> > As it turns out, ICANN actually has an official
> > "Community Feedback" site that contains an archive of
> > all the "reflections of community consensus." It's the
> > only site, and it's at http://www.icann.org/feedback.html
>
> I wouldn't go so far as to say that ICANN's community feedback site is
> the only repository of community consensus -- there is also this list,
> domain-policy, the IETF list, and the ISOC list. Possibly there are
> others I have not read.
The board members have indicated that they rarely, if ever, read this
(IFWP) mailing list or the domain policy one. And the IETF and ISOC lists
(I'm on both) are virtually devoid of relevant comment on these matters.
Given that ICANN's organic documents mandate openness to the "maximum
extent possible", the hunt by ICANN to create confusion regarding
"consensus" about open meetings is childish.
ICANN is obligated by its organic documents to have open meetings. There
are very few voices who advocate the current closed meeting policy.
There are two conclusions one can draw:
- Either ICANN has no intention of following its rules and is looking to
amend or hand-wave its way out of compliance.
- And/or ICANN is out of contact with reality and is living in a fantasy
world of its own creation and among only those it choses to interact
with.
--karl--
