Re: [ga] Blueprint to purge the critics

[Patrick <patrick@stealthgeeks.net>]

On Fri, 21 Jun 2002, Kent Crispin wrote:

>
> On Fri, Jun 21, 2002 at 04:26:04PM -0700, Patrick wrote:
> > If ICANN were the "bottoms-up" organization that it purports to be, then
> > why does the ICANN BoD or NC believe it is for them to decide the GA's
> > mandate?
>
> Let's extend that logic just a bit further:  If ICANN were the
> bottom-up organization that it purports to be, then why does the ICANN
> BoD believe that the US Dept of Commerce can decide anything about
> ICANN's mandate?

Probably because the ICANN BoD successfully obtained a contract with the
DoC who DOES have authority over the A root server with explicit promises
that it has consistently failed to live up to. These include
non-arbitrary, bottoms-up processes and transparency.

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