Hi Jorge,

I recognise and respect our opposite concurrence flypasts on this issue.
Look forward to same trajectory on other issues in future, as in the past.

Kind regards,

Alex

On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 4:47 AM, Jorge Amodio <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>
> I will not retract anything, I'm sick tired of being politically correct
> and silent about certain individuals who claim to be representatives of
> Internet users when they are not.
>
> -J
>
>
> On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 8:02 PM, Alex Gakuru <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> I don‘t understand Spanish. But if Carlos is expressing displeasure at
>> Amodio terming individuals as “characters“ then I strongly urge Amodio to
>> consider retracting that narrative. Further claiming “out to milk icann“
>> was ironical given how icann so drains the heck out of folk that don‘t have
>> any direct or indirect business links or commercial interests in the system.
>>
>> --sent from a handheld-- excuse brevity and any typos--
>> On May 10, 2013 3:49 AM, "Carlos A. Afonso" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>>> Jorge, este es el documento enviado al Gac sobre el .amazon. Al final
>>> vea la lista de los firmantes, que llamas de "characters" (?).
>>>
>>> [] fraterno
>>>
>>> --c.a.
>>>
>>> ------------
>>> C. A. Afonso
>>>
>>> ========
>>>
>>> Heather Dryden
>>> Chairperson
>>> ICANN Government Advisory Committee (GAC)
>>> via e-mail ([log in to unmask])
>>>
>>> Dear Ms Dryden,
>>>
>>> On behalf of the civil society organizations and networks signed below,
>>> this is a letter in support of the request made by governments of the
>>> Amazon region that the application for the ".AMAZON" gTLD be withdrawn.
>>>
>>> The Amazon region constitutes an important part of the territory of
>>> Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela,
>>> due to its extensive biodiversity, its diverse culture and several idioms,
>>> and incalculable natural resources. Granting exclusive rights to this
>>> specific gTLD to a private company would prevent the use of this domain for
>>> purposes of public interest related to the protection, promotion and
>>> awareness raising on issues related to the Amazon biome.
>>>
>>> It would also hinder the possibility of use of this domain to congregate
>>> web pages related to the population inhabiting that geographical region. In
>>> addition, this gTLD string requested by "Amazon EU S.a.r.l.” matches part
>>> of the name, in English, of the “Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization”,
>>> an international organization which coordinates initiatives in the
>>> framework of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty, signed in July 1978 by Bolivia,
>>> Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela, and
>>> expedites the execution of its decisions through its Permanent Secretariat.
>>>
>>> It should also be noted that the application for the “.AMAZON” gTLD has
>>> not received support from the governments of the countries in which the
>>> Amazon region is located.
>>>
>>> February 22, 2013
>>>
>>> Instituto Nupef, Brazil
>>>     http://www.nupef.org.br
>>> ISOC Brazil
>>>     http://www.isoc.org.br
>>> ISOC Peru
>>>     http://www.isoc.pe
>>> Alfa-Redi, Peru
>>>     http://www.alfa-redi.org
>>> Fundación REDES, Bolivia
>>>     http://www.fundacionredes.org
>>> NIC Argentina
>>>     http://www.nic.ar
>>> Colnodo, Colombia
>>>     http://www.colnodo.apc.org
>>> Asociación Latinoamericana de Educación Radiofónica (ALER), regional
>>>     http://www.aler.org
>>> Asociación Paraguaya de Derecho Informático (APADIT), Paraguay
>>>     http://www.apadit.org.py
>>> Red de Desarrollo Sostenible (RDS), Honduras
>>>     http://rds.hn
>>> Red de Infodesarrollo de Ecuador
>>>     http://www.nuevared.org
>>> Fundación Redes y Desarrollo (FUNREDES), Dominican Republic
>>>     http://www.funredes.org
>>>
>>> cc.
>>> [log in to unmask]
>>> [log in to unmask]
>>>
>>> ========
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -------- Mensagem original --------
>>> De : Jorge Amodio <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Data: 09/05/2013 21h17 (GMT-03:00)
>>> Para: [log in to unmask]
>>> Assunto: Re: [NCSG-Discuss] GAC comments - and a note on my rhetorical
>>> excesses
>>>
>>>
>>> Unfortunately some of these characters that claim being representative
>>> are actually no such thing and only represent a minuscule group of people
>>> with specific interests that got into the ICANN ecosystem to milk the
>>> organization.
>>>
>>> The attachments are not very strong evidence of substantial research and
>>> analysis with facts besides geographical information, they are just a bad
>>> collection of rhetoric statements.
>>>
>>> -Jorge
>>>
>>> On May 9, 2013, at 5:51 PM, Área de Informacion Asociación Internauta <
>>> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>
>>> > I agree with Carlos with respect to. Patagonia and. Amazons.
>>> > Several Internet users organizations have opposed the approval of
>>> these two NGTLD. I´m sending attached documentation on the subject.
>>> > Kind Regards
>>> >
>>>
>>
>