[wg-review] Re: Re[2]: [ga] collisions in namespace (was gTLD Constituency)

[Joanna Lane <jo-uk@rcn.com>]

Correction to the statement I made below. I meant Marina Del Rey, not
Melbourne. Apologies for the typo.
Joanna
> 
> 
>> As a remote participant, I was witness to proceedings in Melbourne through
>> the Berkman Centre connection. Christopher Ambler's version of events
>> surrounding the IOD decision represents what I remember accurately.
>> 
>> Sincerely,
>> Joanna
>> 
>> on 4/12/01 8:51 PM, Christopher Ambler at cambler-dompol@iodesign.com wrote:
>> 
>>>> ONE director (Hans K.) stated that that would be a good reason to award it
>>>> to Afilias anyway, Vint Cerf had reservations, it was debated briefly and
>>>> the majority of the Board decided to back away from such a confrontational
>>>> decision.
>>> 
>>> That same director was dead-set against IOD in part because it proposed
>>> to be both registry and registrar. Even after pledging to accept registrars
>>> immediately, that director said that being both a registry and a registrar
>>> "[went] against everything we've worked for" over the past 2 years.
>>> 
>>> That same director then voted for the new Verisign contracts, making
>>> them both registry and registrar for .com forever.
>>> 
>>> Hello?
>>> 
>>> Christopher
>>> 
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