Re: [ga] ICANN Board set to approve .biz/info/org agreements before Sao Paulo?

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

George and all,

  ICANN has NO credibility now and hasn't with the public or
registrants/stakeholders/users for a very long time. So it comes as
little or no great surprise to myself, our members, and any even
casual observer of the ICANN's BoD and staff that they again
are seeking to ignore their own bylaws as well as the stakeholders
they purport to serve.

George Kirikos wrote:

> Hello,
>
> According to the agenda for the November 22, 2006 Board meeting:
>
> http://www.icann.org/minutes/
>
> It includes the following items:
>
> * Proposed Approval of new .BIZ Registry Agreement
> * Proposed Approval of new .INFO Registry Agreement
> * Proposed Approval of new .ORG Registry Agreement
>
> This appears to ignore the GNSO Council resolution from September:
>
> http://gnso.icann.org/resolutions/#200609
>
> "To request the Board to delay any decision on the .biz .info and .org
> agreements until the ICANN Board meeting after the Sao Paolo ICANN
> meetings 2006 and to take into account the current outcome of the
> PDPFeb06 task force at that time."
>
> And as I noted in a prior message:
>
> http://forum.icann.org/lists/revised-biz-info-org-agreements/msg00013.html
>
> it ignores the Bylaws that mention "an in-person public forum shall
> also be held for discussion of any proposed policies as described in
> Section 6(1)(b) of this Article, prior to any final Board action." and
> that "in those cases where the policy action affects public policy
> concerns, to request the opinion of the Governmental Advisory
> Committee".
>
> Can the Board provide any good reason why they are rushing through
> approval of these badly conceived contracts, despite the overwhelming
> opposition of the public? This illustrates why folks are cynical about
> ICANN. Unless these contracts are defeated, to reflect the bottom up
> consensus, any remaining shred of credibility that ICANN's Board might
> have had will be lost.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> George Kirikos
> http://www.kirikos.com/

Regards,

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