>From: "Paul Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: "Michael Sondow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Cc: "Beckwith Burr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> "Esther Dyson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> "Joel I. Klein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> "Domain Policy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> "IFWP" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: RE: [Fwd: Reminder: ICANN ASO - Website and Discussion]
>Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2000 14:03:38 +1000
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>Michael, you have quoted my original message out of context. The complete
>paragraph said:
>
>"The Address Supporting Organisation of ICANN (the Internet Corporation for
>Assigned Names and Numbers) was established last year, and has assumed its
>responsibilities under the ICANN Bylaws for coordination of global policy
>development in relation to Internet Addresses and related resources."
>
>I intended that it should be parsed as follows:
>
>"The Address Supporting Organisation of ICANN was established last year, and
>has assumed its responsibilities (under the ICANN Bylaws) for coordination
>of global policy development in relation to Internet Addresses and related
>resources."
>
>In other words, the "coordination" responsibility belongs to the ASO, not to
>ICANN. I believe that this is consistent with both the ICANN Bylaws
>(specifically http://www.icann.org/general/bylaws.htm#VI-A) and the ASO MoU
>(http://www.aso.icann.org/docs/aso-mou.html, section 4).
>
>
>I agree with you that any description of ICANN's role as solely involving
>"technical coordination of the Domain Name System" is inaccurate and
>inconsistent with the Bylaws and other documents. The RIRs have however
>worked hard to highlight the importance of IP Addressing within the ICANN
>framework, yet nevertheless it is often overlooked in one-line descriptions
>of ICANN's role.
>
>
>Regards,
>
>
>______________________________________________________________________
>Paul Wilson, Director-General, APNIC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>http://www.apnic.net ph/fx +61 7 3367 0490/82
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>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Michael Sondow [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>> Sent: Saturday, 12 February 2000 0:12
>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Cc: Beckwith Burr; Esther Dyson; Joel I. Klein; Domain Policy; IFWP
>> Subject: [Fwd: Reminder: ICANN ASO - Website and Discussion]
>>
>>
>> Dear Mr. Wilson-
>>
>> The Department of Commerce's White Paper, the establishing document
>> for the NewCo (now ICANN), which was recently given authoritative
>> status by a Federal Appeals Court in the Namespace v. NSI decision
>> (Fed 2d 99-6080), defines ICANN's role as that of technical
>> coordination of the Domain Name System. This definition of the
>> NewCo's charter has been further confirmed by Congressional
>> testimony of the principals. Nevertheless, in your message (below)
>> you refer to "ICANN Bylaws for coordination of global policy
>> development in relation to Internet Addresses". Can you explain how
>> that can be reconciled with ICANN's limited mandate?
>>
>> ============================================================
>> Michael Sondow I.C.I.I.U. http://www.iciiu.org
>> Tel. (718)846-7482 Fax: (603)754-8927
>> ============================================================
>
>
>
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