I will take this opportunity to address the assembled in regards to a small profit and not for profit domain name registries we are evolving. If you visit our Free Community Network WWW Site at <http://www.fcn.net> you will see a working prototype of a free independant no profit Name Services Provider (NSP). The script works and we are already registering domains under *.FCN.NET. All we are waiting for is to drop the .NET part and to have our .FCN domains entered directly in the various root name servers. While .FCN is non-profit I intend to follow up with a for profit .WTV <http://www.wtv.net> NSP in the future. While a commercial NSP will require a higher level of capitalization my estimates are no-where near the wildly exagerated models that have been hurled about in discussions past. Once again a role for small businesses as NSP's must be assured or you folks will force those who wish to peacefully and respectfully pursue their own modest goals as NSPs into very negative positions. What we have proven is that individuals taking on the loose, co-operative and helpful structure of the traditional internet *can* run a Name Services. Provider. Our place in the general scheme of Internet Governance must be safeguarded among other, similar small or independant NSPs. To attempt to monopolize the process or limit it to multinational corporate entities is rude and out of sych with the culture of the Net. Furthermore it will be unsucessful and we will be forced to unproductively fight for our rights. We expect to pursue our respectful, reasonable and fair activities in a manner equal to anyone else. To fail to support our legitimate role is unhealthy as it is unwise. Name Services Providers will come in many forms, with many flavours. There is room for the small as for the large. There is plenty of space for both profit NSPs and non-profit NSPs. Any and all exclusionary Internet Governance structures will be resisted and overthrown as they should be. And this will be accomplished not by duress or denial of service - though force us and it may be a last resort. Before we follow Eugene's path we will work simply to route around any silly restrictions by means of applied intelligence, overwhelming numbers and by simply ignoring rules that choke and inhibit our communications. As they say... one way or the other we shall overcome I thank Jim for this opportunity to share my views and encourage all reasonable minds to bend and include as wide a range of NSPs as possible. Peace and good fortune to you all. Bob Allisat Director, World TeleVirtual Network bob at wtv.net - (416) 534-1999 - http://www.wtv.net -------- Logged at Wed Apr 29 06:19:37 MET DST 1998 ---------