Re: [ga] Older Registrations

[Dave Crocker <dcrocker@brandenburg.com>]

At 04:46 PM 3/31/00 -0800, Christopher Ambler wrote:
> > As folks conveniently dismiss the authority basis for the IAHC, gTLD-MoU,
> > and POC/Core, they might want to remember that besides having IANA and SOC
> > support, the IAHC had NSF's George Strawn as a member...
>
>Being a member of the IAHC has absolutely no bearing with giving it
>authority from the NSF. The IAHC had members from many entities, but

Having a senior, full-time NSF staff member had no implication of NSF 
support?  What an interestingly creative view.


>those members went to great length to make it clear that they were
>individuals, and did not represent the entity for which they worked.

The "Internet" appointees went to the cited great lengths.

Those from WIPO, INTA, ITU, and NSF did not.  Quite the opposite.


>There was no NSF publication either for or against the IAHC, as I
>recall.

Interesting that citing Strawn's testimony is acceptable, but his direct 
participation is not...

d/

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