[ncdnhc-discuss] Board Positions on .ORG

[Alejandro Pisanty - DGSCA y FQ, UNAM]

Dear Karl,

the Board resolution and the discussion which the staff is instructed to
take into account for the RFP contain and extend the DNSO recommendation,
some of the minority opinions expressed through the process within the
DNSO, and some precautions which were not even outlined then.

One of them addresses a concern expressed in the last few hours by Adam
Peake, viz that a company interested in the business of .org set up a
"front" organization. Only a couple of the efforts of this kind have been
mentioned explicitly here. Some NCDNHC participants have been part of
efforts to set up .org steering organizations with known business backing;
others have the suspicion expressed by Adam.

As Milton has implied, a number of points in this conversation have begun
to converge. Doubtless it would be useful to concentrate an effort in the
reform process. As someone else has written that is, of course, a separate
track, and as Eric has underlined, one to move on ASAP.

Yours,

Alejandro Pisanty




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On Tue, 2 Apr 2002, Karl Auerbach wrote:

> On Tue, 2 Apr 2002, Alejandro Pisanty - DGSCA y FQ, UNAM wrote:
>
> > you are getting weirder and weirder by the minute. If the Board takes up
> > input it's wrong too now?
>
> This was an instance when the DNSO actually did its job and came up with a
> thoughtful recommendation.  The recommendation by the Names Council may be
> seen at: http://www.dnso.org/dnso/notes/20020205.NCdotorg-to-ICANN.html
> And the actual text of the material endorsed by the Names Council may be
> seen at: http://www.dnso.org/dnso/notes/20020117.NCdotorg-report.html
>
> ICANN's bylaws obligate the board to follow supporting organization
> recommendations unless the board finds that certain conditions exist.
>
> There was, in fact a DNSO recommendation.  And the board did not find that
> that recommendation fell short of any of the requirements of Article VI
> Section 2(e).  Nor were the procedures of Article VI Section 2(f)
> followed.
>
> I consider myself to have erred by not recognizing this (particularly as
> this same question was the topic of my request for reconsideration of
> November 17, 1999 -
> http://www.icann.org/committees/reconsideration/auerbach-request-17nov99.htm
> - and is (was?) pending before the Independent Review panel).
>
> Why the resolution was drafted in the way it was - referencing, but not
> adopting, the DNSO recommendation, and instead substituting a weaker
> formulation and allowing staff discretion over matters already decided by
> the DNSO - is a mystery.  But given that the draft resolution appeared
> less than six hours before the start of the board meeting there was no
> time to make more than the most cursory of inquiries.
>
> 		--karl--
>
>
> ARTICLE VI: SUPPORTING ORGANIZATIONS ...
>
> Section 2. RESPONSIBILITIES AND POWERS ...
>
> (e) Subject to the provisions of Article III, Section 3, the Board shall
> accept the recommendations of a Supporting Organization if the Board finds
> that the recommended policy (1) furthers the purposes of, and is in the
> best interest of, the Corporation; (2) is consistent with the Articles and
> Bylaws; (3) was arrived at through fair and open processes (including
> participation by representatives of other Supporting Organizations if
> requested); and (4) is not reasonably opposed by any other Supporting
> Organization. ...
>
>
> (f) If the Board declines to accept any recommendation of a Supporting
> Organization, it shall return the recommendation to the Supporting
> Organization for further consideration, along with a statement of the
> reasons it declines to accept the recommendation. If, after reasonable
> efforts, the Board does not receive a recommendation from the Supporting
> Organization that it finds meets the standards of Section 2(e) of this
> Article VI or, after attempting to mediate any disputes or disagreements
> between Supporting Organizations, receives conflicting recommendations
> from Supporting Organizations, and the Board finds there is a
> justification for prompt action, the Board may initiate, amend or modify
> and then approve a specific policy recommendation.
>
>
>
>
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