Re: [ga-roots] Community Roots or Red Herrings)

[Simon Higgs <simon@higgs.com>]

At 02:20 PM 5/10/01 -0700, you wrote:

Since when did ICANN actually start following the 501(c)(3) guidelines? 
They have a long history of ignoring (or failing to recognize) the rules 
and their own bylaws.

Which Mr. Chiu are you talking about?

>Someone correct me if I am wrong but a california 501(c)(3) cannot do 
>this.  To
>qualify they may not discriminate against protected classes (in the portion of
>your text I did not repeat) and they may not lobby in any manner for the
>passage of laws.  I am sure that Mr. Chiu at the aclu would be interested in
>your analysis.
>Sincerely,
>
>Simon Higgs wrote:
>
> > Sure it can. ICANN is free to develop policies and lobby all they want to
> > outlaw alt.roots and non-compliant DNS. It is free to create "ICANN DNS
> > Only" policies and sign contracts with others enforcing it.
> > Best Regards,
> >
> > Simon
> >
> > --
> > DNS is not a sacred cow that cannot be replaced by something better.


Best Regards,

Simon Higgs

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