Greg and all,

  However the ICANN has been challenged legally an from the contract
through
the NIST on January 19th by at least 5 other organizations, as Beck Burr
is well
aware of and has thus far has not completely reviewed those protests under

that contract Solicitation No. 52SBNT9C1020.  Hence, the authority of the
ICANN is in question.

Greg Skinner wrote:

> jeff Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >Gordon Cook makes a good point that has been made over and over again
> >Mike.  What is the essence of the ICANN's authority?  It is not even
> >completely constituted yet.
>
> ICANN derives its authority from the NTIA, under the DoC, etc.  So
> what is the US government position on the tax that ICANN proposes to
> levy, and the purposes that this tax puports to fulfill?  What are
> other governments' positions on this tax?  It seems given the scope of
> this tax, it needs to have quite a bit more public evaluation than
> it's currently getting.
>
> --gregbo

Regards,

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