At 04:58 PM 00/10/15 +1300, you wrote:
>Glyn,
>
>For the record,  I am not antagonistic towards anyone in relation to this
>issue.  Having worked in ICOM committees myself I KNOW the demands that they
>place upon individuals.  That said, this is a very important issue and one
>that is worthy of debate.

I thought so, hence the quotes. I agree it needs debate but very little
appeared - on museum-l, musweb-l, icom-l, icann etc.. I hope my message will
stimulate more. Do you think ICOM will publish publically (on its website or
global museum or icann) any comment it has received.
>
>Until now (unless you are an ICOM member) our colleagues may not be fully
>aware of the ramifications of this initiative.
>
>As to the ORDER of the message placements, they are as they came to me, and
>as listed in Global Museum's Forum section. BOTH sides of the debate are
>fairly represented in my postings and listed in full, as they were sent.

Exactly my point - those who feel strongly one way or the other are the ones
who speak out and get heard - those who just like the idea and want to get
on with their lives don't get heard and the statistics appear skewed.
>
>Glyn, despite the hard work by all concerned, not everyone in the profession
>shares the desire to have domain names allocated/controlled in this fashion.
>Surely, they have a right to be heard and in all honesty, I don't believe
>that there is a general awareness that this initiative applies to several
>domains not just one.

Indeed - but they are already. Why can't our Military Historu Museum, for
example, get a .mil domain name. This at least gives a chance to get more
relevant domain name. As I said - who gets to use it depends on how the
memebers feel and perhaps if more of us expressed ourselves we'd get a
better idea how our colleagues feel about this. Rather than the 999 - 1
principle perhaps the other 2290 persons on museum-l can be assumed to be
positive about this proposal!
>
>best wishes

Indeed - and who do you hope wins the ICC?
Glyn

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