[council] Transfers TF

[DannyYounger@cs.com]

Phil Sheppard has cited the fact that an ALSO is a proposal not a body.  
Let's talk about facts.

1.  An ICANN Board resolution [01.127] that Individual Internet users have a 
significant stake in ICANN's activities and should have the opportunity for 
representative participation in ICANN is a fact.  Sheppard's refusal to 
appoint a registrants' representative to this Task Force is at odds with the 
collective will of the ICANN Board that calls for sustained involvement of 
interested individuals in ICANN policy and decision-making.

2.  Our Bylaws grant rights to "interested parties" for input and 
participation in the substantive work of the DNSO.  That is a fact.  Phil 
Sheppard has earlier indicated that a TF may consult experts and interested 
parties, and it is a matter of precedent that the UDRP task force is 
populated by such interested parties.  If representatives of arbitrators can 
sit on a task force, then by what right does he deny registrants the same 
opportunity?

3.  Sheppard argues that it is premature to consider Joanna's request in 
light of the absence today of an Individuals Constituency in the DNSO.   The 
fact is that Sheppard and his BC stooges are solely responsible for denying a 
long-needed voice for individuals in the DNSO.  It is not premature to 
consider Joanna's request, the request is both timely and appropriate and 
within the established NC guidelines that Sheppard himself has authored.

The pigheaded obstinacy demonstrated by BC reps well illustrates that they 
are not fit to Chair a task force as important as the Transfers TF that calls 
for consensus-building.  This my-way-or-the-highway attitude is inappropriate 
for those that seek to lead this body forward.   It is time to call for the 
removal of Marilyn Cade as interim chair and to convene an election for the 
chairmanship of this group.  I would add that it is also high time to censure 
Phil Sheppard for his flagrant disregard of our Bylaws.  

Best regards,
Danny Younger