For that matter, neither was I.
James Love wrote:
>
> I was not consulted. Jamie
>
> "Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School of Law" wrote:
> >
> > As you may know, ICANN suddenly announced last week that it has formed
> > Election and Nominating Committees, without any visible public input.
> > The announcement is at
> > http://www.icann.org/announcements/icann-pr09may00.htm .
> >
> > Commentary suggesting that there were a few flaws in the process can be
> > found at http://www.icannwatch.org
> >
> > In response to this criticism, ICANN CEO Mike Roberts is quoted in today's
> > New York Times as saying that "Icann directors and staff worked hard to
> > consult widely in the process of forming these committees,"
> > http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/00/05/cyber/capital/16capital.html .
> >
> > As far as I can tell, no one I know was consulted, and am I in touch with
> > a lot of people interested in ICANN. My suspicion is that if ICANN did
> > engage in consultations at all they were limited to participants in the
> > late gTLD-MOU and/or representatives of large corporations.
> >
> > In order to test this intuition, I would be very interested in hearing
> > from anyone who was actually consulted by ICANN prior to this
> > announcement, whatever their affiliation.
> >
> > [This message is being cross-posted widely; please feel free to circulate
> > as appropriate until May 25, 2000]
> > --
> >
> > A. Michael Froomkin | Professor of Law | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > U. Miami School of Law, P.O. Box 248087, Coral Gables, FL 33124 USA
> > +1 (305) 284-4285 | +1 (305) 284-6506 (fax) | http://www.law.tm
> > -->It's warm here.<--
>
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