At 10:33 AM 7/5/99 -0700, you wrote:
>On Mon, Jul 05, 1999 at 11:44:51AM -0400, Richard J. Sexton wrote:
>>
>> If the names council was 80% ORSC people I'd scream saying it was unbalanced
>> and nobody would take it seriously. The bylaws, as implemented, fail to
>> prevent capture by a single organzation.
>
>The bylaws, no matter what they say, or how they are implemented,
>can't ever prevent capture.
That doesn't mean the current mess is ok, nor that we should not at least
try.
>That's why all the furor over the structure of the corporation is
>largely a fools game (*). Of course, the structure has *some*
>importance. But it is secondary. The real controls over ICANN come
>from governments, laws (in particular anti-trust laws) and the nature
>of the agreements ICANN can convince other entities to sign.
Governments have no place in this. They had their chance with OSI.
>(*) except for NSI, of course -- any delay is to its benefit.
One could also agrue that with new tlds NSI stands togain big
time as the dominent registrar and NSI is damaged by the delay.
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