[ga] Re: GNSO and the GA. Kent Crispin controlled

[Andy Gardner <andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ah, Kent. A spanner in the cogs of progress since way back in the days  
of the IDNO attempts to form a constituency for Registrants. He was  
well-rewarded for his work there, don't you think?

On Sep 11, 2009, at 7:50 AM, Hugh Dierker wrote:

> Joe,
>
> Unless certain people in the GNSO are just outright not telling the  
> truth.  ICANN staff is directly responsible for denying public  
> participation in the GA. Avri has repeatedly and publicly denied any  
> interference. There is no reason to believe that Glen would have  
> anything to do with such malfeasance. It just makes no sense the  
> Secretariat would get involved.
> This fellow has repeatedly bragged, no that is too harsh, boasted is  
> better, that he controls the GA.  That he is the one responsible, to  
> no one, in running the only General Assembly list in ICANN.  And  
> that he has shut it down.  Kent Crispin; http://www.icann.org/en/biog/crispin.htm
> This of course is in direct violations of the history and mandate  
> found in the preamble here;
> http://www.geolang.com/draftGAListRules5.htm
> These are legal and scrutinzed by high priced lawyers and formally  
> adopted by a contracting agent of the United States Government.
> Which is further explained here:
> http://gnso.icann.org/resolutions/  --- 2007 9 06 2
> Again the self determination of the GA is established in a legally  
> binding document.
> (as you can see from this, after fancy lawyering and removal of  
> language -- the GNSO adoption, formally of the list rules took out  
> the role of the GNSO Chair and effectively in a legal ICANN document  
> made me {although yet to be elected} a god) Not fun.
> Avri I note in an election last December was elected until a new  
> board is formed. Me -- I get no relief.