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Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2002 1:34
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Subject: RE: [nc-str] Draft report
version 7 - REQUEST FOR APPROVAL
Phil,
We have carefully reviewed the latest draft. We very much
appreciate
your effort to pull this together. However, taking into account
both
substantive and contextual developments, we cannot "endorse"
the report.
We look forward to discussing this on the call next
week.
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Message from:
Mark Bohannon
General Counsel and Senior Vice
President Public Policy
Software & Information Industry Association
(SIIA)
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SIIA 2002 Annual Conference: Trends Shaping
the Digital Economy
April 13-16,
2002 San Diego, CA Hotel Del Coronado
http://www.siia.net/spring2002
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Please find attached draft report version 7. Now that I
have found some spare hours I have added text and re-formatted version 6
into the format for reports recommended by Names Council
guidelines.
The new version includes an executive summary and also
highlights that the task force's role was to fulfil its terms of reference,
not to collate constituency opinions on all aspects of the at-large
report.
The circulation of constituency/GA papers commenting on
the ALSC report was a useful starting point for the task force. Please note
that if you believe there is opinion relevant to the task forces terms of
reference contained in these papers, it is up to you as the constituency or
GA representative, to highlight and communicate these to the task force.
In the new section 8 there is inclusion of some
minority and other opinions. These include:
- the gTLD comments on an holistic approach to the work of
the task force,
- the non-commercials opinion on the basis of the at-large
membership,
- the gTLD comments on involvement in discussions for
membership and voting.
There is also a new section 6 on constituency
impact. I have included a general comment that needing to be
active in more than one SO stretches all of us. Please let me know if there
are other specific comments you would like added here that are relevant to
the TF's recommendations.
All going well, this version (7) will go forward to the
Names Council at its Ghana meeting March 12.
Please let me have your final comments and
approval of this version from each member of the task force
no later than Thursday 28 February 2002.
Many thanks.
Philip
Sheppard