[ncdnhc-discuss] No new LA agenda

[James Love]

Will the issue of ICANN mission creep also be discussed?  I mean, what will the agenda have to do with assigned names and numbers?  Are they going to take away all of Osama
Bin Laden's domain names?  Jamie

"Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School of Law" wrote:
> 
> FWIW, please count me as one who believes:
> 
> 1. Security is an issue worth discussing.  The first step should be either
> to commission a paper from an expert or 3, and/or to form a working group
> to discuss the issue.  We need facts as to what people think the
> correctable vulnerabilities are, other than ICANN's continuing failure to
> provide the registrant/registrar data escrow that would probably be the
> cornerstone of a good security policy.
> 
> 2. It's ok to set aside some time for this issue in LA, but hijacking the
> agenda is a very serious error.
> 
> 3. It is appropriate for our leaders to complain that they and we were not
> consulted, and therefore there is no documented consensus in this group to
> support this high-handed, almost panic-driven, action.
> 
> 4. It is appropriate for members of this constituency to discuss what view
> if any we collectively hold, in the hopes of forming a consensus.  In the
> absence of one, however, items can go onto the agenda at the staff's
> behest, but it is wrong for them to take off major items.
> 
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