>Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1999 20:53:43 -0500 (EST) >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: BOUNCE [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Non-member submission from [Mike Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] > >>From darwin.ptvy.ca.us!mmr Wed Feb 10 20:53:42 1999 >Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Received: from darwin.ptvy.ca.us([192.156.200.1]) (3614 bytes) by ns1.vrx.net > via sendmail with P:esmtp/D:aliases/T:pipe > (sender: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) > id <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Wed, 10 Feb 1999 20:53:41 -0500 (EST) > (Smail-3.2.0.100 1997-Dec-8 #2 built 1997-Dec-18) >Received: (from mmr@localhost) > by darwin.ptvy.ca.us (8.8.7/8.8.7) id RAA31558; > Wed, 10 Feb 1999 17:48:56 -0800 >From: Mike Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: ICANN's Defective Competition Guidelines, etc (was Accreditation guidelines, etc.) >In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> from Michael Sondow at "Feb 10, 99 06:36:13 pm" >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael Sondow) >Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1999 17:48:56 -0800 (PST) >Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], > [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], > [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], > [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], > [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], > [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], > [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] >X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL34 (25)] >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 >Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > >> Mike Roberts a =E9crit: >>=20 >> > This is the essence of the kind of >> > republican democracy we have in the United States. It's going >> > on right now in the Senate. The House Republicans have been >> > heard, and their assertions are being weighed and measured >> > by the Senate and a vote will follow. The ICANN Board's duty >> > is to HEAR everyone who wishes to be heard and then to DECIDE. >>=20 >> The senators will decide the issue before them, as elected representatives >> of the American people. Whom does ICANN represent? What people elected it? >> By what right does it decide? >>=20 >Michael Sondow: > >I think you've pushed this thread in the wrong direction, so I'll >only make the following comment. > >- The ICANN Bylaws were developed over a number of months and reviewed/vett= >ed >by a lot of folks, including specifically the U.S. Government, the >European Commission and other governments whose voices are controlled >by elected representatives. You and the Haubens have pointed out >numerous deficiencies from your points of view about the manner in >which ICANN was created. The bottom line for the Initial Board is >that the USG has asked that it take up these responsibilities in >fulfillment of the White Paper. That is a sufficient authority >for us to proceed. > >- ICANN has embarked on an open and participatory process to=20 >develop a representation and election model and to implement it. >From=20all indications, it is being supported by the community >and is proceeding well toward a coherent analysis of workable >alternatives and will present those in open sessions in Singapore >(and, of course, via postings and Web casting to the larger >net audience). If you see deficiencies in that process, which >is leading ICANN to an elected At Large set of=20 >Directors, there is ample opportunity for you to air your >views on the membership list and elsewhere. > >- A couple of people have asked who elected me. Under the Bylaws >the President/CEO is hired by and serves at the pleasure of the=20 >Board, so that individual is not elected, but is hired and fired, >if necessary, by elected Directors. With respect to the Interim >President/CEO, [that's me], he serves at the pleasure of the Board >until such time as the Board recruits and elects a permanent=20 >Pres/CEO. I am not eligible to be a candidate for the permanent >job. > >- Mike > > -- The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws. [EMAIL PROTECTED] "It's all just marketing" +1 (613) 473-1719 Maitland House, Bannockburn, Ontario, CANADA, K0K 1Y0
