RE: [soac-newgtldapsup-wg] Updates on SOI/DOIs

["Tijani BEN JEMAA" <tijani.benjemaa@xxxxxxxx>]

Dear all,

 

We are now at a critical point: We will have to submit our final
recommendations in a few days while the substantive production is not dense
enough. The time constraint may make us give a deliverable on which there is
not a consensus. It may also make us miss some points unless every one
concentrates on the draft final report and try to give his/her input so that
we finally submit a comprehensive and consensual language.

 

In this critical time, a new marginal issue is raised concerning the use of
the Working guidelines of 5 August 2010 rather than those of 5 February
2010.

I’m strongly with full transparency, even if this concept is selective as
per Evan’s post. In any case, I prefer more transparency than less, because
full transparency is better for the weaker part of the community, the needy
one, the one for which we are working in this WG.

But I find it as a manner to make us loose concentration on the final report
and spend time and energy on this marginal issue.

 

In our charter, we agreed to work according the Working guidelines of 5
February 2010. We shouldn’t change it at this point. Let’s work on the final
report (I will send shortly my inputs on the whole report on the list) and
arrive to the deadline with the best output. 

 

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Tijani BEN JEMAA

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Mediterranean Federation of Internet Associations

Phone : + 216 70 825 231

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-----Message d'origine-----
De : owner-soac-newgtldapsup-wg@xxxxxxxxx
[mailto:owner-soac-newgtldapsup-wg@xxxxxxxxx] De la part de Alex Gakuru
Envoyé : samedi 14 août 2010 07:38
À : Evan Leibovitch
Cc : Avri Doria; Michele Neylon :: Blacknight;
<soac-newgtldapsup-wg@xxxxxxxxx>
Objet : Re: [soac-newgtldapsup-wg] Updates on SOI/DOIs

 

 

How I wish there were an ICANN DOF ("Declaration of Financials") where

all actors, stakeholders and staff declared their financial incomes

and sources, including all sponsorships and affiliations,

exhaustively. At least the community could then apply the good old

"follow the money" trails thus transparency would be most clear. my

wishful thinking..

 

On Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 9:15 AM, Evan Leibovitch <evan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 

> 

> On 14 August 2010 00:39, Alex Gakuru <gakuru@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 

> 

>> 

>> > We knew early on here that any process that could selectively give any

>> > new

>> > TLD application "better treatment" (faster processing, lower cost. etc)

>> > will

>> > be a target of gaming attempts. For this reason, transparency of
process

>> > is

>> > even more critical here than in many other ICANN venues.

> 

> 

>> 

>> But may be excused for suspecting that the microscopic attention that

>> our group is apparently under is so as our outputs do not very

>> adversely disrupt the historical status quo?

> 

> 

> Welcome to ICANN, where registrars are allowed to attend all meetings of

> At-Large but the opposite is not permitted.

> 

> Transparency is very selectively demanded in this place.

> 

> --

> - Evan

>