[ga] FYI: TechDaily, Touton on GA vote

[Alexander Svensson <alexander@svensson.de>]

>The 
[Long Island ICANN Board]
>meeting occurred shortly after a key vote last week of the 
>general assembly of ICANN's Domain Name Supporting Organization, 
>which serves as a forum for ICANN stakeholders to discuss potential 
>policies. The assembly voted to ask the Commerce Department to 
>replace ICANN and re-bid the contract to manage the Internet's 
>domain-name system. In September, Commerce's National 
>Telecommunications and Information Administration is expected to 
>consider renewing its contract with ICANN. ICANN general counsel 
>Louis Touton said it is unclear what the general assembly's vote 
>actually means, calling it a "straw poll" of different groups that 
>have an interest in domain-name issues but without any real 
>authority. He added that as the general assembly airs concerns or 
>preferences for the restructuring process, "the board is working 
>very hard to look at everybody's input." 

 From National Journal's Technology Daily (subscribers only),
as sent by James Love to random-bits
(http://lists.essential.org/pipermail/random-bits/2002-May/000861.html)

/// Alexander (approaching posting limit for today)

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