[ncdnhc-discuss] Community Communications to US Department of Commerce on ICANN Evolution and Reform

[Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School of Law]

To be honest, I missed that.  And that's my point - what goes on the
'front page' matters.  And what goes on the 'front page' is driven partly
spin, not importance.

No one but someone paid to do ICANN sutff full-time can keep up with all
the different sites where things appear.  There is no central registry of
'what's new'.  I can't do it, as I have a day job - at ICANNWatch we
depend heavily on contributions from readers.  I try hard to keep up, and
I know I miss stuff.

On Mon, 2 Sep 2002, Alejandro Pisanty - DGSCA y FQ, UNAM wrote:

> Michael,
> 
> just for facts:
> all comments received by the ICANN Committee on Evolution and Reform are
> posted. The Markle study, authored by Prof. Tamar Frankel, which you
> mention, was posted there because it was input to the committee as much as
> directed to others. It is to be found in
> http://forum.icann.org/reform-comments/general/msg00144.html, as you
> surely know all too well since you seem to have been following at least
> part of the discussions around it.
> 
> 
> Alejandro Pisanty
> 
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> 
> 
> On Mon, 2 Sep 2002, Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School of Law wrote:
> 
> > Actually, on the ICANN page referenced you will find only the ones
> > supporting ICANN.  And with the significant exception of the East African
> > Internet Forum these are all parties with important economic relationships
> > with ICANN.  Strangely, other views, such as the one from CDT (a public
> > interest group), don't seem to have been posted by ICANN.  And it was sent
> > a copy.  So you'll have to read about it here:
> > http://www.icannwatch.org/article.php?sid=903
> >
> > One of the saddest things about ICANN, and one of the reasons it has
> > earned such mistrust, is that rather than engaging its critics it
> > reflexively tries to suppress them.  The ICANN web page is treated as a PR
> > exercise, not a forum for debate or engagement. Despite repeated requests
> > from Karl Auerbach since he joined the board, ICANN refuses to post any of
> > his ICANN or DNS related papers.  This practice began long before his
> > lawsuit: they just didn't like what he said.
> >
> > And where for example, is the notice of the recent Markle study on
> > accountability at ICANN?  You'll not have seen mention of that on ICANN's
> > front page.  It was released Aug. 12, and you'll have to read about it
> > here: http://www.icannwatch.org/article.php?sid=896
> >
> >
> > On Mon, 2 Sep 2002, Erick Iriarte Ahon wrote:
> >
> > > Hi!
> > >
> > > You can find information of "Community Communications to US Department of
> > > Commerce on ICANN Evolution and Reform" in:
> > > http://www.icann.org/committees/evol-reform/community-communications-to-usdoc.htm
> > >
> > > Erick Iriarte Ahon
> > >
> > >
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> > >
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