Re: [ga] Motion # 1

["Ross Wm. Rader" <ross@tucows.com>]

I am firmly against taking this motion to a vote.

There has been zero consultation or discussion on the merits, or lack
thereof, of the proposition and as such cannot even remotely be taken as a
representative question.

While I am sympathetic to the need for immediate and decisive action,
sufficient consensus on the text of the motion does not yet exist to a
degree that warrants taking this to a vote.

-rwr


----- Original Message -----
From: "Joanna Lane" <jo-uk@rcn.com>
To: "GA List" <ga@dnso.org>; "James Love" <james.love@cptech.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2002 11:02 PM
Subject: [ga] Motion # 1


>
> WHEREAS the Internet Corporation for Assigned names and Numbers (ICANN)
has
> dramatically changed the initial terms of reference for ICANN, and is
> proposing even further changes.
>
> WHEREAS these proposed changes have met extensive opposition in the
Internet
> community and go even further from the original terms of reference.
>
> WHEREAS a new open competition would allow the U.S. Department of Commerce
> (the DoC) to consider both the ICANN Board proposal for restructuring, and
> alternatives offered by others for managing key Internet resources, while
> providing for a public record of the process for enhanced visibility.
>
> WHEREAS the General Assembly of ICANN's Domain name Supporting
Organization
> (the DNSO) also reminds the DoC, that in the Green and the White Paper,
the
> Government of the United States made it clear that it intends to withdraw
> from management of the Domain name System (the DNS).
>
>
> It is hereby RESOLVED that:-
>
> The General Assembly of the Domain name Supporting Organization of
Internet
> Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) asks the US Department
of
> Commerce to have an open competition for the services now provided by
ICANN,
> provided that the new competition would address the need to develop an
> international framework for DNS management. An open competition should aim
> to achieve comprehensive privatization and internationalization of DNS
> services, consistent with the need for stability, but also innovation,
> competition and freedom.
>
> Agree [  ]
> Disagree [  ]
> Abstain [  ]
>
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