Re: Re[2]: [ga] collisions in namespace (was gTLD Constituency)

[Joanna Lane <jo-uk@rcn.com>]

As a remote participant, I was witness to proceedings in Melbourne through
the Berkman Centre connection. Christopher Ambler's version of events
surrounding the IOD decision represents what I remember accurately.

Sincerely,
Joanna

on 4/12/01 8:51 PM, Christopher Ambler at cambler-dompol@iodesign.com wrote:

>> ONE director (Hans K.) stated that that would be a good reason to award it
>> to Afilias anyway, Vint Cerf had reservations, it was debated briefly and
>> the majority of the Board decided to back away from such a confrontational
>> decision.
> 
> That same director was dead-set against IOD in part because it proposed
> to be both registry and registrar. Even after pledging to accept registrars
> immediately, that director said that being both a registry and a registrar
> "[went] against everything we've worked for" over the past 2 years.
> 
> That same director then voted for the new Verisign contracts, making
> them both registry and registrar for .com forever.
> 
> Hello?
> 
> Christopher
> 
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