RE: [council] Finalization of "A Unique, Authoritative Root for the DNS"

["Peter de Blanc" <pdeblanc@usvi.net>]

This is a matter of serious concern... (not the letter, but the
difference in Karl's story and that of ICANN staff.

I'd like to hear some clarification from ICANN staff and other Board
members

Peter de Blanc



-----Original Message-----
From: owner-council@dnso.org [mailto:owner-council@dnso.org] On Behalf
Of Karl Auerbach
Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2001 11:57 AM
To: Milton Mueller
Cc: council@dnso.org; owner-council@dnso.org
Subject: Re: [council] Finalization of "A Unique, Authoritative Root for
the DNS"



On Mon, 9 Jul 2001, Joe Sims wrote:

> Milton, not only are your views minority, but your characterizations
and
> facts are wrong.   As Stuart described in detail in the original
draft, and
> at the public forum meeting in Stockholm, this is a statement of 
> existing policy, not an attempt to change policy or create new policy.

Milton - You ought to save the message from which the above quote was
obtained; it is a first-class example of Orwellian Newspeak.

The facts are these:

The Board of Directors of ICANN has never adopted any policy on the
matters discussed in the draft.

Neither has the DNSO (which happens to be the forum designated by the
by-laws as the focal point for DNS policy.)

So it is not correct say that it is "a statement of existing policy" of
ICANN.

In Stockholm there was a bit of chat about Stuart Lynn's document.

The chat was civil and friendly.

But that chat should not be taken as implying agreement on the
underlying topic.

As events transpired in Stockholm, the question did not rise to to the
level of a properly posted resolution, much less one that was voted upon
by the Board, and much much less one that was approved by the Board of
Directors.

> In addition, the Board in Stockholm authorized Stuart to finalize and 
> publish this document as a statement of existing policy; perhaps you 
> were out of the room.

If the Board of Directors did this, then I, as a member of that Board,
must have also been out of the room.

And the person taking the minutes must have also been absent -- There is
nothing in the minutes about any board decision to elevate Stuart's
document to a policy statement.

So it is incorrect to say that "the Board in Stockholm authorized"
anybody to do anything with this document.

By-the-way, Joe Sims does not speak for ICANN.

		--karl--