RE: Better Safe, than Sorry! (was: It's been a pleasure)

[Pete Farmer <pfarmer@strategies-u.com>]

On Sunday, September 06, 1998 at 10:28 AM, Jay Fenello
[mailto:Jay@Iperdome.com] wrote:

>As an insurance policy, we might want to prepare 
>another set of consensus documents and Board of
>Directors for the New Corp.  
>
>That way, if the current negotiations result in 
>an unacceptable solution, we will simply present 
>Ira with a second set of By-Laws.  If he is true 
>to his words (and I believe that he is), he will 
>not accept either solution until we come to a 
>mutual agreement.  
>
>This ensures the disenfranchised participants 
>of the IFWP process a seat at the table ;-)

Jay,

I believe that there is a better approach than to create a complete set
of "consensus documents."

I suggest that those who now feel "left out" of the process come up with
a FINITE (3 to 5) number of key concerns/amendments to IANA's current
draft.

I have previously expressed my concern over the following, and have
proposed amendments on IANA's comment list (comments@iana.org):

1) The document does not spell out how the at-large members of the
Interim Board will be chosen.

2) The document does not establish a timetable to enact an open election
process for at-large Board members.

3) The "sunshine" provisions of Article IV need improvement; I have
suggested that the language from Article 6 of the NSI draft replace that
of the IANA draft.

Others may have different views, or different items to add to this list.

If reasonable people can propose well-reasoned changes to the IANA
proposal, then we can hope that reasonable people in the Administration
will listen.

We should help these reasonable people out by focusing on KEY concerns,
and not getting bogged down in minutia.

Pete
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