Pay a million in legal fees to Joes Day so we can have bylaws everybody
hates and an abusicve chief counsel then they have to beg for a reception
and parts in the City that IANA has resided in since it's reception.
ICANN is a slow moving parody of itself.
At 11:19 AM 10/18/99 -0400, you wrote:
>During the week of November 1, 1999, the Internet Corporation for Assigned
>Names and Numbers (ICANN) will be holding its first annual meeting in Los
>Angeles, USA. Over the course of four days, hundreds of individuals from
>around the globe will gather to participate in the bottom-up policymaking
>processes that constitute ICANN.
>
>Among the numerous groups holding meetings that week will be:
> - ICANN Board of Directors (including newly elected Directors)
> - Domain Name Supporting Organization
> - Names Council
> - General Assembly
> - Constituencies (Business, Non-Commercial, ISPs, Registrars,
>Trademark & IP, gTLD registries, ccTLD registries)
> - Various working groups
> - Ad hoc group to study future policies in the area of numbering
> - Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) and country code top-level
>domain administrators
>
>Foremost on the agenda will be the recently proposed tentative agreements
>among ICANN, the U.S. Department of Commerce, and Network Solutions, Inc.
><http://www.icann.org/agreements.htm>, and the creation of ICANN's At Large
>Membership and election structures. In addition, ICANN will be welcoming
>nine newly-elected Directors to the Board.
>
>This email is an appeal to interested companies, associations, and
>organizations to contribute to the success of these meetings by sponsoring
>(1) temporary equipment loans, and/or (2) a reception or coffee break.
>
>(1) TEMPORARY EQUIPMENT LOANS
>
>In order to make the ICANN meetings fully accessible to all interested
>people around the globe, ICANN has committed to provide realtime multimedia
>webcasts with remote participation functionality. (See, for example, the
>multimedia archive from ICANN's Santiago meetings in August
><http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/icann/santiago/archive>). The webcasts
>require a significant amount of on-site equipment.
>
>Specifically, ICANN is seeking temporary loans of the following equipment
>for approximately one week (October 31 to November 5):
>
> - 6 large monitors (17", 19", or 21")
> - 1 small monitor (15")
> - 1 Laser printer for auditorium
> - 1 Laser printer for Board/staff room
> - 1 Windows PC with Ethernet adapter & web browser
> - 1 or 2 Windows PCs, running Windows NT or Win98
>
>If your company could spare one or more of the above items for that week, it
>would make a significant contribution to ICANN's efforts to be transparent
>and accessible to Internet users around the world. All loaned equipment
>will be used at the Sheraton Gateway Hotel and will be returned healthy.
>
>(2) RECEPTIONS AND COFFEE BREAKS
>
>In addition, ICANN is seeking corporate or organizational sponsors for
>several receptions and coffee breaks. These events are important vehicles
>for the forging of personal relationships among ICANN's growing global
>community of techies and engineers, businesses and businesspeople,
>individual users, researches, and others. ICANN plans to host two evening
>receptions (11/2/99 and 11/3/99) and at least one set of coffee breaks
>(11/2/99). The cost to sponsor a reception is $5,000. The cost for a set
>of coffee breaks is $2,000.
>
>ICANN will of course gratefully acknowledge and highlight the support of its
>sponsors.
>
>If your company or organization is interested in helping to sponsor a
>temporary equipment loan, reception, or coffee break, please contact Andrew
>McLaughlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>.
>
>--
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"I see you've got yout fist out. Say your peace and get out. Guess
I get the gist of it, but... it's alright. Sorry that you feel that
way. The only thing there is to say is to say: ever silver lining
has a touch of grey" - JG.
