WHich three are you referring to? Esther At 07:52 AM 26/02/99 -0500, Dan Steinberg wrote: >Apologies in advance for the cross-posting but there are apparently >still many people who do not subscribe to every list in existence. > >I'd like to put a little perspective on all this discussion about >draft policies for comment. > >Way back last fall, we were told by ICANN that they a few top >priorities to accomplish and it would be a challenge to get those >three actioned. > >I was wondering, as we ramp up to the Singapore meeting, how many of >the 3 have been accomplished? > >I know the answer is less than three, and yes, this is a bit of a >rhetorical question. > >Given this, I find it surprising that ICANN is moving ahead so rapidly >on other topics that were not even mentioned in the top three. > >Would Esther or Mike care to comment on this? > >In the interest of disclosure I would like to state that I am a member >of the Membership Advisory Committee. I am very happy with the >progress of the MAC and fully support our decision to have a report >ready just in time for the Singapore meeting. Given that membership >was one of the three priorities (also one of the things NTIA insisted >on) and given my position I wanted to make it clear that I am not in >any way complaining about the progress towards at-large membership. >In fact I am very happy with the work we have done. Just wondering >why we are doing so many other things before the priorities are >covered. > > >Jay Fenello wrote: >> >> At 2/25/99, 07:06 AM, Dan Steinberg wrote: >> >DRAFT CONFLICT OF INTEREST >> >* The draft Conflict-of-interest guidelines came out on the 17th of >> >February. >> >* there was no mention of a comment period deadline for it. >> >* even without the reminder, the document was only available for >> > (at most) 7 days, and this only for people who regularly check the >> >website. >> > >> >7 days to comment on something as fundamental as conflict-of-interest? >> >> Unless I'm mistaken, the ICANN Board can *not* >> approve this policy at the Singapore meeting >> because it was not posted for the required >> 30 day public comment period. >> >> Is that correct? >> >> Respectfully, >> >> Jay Fenello >> President, Iperdome, Inc. >> 404-943-0524 http://www.iperdome.com > >-- >Dan Steinberg > >SYNTHESIS:Law & Technology >35, du Ravin >Box 532, RR1 phone: (613) 794-5356 >Chelsea, Quebec fax: (819) 827-4398 >J0X 1N0 e-mail:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Esther Dyson Always make new mistakes! chairman, EDventure Holdings interim chairman, Internet Corp. for Assigned Names & Numbers [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1 (212) 924-8800 1 (212) 924-0240 fax 104 Fifth Avenue (between 15th and 16th Streets; 20th floor) New York, NY 10011 USA http://www.edventure.com PC Forum: 21 to 24 March 1999, Scottsdale (Phoenix), Arizona High-Tech Forum in Europe: 24 to 26 October 1999, Budapest Book: "Release 2.0: A design for living in the digital age"
