Joe Sims wrote:
>
> Since ICANN has not yet done anything or proposed anything with > respect to ccTLDs
>or their registrars
...Because the GAC has not yet decided how to handle giving them to
the governments who agree with the policies of Paul Twomey, Becky
Burr, and Vint Cerf, and...
> because it is rather busy presently with .com,
> .net and .org issues, the ccTLD administrators and registrars are, at > the moment,
>interested (yes, I understand very interested) bystanders.
And will remain bystanders until you have been informed of your
fate.
> If and
> when this situation changes, there will obviously be plenty of
> opportunities for them to participate in the discussions and deliberations.
Discussions and deliberations, that is, like the one in Berlin, at
which you were informed that if you didn't accede to the authority
of the GAC, your governments would be empowered by ICANN to remove
your root servers from your posession.
> In the long run ICANN should have some kind of relationships with the
> ccTLDs and perhaps with their registrars, but this issue has simply
> not worked its way to the top of the pile yet.
Because the board is waiting for the GAC to tell it what to do.
> Please keep in mind that ICANN
> consists of (outside the IANA function) Mike Roberts, Andrew
> McLaughlin, a
> volunteer Board with day jobs, and assorted lawyers (and we know what
> limited help lawyers can provide); there are only so many things this
> rather thin group can do at any one time, and as important as they
> are, the ccTLD issues will have to wait.
Until Paul Twomey and Christopher Wilkinson tell the board what to
do, and the board can inform you of the GAC's decision.
> A little patience would be appreciated.
And please top bothering us! Don't you realize by now that you've
been had, and that you won't have any say in your own fate? Wise up,
and get off our backs.
