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Re: [wg-c] OBJECTION TO THE RELEASE OF "REPORT (PART ONE) OF WORKING GROUP C...."
As a member of Working Group C, I hereby support the report
submitted by the chair of the group. I believe that the report
is a fair and accurate and balanced representation of the work done
in this group, and fairly reflects the issues of consensus and contention
that have played out in WG-C during the period of my participation.
Paul Garrin
Founder/CEO
Name.Space, Inc.
http://name-space.com
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> <u>OBJECTION TO THE RELEASE OF THIS REPORT AS "REPORT (PART ONE) OF WORKING</u>
> <br><u>GROUP C OF THE DOMAIN NAME SUPPORTING ORGANIZATION, INTERNET</u>
> <br><u>CORPORATION FOR ASSIGNED NAMES AND NUMBERS</u>"
> <p>As a member of Working Group C, I object to the release of this report
> "Report (Part One) of Working Group C of the Domain Name Supporting Organization,
> Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" (hereafter referred
> to as "Report of Working Group C") for the following reasons:
> <p>1. The members of Working Group C have never given
> approval of this Report. As such, this is not a "Report of Working
> Group C".
> <p>2. The members of Working Group C have not given approval
> to allow the co-chairman of Working Group C to use his absolute discretion
> in determining what goes in this particular report and then releasing this
> report as a "Report of Working Group C". As such, this is not a "Report
> of Working Group C".
> <p>3. The co-chairman of Working Group C has decided to release this
> report as the "Report of Working Group C" over the known objections
> of some members of Working Group C to releasing the report as the "Report
> of Working Group C'.
> <p>4. Some members of Working Group C probably do not
> know this "Report of Working Group C" exists. An extremely short
> period of time (approximately 7 days) was allowed to review and provide
> any suggestions regarding this document.
> <p>5. The co-chairman has refused to change the name of the
> report to "The Co-Chairman's Report on the Progress of Working Group C".
> This would permit the material in the report to be released but allow the
> members of Working Group C to approve and release a report from Working
> Group C entitled "Report of Working Group C".
> <p>6. The issuance of this report, without the members of Working
> Group C approving, either the language in the report or granting this authority
> to the co-chairman, sets a bad precedent for future reports. Why
> have members?
> <p>7. Public Comments have never been requested on this "Report
> of Working Group C". Prior public comments were received on an Interim
> Report. The "Report of Working Group C" being released now
> has new materials for which public comments have never been received.
> <p>8. The release of any "Report of Working Group C" without
> first obtaining public comments on a draft of the report is contrary to
> ICANN's stated policy of " the development of consensus based policies
> (such as policies concerning new names) in an open, transparent and bottom-up
> manner in which interested individuals have an opportunity to participate
> and comment" (see ICANN FAQ on new generic top level domains - posted September
> 13,1999).
> <p>9. This report was hurriedly prepared and little time allowed
> for review because "Members of the Names Council" requested "WG-C file
> a report before the NC's meeting in Cairo next week." Either
> Working Group C should be allowed sufficient time to study the issues,
> explore all the options and timely complete a report or the Names Council
> should disband the Working Group. To require a Working Group to hastily
> prepare a report for the sake of an upcoming meeting, with insufficient
> time for members to study, provide comments and approve the report, does
> not establish a lot of faith in the ICANN process.
> <br>
> <p>Bob Broxton
> <br>Member of Working Group C
> <br>Richmond, VA
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