I echo Bret's concerns and agree with his suggested course of action. There is
no urgency to take this action.
> Esther Dyson wrote:
>
> >Thanks for your comments. AS noted, we have not yet decided what we will
> >do. It indeed depends on public comments, among other things. But aside from
> >our process, do you have any comments on the substance of the WIPO report?
> >We would welcome those.
> >
> >Esther
>
> Yes, ICANN has noted that it "will take appropriate action, which may
> include seeking further comments on the recommendations, referring of
> some or all of them to other ICANN entities, and/or adopting certain of
> the recommendations." (http://www.icann.org/wipo/wipo.htm)
>
> But the point is that this is a very voluminous report that will have
> been published less than a month before the Berlin meeting. The
> possibilty that the Interim Board would take action that could include
> adopting certain of the recommendations was noted less than a month
> before the Berlin meeting.
>
> The individuals and companies that have been following this report
> through the drafting process are in the best position to assimilate it
> and provide comments on ICANN's schedule. But isn't the point of ICANN to
> seek consensus from the larger Internet community? That kind of consensus
> building takes longer than three weeks, and a fully constructed ICANN --
> with three SOs and a General Membership -- will have the structure
> necessary to reach that consensus.
>
> I would ask that the Interim Board modify this announcement to take the
> possibility of adopting WIPO recommendations off the table.
>
> -- Bret
>
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