>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >FYI: > > >http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20020318/wr_nm/tech_internet_ >icann_dc_1 > >Internet Body Director Sues for Access to Records > Mon Mar 18, 2:15 PM ET > By Andy Sullivan > >WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The group that oversees the Internet's domain-name >system was slapped with a lawsuit Monday by one of its directors, who says >he has been denied access to the organization's corporate records. > >Karl Auerbach, a director of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names >and Numbers, filed suit in Los Angeles to gain access to travel records, >payroll figures, and other day-to-day details of the organization that >oversees the system that guides e-mail and Web browsers around cyberspace. > >Auerbach said ICANN (news - web sites) staff has not allowed him to view >the records, as required under California law. > >"ICANN management has denied me the tools I need to exercise independent >judgement and fulfill my duties as director," Auerbach said in a statement. > >Staff members have sought to get Auerbach to sign a confidentiality >agreement before viewing the records, a move he has resisted. > >An ICANN spokeswoman was not immediately available for comment. > >The move is the latest in a long-running battle between Auerbach and ICANN >staff, whom he says wields too much control over the organization. > >One of the few ICANN directors chosen by direct elections, Auerbach has >been a frequent critic of the organization and often casts the lone >dissenting vote on ICANN decisions. > >Formed in 1998 to take control of the Internet's domain-name system from >the U.S. government, ICANN has overseen the introduction of seven new >domains to join the likes of ".com" and ".org," and has encouraged start-up >domain-name retailers to challenge the monopoly once held by Network >Solutions Inc., now a unit of VeriSign Inc . > >But the nonprofit body has drawn criticism from those who say it does not >make decisions in a transparent fashion, and does not hold itself >accountable to the 500 million people who use the global computer network. > >At a meeting in Accra, Ghana, last week, the ICANN board said individuals >users should have a say in the organization, but did not commit to future >elections. > >The Electronic Frontier Foundation, a cyberspace civil-liberties group, is >representing Auerbach in the suit. > >+++ > >Jay Fenello, Internet Coaching >http://www.Fenello.com ... 678-585-9765 >http://www.YourWebPartner.com ... Web Support >http://www.AligningWithPurpose.com ... for a Better World >--------------------------------------------------------- >"The first step is to penetrate the clouds of deceit >and distortion and learn the truth about the world, then >to organize and act to change it. That's never been >impossible and never been easy." -- Noam Chomsky > > >------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> >FREE COLLEGE MONEY >CLICK HERE to search >600,000 scholarships! >http://us.click.yahoo.com/iZp8OC/4m7CAA/ySSFAA/XgSolB/TM >---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> > >### > >Permission to forward granted when this trailer's included: > >This message is from the "Aligning With Purpose Discussion" list. >Please send subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED], >unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED], or >check out the website at http://www.AligningWithPurpose.com. > >Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ >
