[nc-transfer] Status on Terms of Reference and Representation

[DannyYounger@cs.com]

Marilyn,

The General Assembly supports the position enunciated by the ICANN Board that 
"representation should accompany participation for informed, sustained 
involvement of interested individuals in ICANN policy and decision-making."

Until such time as representation for the registrant community becomes a 
reality in this Task Force, we will not agree to any scheme which solely 
provides for limited one-time participation and which is fundamentally at 
odds with the position of the ICANN Board.

The proposal that you recommend has been attempted before with disastrous 
results in the first Review Task Force chaired by another BC telco 
representative, Theresa Swinehart.  That monumental failure elicited no more 
than a handful of responses as the entirety of the membership recognized that 
a questionnaire only serves to limit participation and wanted no part of any 
effort that would deny them full involvement in an ongoing discussion of the 
issues.   We will not willingly support any effort that offers less than full 
and equal participation and representation for registrants in this process.

The General Assembly is familiar with the tactics of the Business 
Constituency and their repeated efforts to silence the voice of individuals 
in the ICANN process.   We will not allow you to continue to deny us our 
rights to representation in ICANN policy and decision-making which have now 
been confirmed by the ICANN Board.

We ask you to step down as interim Chair and to abide by Names Council 
Decision Three which states:  "Set up a Task Force, call for nominations 
within 5 days."

There has been no call on your part for Chair elections.  

A Chair that begins her tenure by calling for the Council to endorse a 
position adopted by only one of the parties to this discussion cannot 
maintain that she is a neutral Chair.  You have openly sided with the bulk of 
the registrars against the position taken by VeriSign and their subsidiaries. 
 While that may be your personal opinion, it is not that which is expected of 
a Chair which must respect the obligation to neutrality.