Re: [ga] RE: DNSO Constituency Structure

[Patrick Greenwell <patrick@stealthgeeks.net>]

On Sun, 25 Nov 2001, Ross Wm. Rader wrote:

> Anyways, you've made some pretty sweeping indictments of the structure,
> processes, policy and people that make up ICANN - do us all a favor and
> quantify some of these allegations. Continuing this discussion without
> rooting it in fact doesn't seem, to me at least, to be a productive
> exercise. Unless of course the real exercise is to create the foundation for
> an argument that will later attempt to discredit the policy development
> process to Verisign's advantage - if that's the case, then please carry on -
> and don't stumble over those pesky facts that somebody so inconsiderately
> left lying around.

Ross,

Might it be more productive to listen to what is said rather than who
is saying it?

I can offer countless examples of how the consensus process within ICANN is
largely a sham and I could hardly be considered a fan of Verisign. For
starters: the founding documents of ICANN, the sweeping bylaw changes that
have been made, the "clean sheet study" to decide whether or not
individuals should be represented within ICANN, the UDRP, the board
squatters, the TLD selection process, ICP3, the list goes on and on and
on.

Quite honestly I can't even remember half the examples because there are
so many.


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