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"Mr. Rutkowsky, Secretary ISOC" <[email protected]>,
"Board of Directors, ISOC" <[email protected]>,
"Internic" <[email protected]>

Mr. Hahn,

I am the	Chairman	of	REDID, the Research	Network
representing	the larger	number	of institutions/users	in the

Dominican Republic and the higher traffic of the Caribbean (except Cuba, Puerto Rico and maybe Jamaica).

I have been informed, by the University of Puerto Rico, of a recent initiative of yours provoking the transfer of the administrative responsibility of the Internet Domain of the Dominican Republic to the CUNET component in Santo Domingo.

I must express the surprise and disagreement of the 64 institutions and 140 users which compose REDID about your intervention in national matters.

REDID is participating in a consensus effort joining all the involved parties with the objective to determine the appropriate

place for managing the	technical and administrative
responsibilities for the	domain. This is done when
three commercial Internet	providers are offering services

and when REDID is executing a coordinated plan for the creation of its own Internet infrastructure.

Your action came at a very inappropriate moment and we wonder, how it is compatible with your function of Trustee of the Internet Society. You should be the first to give the example of practices in harmony with "netiquette".

*   the democratic participation of all the network players.    *
*         You have respected none  of  these criteria.          *
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Miguel Ceara Hatton
REDID Chairman