[ncdnhc-discuss] Announcement of TF Participants!

[James Love]

It isn't clear to me what the current status of YJ is in the TF.   One issue
is that YJ is involved off and on with commercial companies that want to run
TLDs for a profit.... and that does raise issues with her representing
domain name holders....  YJ herself brought this up to Lynn in Accra, he
responded then by blocking her from attending his meeting.     This seems to
be a legitimate issue for the NCC however, since the NCC is a domain holder
constituency.

My guess is that Lynn has opinions about me, and decided he didn't want to
work with me......  I have been frequently critical of ICANN and the Lynn
plan.

Did people see what ICANN put in its lawsuit against Karl Auerbach?  It was
an amazing personal attack on Karl.

  Jamie

----- Original Message -----
From: "YJ Park" <yjpark at myepark.com>
To: "Milton Mueller" <Mueller at syr.edu>; <discuss at icann-ncc.org>;
<lynn at icann.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 10:25 PM
Subject: Re: [ncdnhc-discuss] Announcement of TF Participants!


> To avoid further confusion.
>
> > 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".
>
> In Accra, it was explained that NCDNHC is to notify new TLD
> evaluation TF members to Stuart as Chair of TF with my further
> expression of willingnes to withdraw from this TF as soon as
> such process is done. It was in response to the concerns so-called
> conflicts of interests raised by one of Board members not because
> I think he was right but because I think it would be waste of time.
>
> Indeed, I expressed my willingness to withdraw from the TF with
> due course in Accra as soon as NCDNHC finishes its process.
> Unexpectedly, upon notification, Stuart asked me to leave the TF
> meeting, which I resisted for around 15-20 mins claiming it is my
> right to be there as TF members who was supposed to represent
> NCDNHC.
>
> Stuart confirmed I was not supposed to represent NCDNHC and
> and TF members are appointees who were appointed by chair of
> TF, Stuart. Therefore, TF members should not be representatives.
> The other TF members in the meeting also reconfirmed Stuart's
> explanation asking to follow Stuart's request to leave the meeting
> since I do have conflicts of interests which I could not accept as
> such.
>
> What was the conflicts of interests at that meeting?
>
> Stuart confidently told that ICANN's legal counsel advised that
> even expressing interests verbally in the former-ICANN period TLDs'
> divestiture without any RFP therefore no application proposal is
> serious conflicts of interests which can make him ask a TF member
> not to attend the meeting.
>
> On the other hand, as far as I know, even if TF members do have
> potential or even serious conflicts of interests, they can be asked
> not to vote or make comments but not to attend the whole meeting.
>
> I had to leave the meeting.
>
> After Accra, I notified Stuart that his concern in conflicts of interests
> of me could be cleared up when such planned project was given up.
> However, I am not still sure whether such Stuart's version of conflicts
> of interests are cleared up with me, though.
>
> I am still interested in .ORG divestiture which I believe should be
> managed by a non-commercial registry and I am working on this
> with other NGO folks.
>
> Therefore, according to Staurt's clarification and interpretation, I do
> still have such conflicts of interests which I am not sure whether I can
> be TF members. I guess I cannot be.
>
> So, it would be more productive to figure out whether TF members
> are representatives or appointees. If they are representatives,
> we do have rights to send them to the TF. If they are appointees
> which were confirmed and reconfirmed by both Stuart, chair of the TF,
> and the other TF members, I don't think we have many choices.
>
> YJ
>
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