Re: [ga] Board Meeting on .biz, .info, .org contracts advanced by one week

["kidsearch" <kidsearch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thomas, it may be common practice in the business world, but the business
world isn't under an MOU that requires a bottom-up consensus on decisions
they make. So your analogy doesn't really apply here.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Thomas Narten" <narten@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: "kidsearch" <kidsearch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Danny Younger" <dannyyounger@xxxxxxxxx>; <ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2006 9:09 AM
Subject: Re: [ga] Board Meeting on .biz, .info, .org contracts advanced by
one week


> > You may be right on the analogy, however, it still seems they are
rushing
> > this contract through long before it is necessary. Why can't they wait
on
> > more public comment before taking action. Again, what is the rush?
>
> Let's be honest about calling this a "rush".
>
> ICANN has been negotiating with the relevant parties on this for a
> while. (And this was not made public at the time presumably because as
> is common when negotiations are on going, people want to keep things
> quiet until they have reached some sort of agreement. I.e., nothing
> sinister going on here, this is normal practice in the business
> world.) Things were made public when both parties were ready. Again,
> common business practice.
>
> The board is not considering final approval of the agreement during
> today's call. There were many comments received from the public
> comment period, and they need to be sorted through. Per the posted
> agenda, the board will discuss the input received. Exactly what
> happens next obviously depends on that discussion, and it would not be
> appropriate or helpful to speculate on what the result of those
> discussions might be.
>
> Thomas
>
>
> -- 
> No virus found in this incoming message.
> Checked by AVG Free Edition.
> Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.12.1/440 - Release Date: 9/6/06
>
>