Mark and all,
Yes, this is typical sort of reply in total disdain that Mike Roberts
would and has made in the past towards stakeholders. He appears not
to have any concern or respect for the Stakeholder community, with the
possible exception of those that have large TM interests and avid
WIPO supporters. Given his past reputation and association with the
gTLD-MoU, this is not surprising.... Hence Mike Roberts is only
parroting a very tiny small number of stakeholders interests as is well
known and well documented.
Mark Henderson-Thynne wrote:
> Bret,
>
> Maybe Michael Roberts hasn't read the Bylaws:
>
> http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article/0,1087,3_116141,00.html
>
> But ICANN President Michael Roberts said the report has been public since it
> was in draft form months ago. And he criticized the petitioners for putting up
> what he called purely political opposition, rather than filing specific
> comments
> about the WIPO report.
>
> "The report is done, and there's absolutely no reason at this point that delay
> would advance anyone's interest. I think it's very unconstructive and sort of
> juvenile to be so arrogant as to take the position that this work is not
> worthy
> of substantive comment."
>
> Mark......
> (in a personal capacity)
>
> At 09:16 AM 5/13/99 -0400, you wrote:
> >It appears that my concern that ICANN might take action on WIPO in Berlin
> >was misfounded. It's Bylaws appear to preclude such an action:
> >
> >The Board shall refer proposals for substantive policies
> >not received from a Supporting Organization to the Supporting
> >Organization, if any, with primary responsibility for the area
> >to which the proposal relates for initial consideration and
> >recommendation to the Board.
> >
> >ICANN Bylaws Section VI (2)(d).
> >http://www.icann.com/bylaws-09apr99.html#VI
> >
> > -- Bret
Regards,
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