Kent and all, Kent, get a remedial reading course under your belt, will ya? This has been a public service announcement courtesy of INEGRoup >;) Kent Crispin wrote: > On Sun, Jul 11, 1999 at 12:44:33PM -0700, Karl Auerbach wrote: > > > > On November 6, 1998, ICANN's by-laws contained the following, a clear > > requirement for the ability of individuals to participate fully in > > Supporting Organizations and to participate with partity with > > organizations. > > > > That language is no longer part of ICANN's bylaws. > > The language simply does not mean what you say it means. > > > In other words, ICANN has removed a very important committment it made > > regarding participation by individuals. > > Nope. It removed redundant language that had no effect -- something > you should be happy about. > > > This change was made, I believe during or shortly after the SO creation > > rodeo held in Singapore. > > > > It was a change made without any significant public discussion of this > > issue. > > Because it was is usually not necessary to have public discussions > about clauses that, on their face, are meaningless. > > > It is important that ICANN restore this requirement for individual > > pariticipation in *ALL* Supporting Orgnizations, not merely the DNSO. > > Karl, the language simply doesn't mean what you think it means. > > [...] > > by each of the Supporting Organizations. Participation in a Supporting > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > Organization shall be open to any individual or organization that meets > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > the minimum qualifications adopted by the Supporting Organization and > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > ratified by the Board. > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > In other words, if you are an entity (individual or otherwise) that > meets the qualifications for membership in an SO, you can be a > member. Not exactly profound. > > > Each Supporting Organization may adopt membership > > structures, including open or multiple classes or categories of members, > > that it deems appropriate for its effective functioning, consistent with > > the foregoing. > > The above language states clearly that SOs may adopt whatever > membership structures they deem appropriate. Period. The > preceeding clause said that *if* you were an entity (individual or > otherwise) that met the minimum requirements, you could join. > > The clauses, either separately or together, do not in any way imply > that SOs must allow individual members. > > -- > Kent Crispin "Do good, and you'll be > [EMAIL PROTECTED] lonesome." -- Mark Twain > - > This message was sent via the IDNO-DISCUSS mailing list. To unsubscribe, > send a message containing the line "unsubscribe idno-discuss" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more information, see http://www.idno.org/ Regards, -- Jeffrey A. Williams Spokesman INEGroup (Over 95k members strong!) CEO/DIR. Internet Network Eng/SR. Java/CORBA Development Eng. Information Network Eng. Group. INEG. INC. E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] Contact Number: 972-447-1894 Address: 5 East Kirkwood Blvd. Grapevine Texas 75208
