A call for comments sent out January 2 with a deadline of January 5. This does
not inspire confidence that such comments will be taken seriously at any level,
at any stage of the process. Nevertheless, I will send in comments. I understand
that you are making it up as you go along.
--MM
Amadeu Abril i Abril wrote:
> DNSO APPLICATION TIMETABLE
>
> Following on to the meetings held previously (see key dates below), and
> in order to ensure that all interested parties have a common understanding
> of the events leading up to the submission of a DNSO Application to the
> ICANN Board of Directors on the 5th of February 1999, we are publishing
> the following timetable for subsequent drafts and their related comment
> periods.
>
> We and other stakeholders are seeking to ensure integration of other
> proposals (e.g. the 'INTA' proposal, etc.) with the DNSO proposal.
> We will also review and address concerns of other stakeholders and to
> this end we again invite all interested parties to participate (the more
> actively the better) in helping to prepare an application. In addition,
> we intend to actively seek out other relevant parties.
>
> In order to achieve the objective of a representative, open and
> transparent process in drafting the DNSO application, the discussions
> surrounding the application have been, and will continue to be open and
> evolutionary, and we continue to seek comments from all interested
> parties. You are therefore encouraged to submit comments, NOW, for the
> current draft dated 16 December, 1998. Your comments should be submitted
> to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. Note: For administration reasons any comments
> submitted after the 5th of January, 1999 will most probably not be treated
> until the next and final 'draft'. For purposes of transparency, and in
> accordance with standard procedures, all comments received will be posted
> on the DNSO web site (http://www.dnso.org), with links to appropriate sites.
>
> The next and penultimate iteration of the Application will be published
> on January 12th, 1999 and will take into account all comments and
> discussions received to date. In addition, we will take all other
> proposals into account and expect to be able to address satisfactorily any
> comments/concerns allowing us to incorporate these proposals into our
> application. This date has been set in order to allow for all substantive
> comments to be addressed in advance of various meetings being held in
> January, including the meeting planned for January 22nd in Washington DC.
> We have a lot to achieve in advance of these meetings to ensure that we
> have an application that incorporates all relevant and necessary points.
> Additional meetings are being arranged specifically to seek out other
> stakeholder points of view. The Period for Comments on this final draft
> will close on the 26th of January to allow time for the Application to be
> finalized and submitted.
>
> We would like as broad a participation as possible and therefore we
> encourage you to send in your comments NOW!
>
> KEY DATES:
>
> 1st DRAFT APPLICATION CIRCULATED SEPTEMBER 23, 1998
>
> BARCELONA MEETING OCTOBER 16-18, 1998
>
> BARCELONA DRAFT PUBLISHED NOVEMBER 7, 1998
>
> MONTERREY MEETING NOVEMBER 15-17, 1998
>
> MONTERREY DRAFT PUBLISHED DECEMBER 16, 1998
>
> COMMENT PERIOD FOR CURRENT DRAFT CLOSES JANUARY 5, 1999
>
> PENULTIMATE DRAFT PUBLISHED JANUARY 12, 1999
>
> COMMENT PERIOD CLOSES JANUARY 26, 1999
>
> APPLICATION SUBMITTED TO ICANN FEBRUARY 5, 1999
>
> [IMPORTANT NOTE. The <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> mail address will not be
> operational until Monday 4, 12:00 GMT]
>
> On behalf of the DNSO process "Transition Team"
> http://www.dnso.org
>
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