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Re: [ga] ICANN Board set to approve .biz/info/org agreements before Sao Paulo?

  • To: "Jeff Williams" <jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "George Kirikos" <gkirikos@xxxxxxxxx>
  • Subject: Re: [ga] ICANN Board set to approve .biz/info/org agreements before Sao Paulo?
  • From: "kidsearch" <kidsearch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2006 23:00:59 -0500
  • Cc: <ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <revised-biz-info-org-agreements@xxxxxxxxx>, <john.jeffrey@xxxxxxxxx>, <vint@xxxxxxxxxx>, "icann board address" <icann-board@xxxxxxxxx>
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I made a wiki. I'm considered invalid. No surprise. Anything created about
or for discussion of new gTLDs the average user has always been invalid.

Chris McElroy aka NameCritic
http://www.articlecontentprovider.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeff Williams" <jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "George Kirikos" <gkirikos@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <revised-biz-info-org-agreements@xxxxxxxxx>;
<john.jeffrey@xxxxxxxxx>; <vint@xxxxxxxxxx>; "icann board address"
<icann-board@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, November 17, 2006 12:02 AM
Subject: Re: [ga] ICANN Board set to approve .biz/info/org agreements before
Sao Paulo?


> George and all,
>
>   ICANN has NO credibility now and hasn't with the public or
> registrants/stakeholders/users for a very long time. So it comes as
> little or no great surprise to myself, our members, and any even
> casual observer of the ICANN's BoD and staff that they again
> are seeking to ignore their own bylaws as well as the stakeholders
> they purport to serve.
>
> George Kirikos wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > According to the agenda for the November 22, 2006 Board meeting:
> >
> > http://www.icann.org/minutes/
> >
> > It includes the following items:
> >
> > * Proposed Approval of new .BIZ Registry Agreement
> > * Proposed Approval of new .INFO Registry Agreement
> > * Proposed Approval of new .ORG Registry Agreement
> >
> > This appears to ignore the GNSO Council resolution from September:
> >
> > http://gnso.icann.org/resolutions/#200609
> >
> > "To request the Board to delay any decision on the .biz .info and .org
> > agreements until the ICANN Board meeting after the Sao Paolo ICANN
> > meetings 2006 and to take into account the current outcome of the
> > PDPFeb06 task force at that time."
> >
> > And as I noted in a prior message:
> >
> >
http://forum.icann.org/lists/revised-biz-info-org-agreements/msg00013.html
> >
> > it ignores the Bylaws that mention "an in-person public forum shall
> > also be held for discussion of any proposed policies as described in
> > Section 6(1)(b) of this Article, prior to any final Board action." and
> > that "in those cases where the policy action affects public policy
> > concerns, to request the opinion of the Governmental Advisory
> > Committee".
> >
> > Can the Board provide any good reason why they are rushing through
> > approval of these badly conceived contracts, despite the overwhelming
> > opposition of the public? This illustrates why folks are cynical about
> > ICANN. Unless these contracts are defeated, to reflect the bottom up
> > consensus, any remaining shred of credibility that ICANN's Board might
> > have had will be lost.
> >
> > Sincerely,
> >
> > George Kirikos
> > http://www.kirikos.com/
>
> Regards,
>
> --
> Jeffrey A. Williams
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