Esther and all,

  Will the board meeting be open to the public?  If not, why not?

Esther Dyson wrote:

> To reiterate:  We'll be posting the proposed registrar accreditation
> guidelines by Feb 8 on our site, in order to collect public comment before
> the board meeting on March 4.
>
> esther
>
> At 01:35 PM 27/01/99 +0100, Ivan Pope wrote:
> >Esther,
> >You say:
> >'As you know, we are working on the accreditation guidelines.'
> >How would we know this? Can you point me to the place on the ICANN Website
> >where it says this?
> >
> >I don't suppose that ICANN would consider it necessary to make some
> >information available about how it is doing this, who is doing it, or the
> >timeframe? I don't suppose for a moment that ICANN would consider actually
> >taking input on this from those of us who have been involved in this
> >business for years.
> >I presume you are talking to NSI on this though?
> >Ivan
> >
> >>Thanks for your constructive comments.  We are taking them into account.
> >>
> >>Just to clarify -
> >>
> >>any lottery would be in addition to geographical considerations and various
> >>other conditions. You could have different pools with their own lotteries.
> >>
> >>These are all *possibilities,* not decisions.  And as Mike says, the
> >>two-monthtest should nto be long enough to give anyone a long-term
> >>advantage. It should give them just enough time to make mistakes that others
> >>can learn from <g>.
> >>
> >>As you know, we are working on the accreditation guidelines, which should be
> >>fairly concrete - though we will *probably* impose additional conditions for
> >>the test participants.
> >>
> >>We plan to have that up by February 8 for public comment by the March 4
> >>board meeting.
> >
> >
> >
>
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