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Re: [ga] DNSO role in DNS policy
On Thu, Mar 01, 2001 at 09:17:05PM +0000, david@farrar.com wrote:
> The ICANN bylaws (Article VI, Section 2) state that
> "(b) The Supporting Organizations shall serve as advisory bodies to the Board,
> with the primary responsibility for developing and recommending substantive
> policies regarding those matters falling within their specific
> responsibilities, as described in this Article VI (including VI-A, VI-B and VI-
> C).
>
> (c) The Board shall refer proposals for substantive policies not received from
> a Supporting Organization to the Supporting Organization, if any, with primary
> responsibility for the area to which the proposal relates for initial
> consideration and recommendation to the Board."
You left out section (g):
(g) NOTHING IN THIS SECTION 2 IS INTENDED TO LIMIT THE POWERS OF THE
BOARD OR THE CORPORATION act on matters not within the scope of
primary responsibility of a Supporting Organization or TO TAKE
ACTIONS THAT THE BOARD FINDS ARE NECESSARY OR APPROPRIATE TO FURTHER
THE PURPOSES OF THE CORPORATION.
[Emphasis added]
If something of a timely and important nature comes up, the board to
fully empowered to act.
> There is little doubt that the proposed changes to the Verisign agreements
> represent major policy changes. They propose to change the policy that
> eventually the registry and registrars for *.com must not have the
> same owners, they also look at changing the nature of *.org. It does
> not get much bigger or wide ranging than this.
>
> I first note that the DNSO did not originate the proposed policy change and
> there doesn't seem to have been any discussion at all about this within the
> DNSO.
No surprise there. The DNSO doesn't originate anything.
> But more importantly the bylaws are absolutely clear that the Board *must*
> refer these proposals to the DNSO which shall initially consider them and
> recommend for or against them to the Board. Clauses (e) and (f) make
> it clear that the Board should not adopt any policy change unless the SO
> has recommended it (unless it has been referred back to SO at least
> once)
Clause (g) makes it clear that the board can act regardless of clauses
(e) and (f).
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kent@songbird.com lonesome." -- Mark Twain
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