Jon and all,
Absolutely correct Jon, good catch! And yet another example of the
ICANNites purposefully misleading and purveying disinformation
to the public, by Mr. Andrew McLaughlin.
Jonathan Weinberg wrote:
> No, that rule is in section 2(g) ("No more than one officer, director or
> employee of a corporation or other organization (including its subsidiaries
> or affiliates) shall serve on the NC at any given time.") and would not be
> affected.
>
> Jon
>
> Jon Weinberg
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> At 10:45 PM 7/9/99 GMT, William X. Walsh wrote:
> >Read this carefully. If I am not mistaken this removes the rules
> >about NC members from the same company/organization and is trying to
> >hide that it is doing that under the disguise of a "problem" with
> >NSI's actions.
> >
> >This would seem to me to be more of a justification for their letting
> >CORE/ISOC capture the DNSO NC.
> >
> >I maybe wrong here, so some of you who have a bit more time today read
> >it and check it out and let us know one way or the other.
> >
> >
> >On Fri, 9 Jul 1999 17:47:39 -0400, "Andrew McLaughlin"
> ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>
> >>July 9, 1999
> >>
> >>Mr. Jim Rutt
> >>Chief Executive Officer
> >>Network Solutions, Inc.
> >>505 Huntmar Park Drive
> >>Herndon, Virginia 20170
> >>
> >>Dear Jim,
> >>
> >>Thanks for stepping into the current controversy concerning representation
> >>on the DNSO Names Council from the gTLD constituency. You can appreciate,
> >>given my prior correspondence with Don Telage, that ICANN is attempting to
> >>reach and maintain a position of fairness to all the parties concerned in
> >>this matter.
> >>
> >>As NSI's representatives at the Berlin ICANN meetings have surely informed
> >>you, there appeared to be a near-unanimous sentiment expressed at the public
> >>ICANN meeting on May 26 that no one company should be able to place more
> >>than one representative on the Names Council. The peculiar situation of the
> >>gTLD Constituency Group -- at the moment, NSI is the only member -- means
> >>that, absent compliance with the Board's request, a single company would
> >>select one-seventh of the members of the Names Council. It seemed clear in
> >>Berlin that the community consensus, with which I and the Board agree, was
> >>that no one company should have that level of influence in a body that is
> >>designed to be broadly representative of the various worldwide communities
> >>of interest that constitute the DNSO.
> >>
> >>Your letter of last week, which nominates an employee plus two of your
> >>lawyers to the Names Council, is not consistent with the views of the
> >>community. Since this is the second letter from Network Solutions which does
> >>not accept the consensus view, the ICANN Board must now do what it is
> >>supposed to do: follow the community consensus. In this case that means to
> >>proceed with its stated intention to amend the pertinent portions of the
> >>Bylaws in the absence of your voluntary agreement to limit your
> >>representation to one member.
> >>
> >>In the next few days, we will post the following proposed amendment to the
> >>ICANN Bylaws for public comment in accordance with our normal procedures:
> >>
> >> RESOLVED, that Section 2(a) of Article VI-B of the Bylaws of the
> >> Corporation is hereby replaced in its entirety with the following:
> >>
> >> "The NC shall consist of representatives, selected in accordance
> >> with Section 3(c) of this Article, from each Constituency
> >> recognized by the Board pursuant to the criteria set forth
> >> in Section 3 of this Article. Any dispute about whether any
> >> such representative is a proper member of the NC shall be
> >> resolved by, or at the direction of, the Board."
> >>
> >> FURTHER RESOLVED, that Section 3(c) of Article VI-B of the Bylaws
> >> of the Corporation is hereby replaced in its entirety with the
> >> following:
> >>
> >> "Each Constituency shall select up to three individuals to represent
> >> that Constituency on the NC, no two of which may be, except with the
> >> consent of the Board, residents of the same Geographic Region, as
> >> defined in Article V, Section 6. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
> >> no Constituency may have more representatives on the NC than there
> >> are members of the Constituency. Nominations within each Constituency
> >> may be made by any member of the Constituency, but no such member may
> >> make more than one nomination in any single Constituency."
> >>
> >> FURTHER RESOLVED, that Section 2(f) of Article VI-B of the Bylaws of
> >> the Corporation is hereby replaced in its entirety with the following:
> >>
> >> "Unless shorterned by the Board in its recognition of a Constituency,
> >> the term of office for each member of the NC shall be two years,
> >> subject to earlier removal by the Constituency that selected such
> >> member or by a three-fourths majority vote of all members of the
> >> Board."
> >>
> >>The other members of the ICANN Board and I do not believe that amending our
> >>Bylaws to eliminate avenues for the pursuit of special interest objectives
> >>is a useful exercise. All of us have more important things to do. As a new
> >>player, and one committed to making the system work for everyone by your
> >>recent public statement, it would be a valuable contribution to making the
> >>DNSO successful if you accepted the consensus view and voluntarily agreed to
> >>name only one member to the Names Council.
> >>
> >>Sincerely,
> >>
> >>- Mike
> >>
> >>Michael M. Roberts
> >>Interim President and Chief Executive Officer
> >>
> >>
> >>cc: DNSO Names Council
> >> DNSO General Assembly
> >
> >
> >--
> >William X. Walsh
> >General Manager, DSo Internet Services
> >Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fax:(209) 671-7934
> >
> >"The fact is that domain names are new and have unique
> >characteristics, and their status under the law is not yet clear."
> >--Kent Crispin (June 29th, 1999)
> >
> >
Regards,
--
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CEO/DIR. Internet Network Eng/SR. Java/CORBA Development Eng.
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