The press release said: ICANN was created by the global Internet community in response to �Management of Internet Names and Addresses,� a U.S. Government statement of policy issued in June 1998, that invited the global Internet community to form a new, private sector organization to undertake management of Internet domain-name system functions. Sean garett, this is too funny for words. ICANN UNEQUIVOCALLY WAS NOT CREATED BY THE GLOBAL INTERNET COMMUNITY. I WAS TALKING LAST WEEK to someone who was very close to Jon postel. the bylaws created ICANN. This person said he really thought the bylaws were created by only two people: Joes Sims and Jon Postel. I find this hard to believe but have no infor to proove him wrong. Even if one of the two people was Jon two people do not equate to the global internet community. *************************************************************************** The COOK Report on Internet 431 Greenway Ave, Ewing, NJ 08618 USA (609) 882-2572 (phone & fax) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cookreport.com NOTE: Contempt in which ICANN PRES. MIKE ROBERTS holds rest of Internet: "Some of those people think the management [ICANN] should check with the public [the Communities of the Internet] every time they make a decision, which is crazy," Roberts said. "That's flat-out crazy." WIRED NEWS 2/4/99 ***************************************************************************
