Re: [wg-review] Congressional Hearings Resume

[Phil King <yofelipe@excite.com>]

Um-hum! No surprize to any thinking person.  ICANN shot itself in the foot
last fall leading up to and in Marina del Rey.
Phil King in Butte

On Fri, 12 Jan 2001 22:15:44 -0500, Michael Sondow wrote:

>  (Copied from the Politechbot list)
>  
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>  January 12, 2001
>  
>   
>  
>  Michael M. Roberts
>  
>  President and Chief Executive Officer
>  
>  Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
>  
>  4674 Admiralty Way, Ste. 330
>  
>  Marina del Rey, CA 90292
>  
>   
>  
>  Dear Mr. Roberts:
>  
>  The Committee on Energy and Commerce is continuing its oversight of
>  the
>  Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). As you
>  may
>  recall, the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the
>  Committee on
>  Commerce held a hearing on July 22, 1999, to examine the issue of
>  domain
>  name system privatization. 
>  
>  In connection with our continuing review, we have been monitoring
>  the
>  process by which ICANN arrived at its decision in November to
>  approve seven
>  suffixes: .aero, .coop, .info, .museum, .name, .pro, and .biz. There
>  have
>  been a number of reports that ICANN's process to create a new
>  generation of
>  Internet domain name suffixes may be thwarting competition in the
>  registration and assignment of Internet domain names. As the
>  Committee of
>  jurisdiction over this issue, the Committee wants to ensure that
>  this
>  process is open and fair, and most important, successfully sparks
>  competition. To that end, we are gathering facts in preparation for
>  a
>  Subcommittee on Telecommunications hearing in February to examine
>  the
>  process by which ICANN selects Internet domain name suffixes.
>  Accordingly,
>  we request that you contact Chairman Tauzin's telecommunications
>  counsel,
>  Jessica Wallace, to arrange a time to jointly brief committee staff
>  at your
>  earliest convenience. 
>  
>          Sincerely,
>  
>           
>  
>          Billy Tauzin, 
>  
>          Chairman, Committee on Energy and Commerce
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Yo, Felipe (I, Phillip)
Phil King
Butte America
(The Richest Hill On Earth)





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