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[Thomas Beckett <thomas AT tbeckett.com>]

Thanks for passing this on, B.  Michael Froomkin is one of the best
ICANN watchdogs around. ICANN has become a rather nefarioius
organization, and it affects all of us.   -TaB

B Holroyd wrote:
> > Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 10:01:32 -0400 (EDT)
> > From: "Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School of Law" <froomkin AT law.miami.edu>
> > To: DOMAIN-POLICY AT LISTS.INTERNIC.NET, list AT ifwp.org
> >
> > As you may know, ICANN suddenly announced last week that it has formed
> > Election and Nominating Committees, without any visible public input.
> > The announcement is at
> > http://www.icann.org/announcements/icann-pr09may00.htm .
> >
> > Commentary suggesting that there were a few flaws in the process can be
> > found at http://www.icannwatch.org
> >
> > In response to this criticism, ICANN CEO Mike Roberts is quoted in today's
> > New York Times as saying that "Icann directors and staff worked hard to
> > consult widely in the process of forming these committees,"
> > http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/00/05/cyber/capital/16capital.html .
> >
> > As far as I can tell, no one I know was consulted, and am I in touch with
> > a lot of people interested in ICANN.  My suspicion is that if ICANN did
> > engage in consultations at all they were limited to participants in the
> > late gTLD-MOU and/or representatives of large corporations.
> >
> > In order to test this intuition, I would be very interested in hearing
> > from anyone who was actually consulted by ICANN prior to this
> > announcement, whatever their affiliation.
> >
> > [This message is being cross-posted widely; please feel free to circulate
> > as appropriate until May 25, 2000]
> > --
> >
> > A. Michael Froomkin   |    Professor of Law    |   froomkin AT law.tm
> > U. Miami School of Law, P.O. Box 248087, Coral Gables, FL 33124 USA
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