Richard and all,
Richard, I think most of us are aware of the propensity of Joe Sims
and some other members of the ICANN (Initial?) Interim board's,
for revisionist history. It should not seem unduly strange that Canada,
as have other governments, been snookered by this tactic. But some
of us, as you know, have seen this all before. Need I say more?
Richard J. Sexton wrote:
> At 08:15 PM 8/28/99 -0400, Joe Sims wrote:
> >On your question, since any national government can join GAC by simply
> >saying so, the GAC is by definition those governments that care enough
> >about these issues to participate in it.
>
> Except that's not how it happened. For instance, in
> Canada, there was a public process run by the government to
> determine the Canadian position on the DNS.
>
> Canada got involved in the GAC when Paul Twomey sent
> an invite. The Canadian representatives asked what
> it was all about and were told by Paul "just show
> up". So they did, and found themseleves voting on
> the WIPO report - which did not exist at the time
> of the Canadian DNS inquiry.
>
> In this manner, the GAC has run roughshod over national
> process, at least in Canada, and in contravention to
> Industry Canada's earlier declarations "we have a hands
> off policy" (articulated at the July 97 CAIPCON DNS Summit
> and stated again by Industry Canada Senior Telecommunications
> Analyist Robert Campagnolo in personal communication)
>
> --
> "So foul a sky clears not without a storm" - Shakespeare
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