[ncdnhc-discuss] Announcement of TF Participants!

[Milton Mueller]

Thanks for the explanation. Our Adcom (and I) was under the impression 
that YJ wanted off and that Vany was not able to participate.
I will contact both of them to find out whether that impression
is incorrect. If it is true that they want to be replaced, will 
you consider it? 

>>> "M. Stuart Lynn" <lynn at icann.org> 04/18/02 02:42PM >>>
Nice to hear from you, Milton.

Here's the scoop:

1. This is not an NC task force that is composed of representatives 
of individual constituencies or is indeed required to have all 
constituencies represented. This is a President's Task Force and I 
invite individuals to participate as I believe. The Board resolution 
that led me to establish this Task Force stated, in part and in 
response to my recommendation:

"Whereas, the President has recommended to the Board the formation of 
a New TLD Evaluation Process Planning Task Force chaired by the 
President and consisting of members selected with the advice of the 
Names and Protocol Councils and the Chairs of the IETF, IAB, and 
ICANN DNS Root Server System Advisory Committee"

2. I did indeed consult with the NC (and the other named bodies) and 
received a list of suggested individuals from which I was free to 
pick or choose -- or indeed reject all of them. There was no 
requirement that the NC, for example, include someone from every 
constituency although in fact the list submitted by Phil did indeed 
include someone (actually two people) from every constituency except 
for the gTLD Registries (who could not participate for reasons of 
potential conflict of interest) and the Registrars.  These were not 
representatives or delegates, but simply a suggested list of names in 
response to my request.

3, It was (and is) a great list, however, so, I actually included all 
of the suggestions in the Task Force. That included Vany and YJ. 
Neither has informed me of their resignation from the Task Force. In 
fact, at the end of the Accra meeting, YJ reiterated to me her desire 
to continue as a member. Thus, I have no reason to add any more 
members at this time. I have no knowledge that either one is 
"inactive".

4. In general, if I do determine that certain members of the Task 
Force are no longer participating and that their lack of 
participation will have a significant effect on the work of the Task 
Force, then I would consider the option of replacing them with other 
individuals. So far, that has not proven to be the case. Should that 
happen, I expect to consider each situation on its own merits.

Now I understand that you and some of your colleagues on the NCDNHC 
may wish that this were a different kind of Task Force composed of 
representatives. But it is not.

But thank you as always for your thoughts.

Stuart



At 2:37 PM -0400 4/17/02, Milton Mueller wrote:
>Stuart:
>I hope this is an oversight or a mistake of some sort.
>The former participants on that task force are no longer
>active. The NCDNHC would like to be represented on the
>New TLD committee, and there is widespread agreement among
>us that James Love is an appropriate representative.
>Can you please reconsider?
>
>--MM
>
>>>>  "James Love" <james.love at cptech.org> 04/17/02 10:08AM >>>
>Stuart Lynn wrote to say he would not accept me on the New TLD Evaluation
>task force.
>
>Jamie


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