Re: [ga] Motion # 1

["todd glassey" <todd.glassey@worldnet.att.net>]

Joanna - The word "asks" is unacceptable in any sense of a motion. This is
not a request to, but a statement of an organizational commitment. It must
at the very least be replaced by the work "petitions" or this resolution is
nothing more than feather in the breeze and there's no point in doing it.

Todd Glassey
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joanna Lane" <jo-uk@rcn.com>
To: "GA List" <ga@dnso.org>; "James Love" <james.love@cptech.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2002 8:02 PM
Subject: [ga] Motion # 1


>
> WHEREAS the Internet Corporation for Assigned names and Numbers (ICANN)
has
> dramatically changed the initial terms of reference for ICANN, and is
> proposing even further changes.
>
> WHEREAS these proposed changes have met extensive opposition in the
Internet
> community and go even further from the original terms of reference.
>
> WHEREAS a new open competition would allow the U.S. Department of Commerce
> (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.
>
> WHEREAS the General Assembly of ICANN's Domain name Supporting
Organization
> (the DNSO) also reminds the DoC, that in the Green and the White Paper,
the
> Government of the United States made it clear that it intends to withdraw
> from management of the Domain name System (the DNS).
>
>
> It is hereby RESOLVED that:-
>
> The General Assembly of the Domain name Supporting Organization of
Internet
> Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) 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. 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.
>
> Agree [  ]
> Disagree [  ]
> Abstain [  ]
>
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