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

[Louis Pouzin (well)]

Yeah. Smacks of Google vs. ITU.

How about peace & love with .africa and .afrique ?

Good luck. Louis.
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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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