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Originally Posted by mikesouth
WHAT?????
Did I read that right? The FSC saved us friom .XXX
nonsense....our comments to ICAAN saved us the FSC didnt even get involved until the last minute...early on they wanted to sell us out to ICMR for 8 dollars a domain....The FSC saying they killed .XXX is ludicrous.
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IMO, though the letters did LOTS, the behind-the-scenes FSC lobbying in Lisbon lined up "on-the-fence" votes, and reinforced other voters against .xxx. Diane Duke and Jeffrey Douglas worked day and night to "educate" ICANN on site.
$8 Sell out?----is that another "Mike South-ism" subjective assumption and hater attack. Were you there? NO!!! I WAS there at that meeting and vote (I am a member and DO get to see their financials if I choose to--it's like a HOA where only members get to see the books). Though certain folks were trying to stack the vote by having new members sign up just before the meeting began, Bill Lyon advised the membership of the financial offer made to FSC and outlined reasons why he was not in favor of it. A certain non FSC Board attorney tried to sugar-coat why we should vote to accept the offer, but we voted it down, and I noted a look of relief from the FSC board members, and wheels. For you to say that early on FSC wanted to "sell out", seems like another mis-assumption --- I was there at the meeting, not you, and saw what happened. If there was an "early on" sell-out being considered, it was never apparent or pushed on us voting members (except by "that" non-FSC Board attorney), and the matter was voted down. Mike, please use facts, not whatever it is that makes you say such "hater" things so authoritively--please?
dave