[ncdnhc-discuss] Emergency Resolution

[Harold J. Feld]

I would accept this as a friendly amendment.

J. William Semich wrote:

> I support this but would suggest you replace the phrase "grave 
> reservations as to" with "strong opposition to".
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> Bill Semich
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> At 04:53 PM 3/7/2002, Harold J. Feld wrote:
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>> I recognize that the time for resolutions for the Accra meeting has 
>> closed, but the Stuart proposal warrants special concern.  I would 
>> therefore propose the following emergency resolution for 
>> consideration in Accra.
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>> WHEREAS the NCDNHC has recently again reaffirmed its support for the 
>> original ICANN commitment to nine At Large directors elected by the 
>> Internet community as a whole;
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>> The NCDNHC expresses grave reservations as to the plan proposed by 
>> ICANN President Stuart Lynn on February 24, 2002.  This Plan would 
>> eliminate any directly elected public representation.
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>> While NCDNHC recognizes the valuable role played by governments in 
>> representing the interests of their citizens, the Internet community 
>> has traditionally operated through bottom-up processes that develop 
>> consensus directly from the community, rather than the traditional 
>> representation of government.  ICANN should continue in this 
>> tradition. Accordingly, ICANN should not substitute government 
>> representation for direct representation elected by the user community.
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>> Harold Feld
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