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RE: [ga] legal document historical facts
Hello Michael,
I was under the impression that a contract had to be an exchange of fair
valur for it to be binding. I $0.00 contract exchanges nothing.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School of Law
> [mailto:froomkin@law.miami.edu]
> Sent: Monday, April 02, 2001 6:20 PM
> To: Eric Dierker
> Cc: ga@dnso.org
> Subject: Re: [ga] legal document historical facts
>
>
> In the past, ICANN charged a fee of $0 for this service. (That's not a
> typo: it is "zero dollars".) The contract is, however, of enormous
> signficance, as it is one of the three legs on which ICANN's
> power rests,
> and also a portion of its claim to "government contractor" status (and
> immunities).
>
> I assume that ICANN again charged $0, making this one of the oddest
> "procurment" contracts I ever heard of. But I have not seen
> a copy of the
> renewed agreement.
>
> On Mon, 2 Apr 2001, Eric Dierker wrote:
>
> > Contract Between ICANN and the United States
> > Government for Performance of the IANA Function
> >
> > 5. ESTIMATED PURCHASE ORDER VALUE
> >
> > At the time of purchase order award, the estimated value of this
> > purchase order is under $10,000.
> >
> > I am sure that this representation is appropriate. Could
> someone explain
> > why. I find it very difficult to believe that all the
> services listed
> > in this Contract are only worth $10,000. I am also sure that it is
> > classification threshold.
> >
> > Just these salaries alone shed some light on actual value of the
> > services;
> >
> > 7. KEY PERSONNEL
> >
> > (a) The Contractor shall assign to this purchase order, the
> > following key personnel:
> >
> > 1. Michael M. Roberts
> > 2. Louis Touton
> > 3. Joyce K. Reynolds
> > 4. Suzanne Woolf
> >
> > Here are some facts that indicate, that silly USG
> thinks they own
> > the Internet, even though we all know they do not.
> >
> > (f) Termination for the Government's convenience. The
> Government
> > reserves the right to terminate this contract, or any part hereof,
> > for its sole convenience. In the event of such termination, the
> > Contractor shall immediately stop all work hereunder and shall
> > immediately cause any and all of its suppliers and
> subcontractors
> > to cease work. Subject to the terms of this contract, the Contractor
> > shall be paid a percentage of the contract price reflecting the
> > percentage of the work performed prior to the notice of termination,
> > plus reasonable charges that the Contractor can
> demonstrate to the
> > satisfaction of the Government, using its standard record
> > keeping system, have resulted from the termination.
> The Contractor
> > shall not be required to comply with the cost accounting
> > standards or contract cost principles for this purpose. This
> > paragraph does not give the Government any right to audit the
> > Contractor's records. The Contractor shall not be paid
> for any work
> > performed or costs incurred that reasonably could have been
> > avoided.
> >
> > For you legal beagles, is Versign a subcontractor for these
> puposes? If
> > they are there are some serious issues.
> >
> > As for Policy,
> >
> > -This purchase order, in itself, does not authorize the
> > contractor to make substantive changes in established policy
> > associated with the performance of the IANA functions.
> > Procedures for policy development will remain the subject of a
> > Joint Project Agreement (JPA) between DOC and
> ICANN. The JPA
> > contemplates that the policy-development
> > procedures developed under the JPA may result in
> adoption of
> > new or changed policies concerning Internet technical
> > management functions. To the extent those policies require
> > alterations in the manner in which the IANA functions are
> > performed, those alterations may be implemented
> upon mutual
> > agreement of the parties.
> >
> > See I told you it is a lot more fun ignoring the facts.
> >
> > Sincerely,
> >
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