Re: [wg-b] technical charter, no broader authority

["Martin B. Schwimmer" <martys@interport.net>]

What conclusion would you have us draw regarding these two snippets?
Please reconcile that conclusion with the ICANN Boards' actions regarding
UDRP and other aspects of the WIPO it has already adopted.



At 11:48 AM 10/8/99 -0400, you wrote:
>"Our charter is essentially technical and limited to a very focused area."
>......... Esther Dyson, Interim Chair, ICANN, October 4, 1999 (quote in
>Tele.com)
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>"ICANN has neither the authority nor the resources to be a consumer
protection
>agency, and in any event there are existing protections for abuses ...
such as
>better business bureaus, trade commissions, etc in most of the countries in
>which domain name activity is present."
> ......... Mike Roberts, Interim President/CEO, ICANN, October 5, 1999 (email
>message)
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