On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 12:47 PM, Carlos A. Afonso <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I do not think it is humor, actually -- I think it is ironic, heavily > ironic. And is a way to stress the increasing dominance of the so-called > "intelligence" apparatus (offense to the really intelligent) in the Icann > system. You are absolutely right Carlos, as you may know it's very common in South America to talk with a grain of irony when things that are related to politiks start to go against common sense and the public benefit. Unfortunately I had to put some priorities in the right order and my window of available time for ICANN is very limited, and gets mostly consumed by just reading the incredible amount of text that it generates, and some occasional sideline comments, some of them ironic. On top of that and to be totally frank with all of you, I lost the enthusiasm about participating given that ICANN keeps twisting and tweaking its original role, mandate and core values to the convenience of some particular interests, and I'm sick tired of seeing how some people behave like if they were part of the "Domain Names Cartel" (yeahh IP addresses are not a big deal, wait until IPv4 space runs out and folks find they can make some money with that). I'm not giving up the fight, but it is extremely concerning how an organization that was created to foster the cooperation among groups to manage a common resource that is just one of the pieces of a complex puzzle that is the Internet, is now in a covert fight to secure control of it, whatever definition you may choose for "control". Nuno, it is not just one single and isolated issue, and not related to a single person, it is the character, morale and culture of an entire organization, IHMO ICANN is currently doing very poorly in all three dimensions ... Sincerely Yours Jorge