> I was in Berlin. You were not.
> The two or three speakers who spoke out against NSI having
> additional seats
> were all CORE members. The session is on record, by the way.
I was in Berlin. I think it is a travesty to imply that it was only CORE
members who thought the situation was untenable. The general feeling in the
hall was that this was a nonsense.
> It should be noted that all of the Names Council seats from
> the registry
> constituency are from CORE. CORE and NSI are two commercial
> entities with
> an economic interest in the domain name registration business. If NSI
> cannot have three seats, then neither should CORE be able to.
I agree with this. CORE dominated the Testbed registrars (three out of five
places). It is dominating the Registrars constituency by wearing CORE and
'Registrar' hats as it suits them.
> As an institution, ICANN needs to be able to rise above CORE-NSI
> factionalism. It has to apply its rules impartially, and develop its
> policies in a way that fosters consensus.
I think this is vital. However, I also think this will sort itself out in
the fullness of time. CORE is an irrelevance now and will become more so as
the ICANN board becomes an elected board.
Ivan (ex-CORE!)
