Re: [ga] Roessler Comments on Mission Paper

[Thomas Roessler <roessler@does-not-exist.org>]

(Last posting to the GA today - posting quota.)

Here are three options which were discussed (bad enough not really  
by their merits) on the Names Council: ICANN sould operate...

... for the benefit of the public.
... for the benefit of the users of the global Internet.
... as a coperative effort of registries, registrants, and 
registrars, for their mutual benefit.

Each one of these options leads to vastly different conclusions,  
structures, processes, and priorities.  As long as there isn't even  
a clear consensus which of these fundamental directions ICANN should 
take, trying to find a mission statement which is supported by  
consensus looks pretty impossible.



On 2002-05-22 09:06:09 -0400, Joe Sims wrote:
>Subject: [ga] Roessler Comments on Mission Paper
>To: ga@dnso.org
>From: "Joe Sims" <jsims@JonesDay.com>
>Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 09:06:09 -0400
>
>While these are cogent comments, they do illustrate the difficulty of
>actually writing something called a "mission statement" that is both
>something more than a listing of specific acts that are permissible (which
>is certainly not a mission statement that would be useful on a going
>forward basis) and writing something less specific that is not subject to
>the kind of word-smithing that Thomas has done.  I renew the invitation
>that ICANN has made for several months now:  If anyone thinks they can
>write a better mission statement, please do so.  There seem to be a lot
>more editors than authors in the ICANN population.
>
>
>Joe Sims
>
>
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