On Wed, 16 Jun 1999, Jay Fenello wrote:
> ICANNs position is subterfuge at best.
>
> The initial vs. interim board distinction
> was an issue because ORSC and BWG made it
> one.
Scarcely. This was an issue covered in heated discussions by the
EC POP group after the Brussels meeting and then again at the Geneva
IFWP conference in July last year. The EC POP consensus was that the
initial or interim board should only take those decisions necessary
to get the real board going.
> We were concerned that this board,
> formed from a "virgin birth," would make
> decisions of substance before the Internet
> community could appoint representatives.
>
> It is now apparent that our concerns were
> well founded :-(
With that I must agree. The actions of the ICANN board have been
well beyond the worst scenarios that we discussed in those naive
discussions last year.
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