Jim and all,
Hi Jim, long time no here! >;)
I fully concur with Jim Dixons statement here as they are essentially
correct. See http://www.ifwp.org for more details. This is not however
to include those comments made here regarding the EC POP consensus,
as I am not fully aware of that position.
Jim Dixon wrote:
> 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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