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not that this is a terribly productive conversation, but nevertheless, in
an almost surely futile effort to get the last word:
Note that Section 1(a) of Article VI of the Bylaws says: "There shall be
advisory bodies known as Supporting Organizations." Section 2(b) starts
out with "The Supporting Organizations shall serve as advisory bodies to
the Board . . . ." The notion that the SOs were advisors, not
decision-makers, is not a new one. One last time: the idea was that, in
the ordinary course, the SOs would be the policy development bodies of
ICANN. If they did it right -- got all the relevant input, and processed
it in a fair and open way -- there presumably would be little need or
reason to do it all over again at the Board level. But the Board had to,
as both a matter of law and practicality, remain the final decision-maker,
and so the bylaws said, from the very beginning. This is not a revelation
but a plain reading -- and one I have been telling you and anyone else who
asked ever since the bylaws were written.
I'm sure this won't be the last word, but it will be from me.
