Re: [ga] FYI: .org applicant comments (long)

["Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School of Law" <froomkin@law.miami.edu>]

I respectfully disagree with this last point.  It is far better for the
staff to display its prejudices in public than in the usual secret manner.

We all know that the Board does what the staff says unless subjected to
excruciating external pressure.

On Sat, 31 Aug 2002, Alexander Svensson wrote:
> -- The Staff Report should not have recommended a particular
>    bidder, and I hope the Board makes it clear to their staff
>    that this should never happen again! How is the Board to
>    retain their judgement if staff posts a press announcement
>    titled "Preliminary Report to ICANN Board: ISOC to Run .org?"?
> 

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