I would like to add that the place to add your public comment is at:
http://forum.icann.org/nsi2001/
You need to register to post to the forum.
cjs
----- Original Message -----
From: "William X. Walsh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2001 12:54 AM
Subject: If anyone is interested and wants to have input
: The new ICANN-Verisign deal, which effectively exempts Verisign from
: having to spin off the NSI Registrar and gives them a presumptive
: right to .com in perpetuity as well as other benefits, is currently
: being discussed on the DNSO GA list.
:
: The ICANN Board has asked the DNSO GA, Names Council, and
: Constituencies, as well as the internet public, to provide feedback on
: the proposed new contract before the deadline for approving it.
:
: So far there appears to be a broad consensus on the DNSO General
: Assembly that the new contract should be rejected, and the current
: status quo contract should remain in effect.
:
: Regardless of your position on this issue, you should join and make
: your voice heard, because this decision will have an impact on all of
: us, and on the domain market as a whole.
:
: Some of the current reasons for the massive opposition to this new
: contract are documented at:
: http://www.dnso.org/clubpublic/ga/Arc06/msg01018.html
:
: While I am in agreement with that post, if there was a similar post
: showing reasons why the new contract should be approved, I would post
: it here also, however none of those who have publicly stated support
: for that contract have been willing or able to come up with any
: substantive position to support it.
:
: This issue could be critical to the DNSO and the DNSO General
: Assembly, because it goes right to the heart of how ICANN is supposed
: to work, and if the ICANN board ignores the broad consensus coming out
: of the DNSO, then it can no longer hold on to the public illusion of
: being a "bottom up consensus" organization.
:
: But it can only do that if more than the "usual suspects" are a part
: of the process.
:
: If you have an opinion on whether Verisign/NSI should be permitted to
: not divest themselves of their Registrar business as they previously
: agreed to, and should hold a presumptive right to the .com registry in
: perpetuity, then you need to add your voice to those who are already
: actively working on this issue.
:
: This is probably more a policy issue, so if you have any questions,
: feel free to email me offlist, or take this to the policy list. With
: all the Verisign/NSI sentiment this list has seen expressed, though, I
: thought this issue should be brought to everyone.
:
: Thank you for letting me waste 5 minutes of your time with this.
:
: --
: Best regards,
: William mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
:
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