Gordon,
some corrections:
At 11:08 PM 7/5/99 -0400, Gordon Cook wrote:
>Don Heath has been
>ISOC exec director since early 96.
His position is president and CEO.
>Reportedlyan ex MCI frame relay
>salesman and friend of Vint Cerf.
our paths never crossed at MCI - Don was identified
by a search firm commissioned by ISOC Board to search for a full
time president. I believe Don left before I returned to MCI
in Feb 1994.
Vint, co-author of the TCP/IP protocol,
>father of the Internet, but senior MCI executive for the past five years.
>Vint who insupport of ICANN in May opined: "Let us dedicate ourselves to
>the creation of a global legal framework in which laws work across national
>boundaries to reinforce the upward spiral of value that Internet is capable
>of creating."
I was actually making reference to the Papers on electronic commerce that
were issued by the White House in June 1997 and updated in October 1999.
There is still an enormous amount of work to be done to fashion a framework
for electronic commerce which addresses the significance of digital
signatures, liabilities for electronic contracts, jurisdiction in various
business disputes, etc. ICANN has a tiny role in this very large and very
complicated electronic trade framework. The governments of the world will
need to work together to put into place practices and procedures that really
are conducive to the continued growth of commerce on the Internet. In many
instances that will mean refraining from regulation where that would be
an impediment, but it seems to me equally likely that there will be some
legislation that would enable rather then impede electronic commerce.
>
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