According to Michael Sondow, Mike roberts wrote:
> 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.
COOK: Oh really Mike? Cite your soure for this please. The person, who
said it needs to look at date the time and the exact words. The 11/25/98
mou said commerce you would have to EARN your authority and tha commerce
dept and ICANN would work TOwARDS this end to help you do so.
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"Some of those people think the management [ICANN] should check with the
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