Re: [ga] Text of ballot question

[Darrell Greenwood <lists1@mac.com>]

On 5/9/02 at 12:56 PM -0400, James Love wrote :

>From yesterdays comments, this is the proposed text.
>Jamie
>
>=======May 9 text=====
>The GA asks the US Department of Commerce to have an open competition for
>the services now provided by ICANN, provided that the new competition would
>address the need to develop an international framework for DNS management.
>The rationale for asking for a new open competition is that ICANN has
>dramatically changed the initial terms of reference for ICANN, and is
>proposing even further changes. These proposed changes have met extensive
>opposition in the Internet community and go even further from the original
>terms of reference. The  new open competition  would allow the DoC to
>consider both the ICANN board proposal for restructuring,  and alternatives
>offered by others for managing key Internet resources, while providing for a
>public record of the process for enhanced visibility.  The GA also reminds
>the DoC, that in the Green and the White  Paper, the USG made it clear that
>it intends to withdraw from DNS management. An open competition should aim
>to achieve comprehensive privatization and internationalization of DNS
>services, consistent with the need for stability, but also innovation,
>competition and freedom.
>==============

Good.

I agree with the proposed text.

Cheers,

Darrell

--
This message was passed to you via the ga@dnso.org list.
Send mail to majordomo@dnso.org to unsubscribe
("unsubscribe ga" in the body of the message).
Archives at http://www.dnso.org/archives.html