Mike roberts apparently 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 replied:
+ 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.
Indeed. Roberts would have to do it the old fashioned
way: EARN it. However who gave the USG the right to allow
Mikey to EARN anything is still unknown. I didn't. Did you?
Seems like if democracy meant anything to Bill and Al the
citizens who constitute the people of the Internet would
enter into the picture somewhere around here. Seemss not.
Bob Allisat
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