" <dogwallah at gmail.com>
>> To: <governance at lists.igcaucus.org>, "Martin McOsieno" <otsienomartin at yahoo.com>
>> Subject: [governance] Another conflict of interest at ICANN : SAD !!
>> Date: Fri, Nov 30, 2012 9:26 PM
>> 
>> On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 9:37 AM, Martin McOsieno
>> <otsienomartin at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> > Here are some interesting insights on a new conflict of interest case at
>> > ICANN:
>> >
>> > http://domainnewsafrica.com/the-plot-thickens-as-icann-and-africa-both-loose-africa/
>> 
>> This piece, which is clearly written by a supporter of on of the bids,
>> repeats conflict of interest charges that have no substance.
>> 
>> As someone who has watched this competition for many years, the
>> charges that "yesterdays appointment of Pierre Dandjinou who has
>> openly campaigned against DotConnectAfrica’s bid for .africa and even lost an ALAC Board seat in 2010 due to history of COI  further
>> complicates the matters in Africa’s position."
>> 
>> are absolutely false.
>> 
>> PD has never "openly campaigned" against either bid, nor will he play a part in evaluating either bid.
>> 
>> There is no evidence that the DCA campaign against him for the ALAC
>> Board seat led to the selection of another candidate.
>> 
>> DCA has committed itself to a "slash n burn" media strategy that
>> ultimately, IMHO, has damaged their credibility in the ICANN
>> community.
>> 
>> > http://www.circleid.com/posts/20121127_africa_vs_africa_gac_early_warnings_on_new_gtld_applications/
>> 
>> I see no conflict of interest here, only competition, just as what is
>> occurring with many other new gTLD applications.
>> 
>> Can you identify an actual conflict of interest in either story?
>> 
>> -- 
>> Cheers,
>> 
>> McTim
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