Jay, I don't dispute your account. My point is that Berkman does not deserve the lion's share of blame for the demise of the wrap-up. A confluence of self-serving interests and inner-sanctum communications not involving coupled with lack of resolve by the IFWP Steering Committee Berkman torpedoed the wrap-up meeting. I think the stealth appointments of the interim board were the pivotal point of departure. How different these past two years might have been if the nine interim board members had not be installed by autocratic and secretive fiat. And now, four of them get to stay on for Year Three. The justification for that truly escapes me and perhaps deserves more attention than a discussion about matters we can no longer change. Jay Fenello wrote: >While we all appreciate your note-taking for >two among the many Steering Committee meetings, >your minutes do not reflect the many other >communications that revolved around the >destruction of the wrap-up meeting. > >Given all that was known to me at the time >(much of which occurred after the record you >have provided), I stand by the statements >that I have articulated in this exchange. > >And while it might seem like we're flogging >a dead horse, I believe that the failure of >the wrap-up meeting was the pivotal point in >the failure of the ICANN process -- it lead >to the acceptance of the IANA by-laws, and >the stealth appointment of the "interim" >board. > >IMHO & FWIW, every other problem with ICANN >is a direct result of this failure! > >Jay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ellen Rony @..@ Co-author The Domain Name Handbook (----) http://www.domainhandbook.com ======================== ( ) ============================= ISBN 0879305150 <.>__<.> +1 415.435.5010 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ^^^ ^^^ Tiburon, CA Princess, having had sufficient experience with princes, seeks frog.
