[wg-b] Setting the Record Straight

["Michael D. Palage" <mpalage@infonetworks.com>]

Will I ever live to see the day when an ICANN process is not claimed to be
high-jacked by special interest groups, back -door negotiations, and clear
violations of ICANN's open and transparent process. NO. So now to address
the false allegations which only further attempt to divert what little time
we have left for true consensus building.

In addition to my duties as Chair of this Working Group, I am also
secretariat of the Registrar Constituency. Needless to say the registrars
have a vested interest in this Working Group. Therefore, the registrars have
taken an active role in the process similar to their role in drafting of the
UDRP.  To my knowledge there is nothing preventing constituencies from
talking to other constituencies about ICANN policies that directly impact
them.

In the Status Report which I submitted to the Names Counsel there was a full
and open disclosure of the negotiations transpiring between the
constituencies. In addition, in Cairo on two separate occasions I updated
the General Assembly and the ICANN Board on the consensus building efforts
between the constituencies. Check the real-audio broadcast on archive at
Harvard.

Now to further show what a devious person I am, when drafting the status
report I let the Intellectual Property and Non-Commercial Constituency write
their respective portions that appears in the status report.  And in another
behind the scenes clandestine activity, I am working with Eric Menge at the
SBA to have a roundtable teleconference for all to participate. Why you ask.
Because I realize that not everyone can attend the ICANN meetings or belong
to a constituency with the financial resources for teleconferences.

In closing, I award you Mark Langston the Oscar for the best conspiracy that
never was.

Sorry Mark, please don't take this e-mail personal, but it has just been a
loooooong weekend, it is midnight and I still have a couple of hours of pro
bono ICANN work to finish.

Best regards,

Michael D. Palage

-----Original Message-----
From:	owner-wg-b@dnso.org [mailto:owner-wg-b@dnso.org] On Behalf Of Mark C.
Langston
Sent:	Sunday, March 26, 2000 10:06 PM
To:	wg-b@dnso.org
Subject:	Re: [wg-b] Creation of Famous List

On Sun, Mar 26, 2000 at 06:46:35PM -0800, Roeland M. J. Meyer wrote:
>
> I tend to agree, kudos to Michael Palage. However, I have been aware of
the
> move to off-list discussion. I didn't like it and, even on invititation,
> declined to participate. For one, I don't have the time ro follow a
> fragmented discourse in multiple threads, especially one where I have to
> setup another 20 filters to handle. This list is the official instrument
and
> I would wish that it be used as such.


I had suspected from the significant lack of discussion on this list that
substantive work was occurring "behind the scenes."  This verifies it.

If any decisions have been made, documents produced, or conclusions
reached without the opportunity for input from ALL interested
participants, and without the production of a record that is provided
by discussion on this list, then I protest in the strongest possible
terms.  This violates the spirit and the very purpose of the working
groups, and destroys even the illusion of openness and inclusion.

With this confirmation that significant work has occurred behind the
backs of those of us who joined this working group in good faith, any
claim of consensus made in any document handed to any body is rendered
highly suspect.

Consider this a formal complaint.  This is also being sent to the
Secretariat of the DNSO Names Council and Mike Roberts.  I request
this matter be investigated and appropriate action taken.

>
> The issue is to not make new law. This would tend to support the prime
facie
> conclusion that our work is done and perforce, inconclusive. Here is a
> Registry strategy that will probably be used;
>
> 1) Allow any and all registrations.
> 2) When two entities collide in law, point them to the nearest court of
> comptetent jurisdiction.
> 3) Await results and follow court orders exactly, meanwhile ... business
as
> usual.


I stand in support of Roeland in this, and with Mikki Barry's sentiments
regarding concerns over this group's product.  Please include them
as comments regarding the current WG-B report, along with mine as noted
in this mailing.


--
Mark C. Langston
mark@bitshift.org
Systems & Network Admin
San Jose, CA