william walsh wrote:
><snipped for brevity>
>
>On 25-Jan-99 Ivan Pope wrote:
>> interests in the allocation of names and numbers had still other proposals.
>> Negotiations about the design of this new body dragged on right through the
>> government's Oct. 1 deadline for the handoff. Postel approached Roberts and
>> asked him if he'd be willing to serve as the interim CEO of such an
>> organization. "I told him `I'm not campaigning for this, but, you know, if
>> nominated I would serve.'"
>
>These seems to contradict Esther's recollection of events. It seems Mike
>Roberts was "preselected" for this role, and not simply elected to it by the
>other board members. Perhaps an election took place, but I'm pretty sure
>based
>on this report that it was per-forma and was generally understood by all that
>it was not really open to dissension.
>
COOK:
YEP...... snipped from a complaint that I sent to plotnikov and dan gilmor
last night.....here is mike roberts directly contradicted by his own words:
NOW THAT JON IS GONE THIS IS A VERY CONVENIENT STORY....AND THE WAY YOU
WROTE IT IT LOOKS LIKE POSTEL CAME TO ROBERT AT THE LAST MINUTE...IE OCT
1...AS A MATTER OF FACT ROBERTS WAS ALREADY IN CONTROL having incorprated
ICANN in the last days of september so that ICANN could sign A DEAL to pay
salary costs WITH ISI SO THAT JON and the rest of IANA WOULD NOT BECOME
UNEMPLOYED ON OCT 1.
The untested group he'd pulled together would have to
organize itself without him -- and quickly.
THIS IS not credible..... during the summer WHEN PEOPLE ASKED POSTEL
ABOUT THE BIZARRE WAY THE BY LAWS WERE BEING WRITTEN HE SHRUGGED AND SAID
THE LAWYERS SAY IT HAS TO BE THAT WAY
Roberts was tapped to be the organization's first president and CEO.
By late afternoon, the first regulatory organization grown entirely from
the sovereign domain of cyberspace had been impaneled.
THE FABLE ACCORDING TO ROBERTS..... IN POINT OF FACT THIS GROUP WAS PUT
TOGETHER BEHIND CLOSED DOORS OUT OF SIGHT OF THE REST OF THE NET AND
INSTITUTED AS A COUP D ETAT
ON OCT 13 I WROTE, CERF, ROBERTS, FARBER, BRADNER AND LANDWEBER:
> >At 04:57 PM 10/13/98 -0400, Gordon Cook wrote:
> >>I have obtained, without mention of any of your names, independent
> >>verification of your role as IANA's principal agents in the selection of
> >>the US members of the ICANN board and in the on going process of finding an
> >>interim president for ICANN.
> >>
> >>Of course you are, as far as i can tell, perfectly entitled to do this.
> >>What I object to is your doing it NOT in public. And in such a way that
> >>it is not clear whether Ira does or does not know what you are doing.
HERE IS ROBERTS' REPLY ADMITTING HE'D BEEN IN IT UP TO THE GILLS ALL SUMMER
LONG:
From: Mike Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Fwd: Re: a very URGENT Heads Up and some questions
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Gordon Cook)
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 11:03:22 -0700 (PDT)
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED],
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mike Roberts)
MIME-Version: 1.0
Gordon - it is no secret that I have represented EDUCAUSE and its members
over the course of the summer in matters related to the white paper.
I helped organize and fund IFWP and participated in its Steering Committee
as long as that was useful. I moderated a panel in Geneva, I
drafted policy positions for EDUCAUSE management, I have had dozens
and dozens of bilateral and multilateral conversations about every
aspect of the topic, including conversations about the desirable
characteristics of Board members, interim and permanent, and who might
fulfill thoseÊcharacteristics best. If that makes me guilty as
charged, then I plead guilty.
READ THAT LAST......ROBERTS PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN SELECTING THE BOARD WHICH
12 DAYS LATER WOULD ASK HIM TO BE ITS PRESIDENT....
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