Resend: Re: [gnso-vi-feb10] RE: Please participate - straw poll on objective 5

[George Sadowsky <george.sadowsky@xxxxxxxxx>]

[Disclaimer: I do not necessarily represent any ideas or positions of 
the Board.  I speak for myself as an individual concerned that this 
issue come to consensual closure consistent with the mandate and the 
core values of ICANN.]
Milton's interpretation sounds reasonable to me.

George

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At 7:26 PM -0400 3/23/10, Milton L Mueller wrote:
> I am having a REAL hard time responding to this poll because I don't 
> understand the objective and how it relates to the other objectives. 
> In addition, I have no idea if we vote for objective 5, even the 
> amended one, how that relates to the timeframes in the charter. 
> Third, I do not see anywhere in the charter where there is time to 
> consult the experts necessary to even figure out the answers to the 
> amended version 5.
> Then vote to delete Objective 5?
>
> Isn't the only real objective now Objective 1:  "Objective 1: To 
> make policy recommendations that provide clear direction to ICANN 
> staff and new gTLD applicants on whether, and if so under what 
> conditions, contracts for new gTLD registries can permit vertical 
> integration or otherwise deviate from current forms of 
> registry-registrar separation, and equivalent access and 
> non-discriminatory access."
> That sounds reasonable to me.