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Date: Mon, 7 May 2001 13:46:56 -0700
From: "William X. Walsh" <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re[2]: [ga] domain name owner's bill of rights

Hello Peter,

Monday, May 07, 2001, 4:13:27 AM, Peter de Blanc wrote:

> I would like to know who that registrar is, so i do not try to use them in
> the future.

> Publication of such information may cause them to modify their behaviour.

Register.com is the most gross offender along these lines, but
Registrars.com also engaged in this practice.

Tucows recently asked for Verisign to revoke Register.com's
accreditation as a result of these actions.

Broad publication hasn't seem to make them care one iota so far.

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Date: Mon, 7 May 2001 13:47:50 -0700
From: "William X. Walsh" <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: [ga] MOTION: Request for a GA resolution on an IDN holders'  constituency (IC)

Hello Joop,

If the motion would remove the references to the IDNO organization,
and it petition, this may garner more support.

Monday, May 07, 2001, 3:01:29 AM, Joop Teernstra wrote:

> Since the Chair has now opened the floor for motions I would like to start off
> with this one:

> Motion for the Recognition of an Individuals' Constituency (IC)

> Considering the majority vote  expressed by the physically assembled GA in
> Santiago and Yokohama,

> considering the support expressed by the Association of Computing Machinery
> (ACM) since Berlin 1999 and by the non commercial constituency of the DNSO for
> an Individuals' constituency, since Santiago 2000,

> considering the Voting of the members of the DNSO-review working group  on
> this
> subject,

> considering the petition made by the first Steering Committee of  the IDNO
> which reads as follows
> August 11, 1999
> To the members of the Board of Directors of the
> Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) 
> 4676 Admiralty Way, Suite 330 
> Marina del Rey, CA 90292 
> USA.
> L.S.,
> This letter constitutes a reiteration of our public petition of 23 April, 1999
> under Article VI-B, Section 3(d) of the ICANN bylaws for recognition of the
> Individual Domain Name Owner’s constituency (the IDNO) as a Constituency of
> ICANN’s Domain Name Supporting Organization (the DNSO.)

> The IDNO was formed in April 1999. It is a self-organized, primarily member
> funded, highly international constituency, springing from no pre-existing
> organizations or structures. Yet its membership is already larger than of any
> of the existing DNSO Constituencies. And we expect that the IDNO's membership
> will grow rapidly once the IDNO is a recognized constituency.

> IDNO members are active participants in ICANN, having attended several of
> ICANN’s meetings.

> Our members come from many parts of the world.

> IDNO members are active participants in the DNSO’s General Assembly and in the
> DNSO’s various working groups.

> The IDNO maintains a site on the World Wide Web at http://www.idno.org/
> containing a members’ list, charter, archive of on-line discussions, voting
> system, and other materials and resources.

> The IDNO has a public, archived e-mail discussion list.

> The IDNO is the only constituency with a fully operational electronic voting
> system that has been repeatedly and successfully used to guide the IDNO as it
> evolves.

> The purpose the IDNO is to give a voice to those individuals who “own” domain
> names.
> The IDNO’s focus is on individuals, not on corporations or organizations. The
> IDNO does not care whether a member is a businessperson, a teacher, an artist,
> or a person using the Internet to express his or her opinions.

> Because essentially all of the existing DNSO constituencies are open only to
> corporations and organizations, these individuals have no way but the IDNO to
> fully participate within the DNSO.

> We must mention that membership in the DNSO General Assembly, although
> nominally open to individuals, is no substitute for having a Constituency to
> defend Individuals' domain name interests. It is only through the IDNO as a
> recognized Constituency that individual domain name owners can participate
> with
> a full and peer voice on the DNSO’s names council.

> Why should the Individuals be represented in the DNSO?
> ·       Registrations of domain names by individuals represent a large
> number of
> all domain name registrations. A study conducted by Network Solutions
> estimates
> that within the United States alone, 10% of the domain names registered in the
> .com, .net, and .org domains are registered to individuals. Further, there is
> evidence to indicate that the percentage may be increasing. This leads to an
> estimated 300,000 individual domain names owners in .com, .net, and .org
> within
> the United States alone. The number worldwide, especially when in all top
> level
> domains are considered, could be substantially higher. 
> ·       Every one of these hundreds of thousands of people have a significant
> and well defined interest in the operation and development of the domain name
> system and the Internet. Yet none of these hundreds of thousands of people are
> eligible to be admitted to any of the other constituencies. 
> ·       Domains owned by individuals are often used for both commercial and
> non-commercial purposes. Individuals can not be adequately represented in
> either "business" or "non-commercial" constituencies. It is our feeling
> that as
> the net grows it will become quite common for personal hobbies to evolve into
> significant business entities. 
> ·       The IDNO is the only constituency that would provide a voice for these
> people. 
> ·       Interests and concerns of Individual Domain name Owners typically
> do not
> coincide with the Interests and concerns of the other constituencies
> represented in the DNSO. Indeed, in many cases their interests are in
> conflict.
> Thus it is necessary for there to be a constituency with a clear focus on the
> needs of individual domain name owners. 
> ·       Without a clear and fully empowered place for individual domain name
> owners, the DNSO will be a weak and limited body, speaking for only part of
> the
> Internet community. 
> The IDNO has adopted an inclusive approach to its membership. Unlike other
> Constituencies which require that a candidate for membership be a corporation
> or an organization, or be engaged in a particular type of business, the IDNO
> simply looks at whether a candidate “owns” a domain name.
> The IDNO measures ownership not by legal formalisms, but rather by a pragmatic
> evaluation whether the candidate has sufficient elements of control over a
> domain name that it amounts to what reasonable people would consider to be
> ownership. Our membership rules permit membership even when the domain name
> owner owns the name through a intermediary, such as a corporation or trust,
> that is fully under the control of the candidate.
> The IDNO has evolved beyond a gathering of people. The IDNO has both an
> elected
> Steering Committee and a Membership Committee. The IDNO is an early, and
> perhaps the first successful experiment in broadly based democratic
> participation within ICANN.
> The IDNO brings to ICANN the concerns of the individual domain name owner,
> concerns that have so far lacked an advocate.

> (appendices omitted: for the complete petition and its signatories, see
> www.idno.org/petition.htm)

> considering that the ICANN  Board has until now refrained from responding in
> public to this petition and from publishing it on its website for public
> comment,

> considering the Bylaws art. VI, section 3 (d) that reads:

> (d) Any group of individuals or entities may petition the Board for
> recognition
> as a new or separate Constituency. Any such petition will be posted for public
> comment pursuant to Article III, Section 3. The Board may create new
> Constituencies in response to such a petition, or on its own motion, if it
> determines that such action would serve the purposes of the Corporation. 

> I move that the GA will express its support for the immediate acknowledgement 
> of an Individuals' Constituency by the Board in accordance with its Bylaws.

> I move that this support will take the form of a GA Resolution recommending
> that
> the Board will  place either the creation of such an IC or the "approval in
> principle" on its Agenda for a decision in Stockholm.

> Respectfully yours,

> --Joop Teernstra LL.M.--  
> the Cyberspace Association and 
> the constituency for Individual Domain Name Owners
> Elected representative.
> http://www.idno.org  

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Date: Mon, 07 May 2001 15:33:01 -0700
From: "William S. Lovell" <[email-masked]>
Subject: [ga] What makes a corporation?

I've raised this question with respect to my own situation
as to what makes a corporation insofar as constituencies
are concerned, and would like to suggest that it has little
to do with whether party X has "Inc." or "LLC" after its
name.  Three people huddled together in an office do not
make the kind of corporation with which the DNSO
procedures should be concerned. (I use my situation as a
model because it's the only one I've got, but there should
be many others in busineses far from the law in situations
that would be comparable to ALJ, LLC.)

One yard stick is that used by the patent law: if you qualify
under the tax laws as a "small business" (or if you are an
individual inventor) you only have to pay half the filing and
some other fees that the large corporations have to pay.
I've forgotten what the cutoff is, since all of my clients (with
the exception of when I did work for Tektronix and TriQuint)
are a long ways from it -- it's something like 300 employees,
as I dimly recall.  However, I would NOT recommend that as
a cutoff, since a company with 50 employees or so could still
own a dozen trademarks and be whaling away with the UDRP
after domain name owners -- that is, I believe, the kind of
stance that the DNSO seems to envision in its distinction of
the corporate constituency.  (Forgive me if there's a definition
somewhere that I don't know about, and if there is, somebody
please clue me in.) Also, there are huge corporations that don't
own any trademarks at all, so "corporation" doesn't really seem
to capture what the DNSO has in mind.

In any case, progress seems to be being made on defining the
constituencies, and I thought it worth while to raise this issue as
well.

Bill Lovell

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Date: Mon, 7 May 2001 15:50:38 -0700
From: Joe Kelsey <[email-masked]>
Subject: [ga] MOTION: Request for a GA resolution on an IDN holders' constituency (IC)

I am opposed to any Individual's Constituency which has anything at all
to do with the non-legitimate so-called IDNO.  Please remove all
references to this organization.

/Joe
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Date: Mon, 7 May 2001 16:10:56 -0700
From: Kent Crispin <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: [ga] What makes a corporation?

On Mon, May 07, 2001 at 03:33:01PM -0700, William S. Lovell wrote:
> 
> I've raised this question with respect to my own situation
> as to what makes a corporation insofar as constituencies
> are concerned, and would like to suggest that it has little
> to do with whether party X has "Inc." or "LLC" after its
> name.

I'm not sure why you raise this question.  As far as I know, none of the
constituencies have being a corporation as a requirement for anything. 
The business constituency doesn't require it; as far as I know, even a
sole proprietorship can join.  [The claim that there needs to be a
constituency for small businesses is completely bogus.]

> Three people huddled together in an office do not
> make the kind of corporation with which the DNSO
> procedures should be concerned.

Which procedures are you referring to?

[...]

> In any case, progress seems to be being made on defining the
> constituencies, and I thought it worth while to raise this issue as
> well.

Possibly, but it isn't clear to me.  Perhaps you could provide some 
motivation? 

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Date: Mon, 7 May 2001 16:54:56 -0700
From: "William X. Walsh" <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re[2]: [ga] What makes a corporation?

Hello Kent,

Monday, May 07, 2001, 4:10:56 PM, Kent Crispin wrote:
> I'm not sure why you raise this question.  As far as I know, none of the
> constituencies have being a corporation as a requirement for anything. 
> The business constituency doesn't require it; as far as I know, even a
> sole proprietorship can join.  [The claim that there needs to be a
> constituency for small businesses is completely bogus.]

The idea that big business and small businesses fit together is the
more bogus claim.

The claim that the existing structure is favorable or even encouraging
of small business participation is nn out right falsehood.

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Date: Mon, 7 May 2001 17:24:50 -0700
From: Kent Crispin <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: [ga] What makes a corporation?

On Mon, May 07, 2001 at 04:54:56PM -0700, William X. Walsh wrote:
> Hello Kent,
> 
> Monday, May 07, 2001, 4:10:56 PM, Kent Crispin wrote:
> > I'm not sure why you raise this question.  As far as I know, none of the
> > constituencies have being a corporation as a requirement for anything. 
> > The business constituency doesn't require it; as far as I know, even a
> > sole proprietorship can join.  [The claim that there needs to be a
> > constituency for small businesses is completely bogus.]
> 
> The idea that big business and small businesses fit together is the
> more bogus claim.
>
> The claim that the existing structure is favorable or even encouraging
> of small business participation is nn out right falsehood.

The business constituency is open to small businesses.  The opportunity
is there.  You can't make people take advantage of it.  There are dozens
and dozens of small businesses represented on these lists, more than 
enough to be extremely effective in the business constituency.

But then they wouldn't be able to complain about not being represented, 
would they?

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Date: Mon, 07 May 2001 19:25:36 -0500
From: Bruce James <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: [ga] What makes a corporation?

To join the Business Constituency of the Domain Name Supporting Organization
(DNSO) of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)

 http://bc.dnso.icann.org/

/Bruce

- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Kent Crispin" <[email-masked]>
To: "[email-masked]" <[email-masked]>
Sent: Monday, May 07, 2001 19:24
Subject: Re: [ga] What makes a corporation?

On Mon, May 07, 2001 at 04:54:56PM -0700, William X. Walsh wrote:
> Hello Kent,
>
> Monday, May 07, 2001, 4:10:56 PM, Kent Crispin wrote:
> > I'm not sure why you raise this question.  As far as I know, none of the
> > constituencies have being a corporation as a requirement for anything.
> > The business constituency doesn't require it; as far as I know, even a
> > sole proprietorship can join.  [The claim that there needs to be a
> > constituency for small businesses is completely bogus.]
>
> The idea that big business and small businesses fit together is the
> more bogus claim.
>
> The claim that the existing structure is favorable or even encouraging
> of small business participation is nn out right falsehood.

The business constituency is open to small businesses.  The opportunity
is there.  You can't make people take advantage of it.  There are dozens
and dozens of small businesses represented on these lists, more than
enough to be extremely effective in the business constituency.

But then they wouldn't be able to complain about not being represented,
would they?

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Date: Mon, 7 May 2001 21:24:06 -0400
From: "L Gallegos" <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: [ga] What makes a corporation?

On 7 May 2001, at 19:25, Bruce James wrote:

> 
> The business constituency is open to small businesses.  The opportunity is
> there.  You can't make people take advantage of it.  There are dozens and
> dozens of small businesses represented on these lists, more than enough to
> be extremely effective in the business constituency.

And the bigger the business, the more votes they have.  You really 
think that a sole proprietor fits with the MCI Worldcoms?  It is the 
corporations of the type in the business constituency who are preying 
upon the individual and small business domain name holders.  The 
membership fees are descriptive of the balance of power.  That's the 
reason for the need of a constituency to allow the small business a 
voice.

> 
> But then they wouldn't be able to complain about not being represented,
> would they?
> 
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Date: Tue, 08 May 2001 11:50:28 +1200
From: Joop Teernstra <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: [ga] MOTION: Request for a GA resolution on an IDN holders'  constituency (IC)

On 15:50 7/05/01 -0700, Joe Kelsey said:
>I am opposed to any Individual's Constituency which has anything at all
>to do with the non-legitimate so-called IDNO.  Please remove all
>references to this organization.
>

The Name is not important for the Resolution of the GA. 
This is why I speak of an IC.

However, the history cannot be unmade and the history is part of the
considerans.
The archives bear witness to what exactly has been said and done.

Pray tell, what makes a bottom-up self organizing process legitimate in
your eyes?
Only the blessing by the ICANN Board, perhaps? Crises are nothing new in
online organizations. I'm just witnessing another one in MINC.

For clarity, let me repeat the motion itself:

I move that the GA will express its support for the immediate acknowledgement 
of an Individuals' Constituency by the Board in accordance with its Bylaws.

I move that this support will take the form of a GA Resolution recommending
that the Board will  place either the creation of such an IC or the
"approval in
principle" on its Agenda for a decision in Stockholm.

Any seconds for this motion?

- -joop

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Date: Mon, 07 May 2001 20:53:21 -0500
From: Bruce James <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: [ga] What makes a corporation?

Leah, I did not say this quote, someone else did.....

/Bruce

- ----- Original Message -----
From: "L Gallegos" <[email-masked]>
To: "GA" <[email-masked]>
Sent: Monday, May 07, 2001 20:24
Subject: Re: [ga] What makes a corporation?

On 7 May 2001, at 19:25, Bruce James wrote:

>
> The business constituency is open to small businesses.  The opportunity is
> there.  You can't make people take advantage of it.  There are dozens and
> dozens of small businesses represented on these lists, more than enough to
> be extremely effective in the business constituency.

And the bigger the business, the more votes they have.  You really
think that a sole proprietor fits with the MCI Worldcoms?  It is the
corporations of the type in the business constituency who are preying
upon the individual and small business domain name holders.  The
membership fees are descriptive of the balance of power.  That's the
reason for the need of a constituency to allow the small business a
voice.

>
> But then they wouldn't be able to complain about not being represented,
> would they?
>
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Date: Mon, 7 May 2001 19:16:06 -0700 
From: Roeland Meyer <[email-masked]>
Subject: RE: [ga] What makes a corporation?

> From: Kent Crispin [mailto:[email-masked]]
> Sent: Monday, May 07, 2001 4:11 PM
> 
> On Mon, May 07, 2001 at 03:33:01PM -0700, William S. Lovell wrote:
> > 
> > I've raised this question with respect to my own situation
> > as to what makes a corporation insofar as constituencies
> > are concerned, and would like to suggest that it has little
> > to do with whether party X has "Inc." or "LLC" after its
> > name.
> 
> I'm not sure why you raise this question.  As far as I know, 
> none of the
> constituencies have being a corporation as a requirement for 
> anything. 
> The business constituency doesn't require it; as far as I know, even a
> sole proprietorship can join.  [The claim that there needs to be a
> constituency for small businesses is completely bogus.]

A larger load of bogons comes with the argument that the same organization
that can support MHSC is the same one that supports MCI. Why was the SBA
ticked-off with ICANN, do ya think? This is especially true when MHSC is
specifically excluded, from the BC, and there are no other constituencies
for us to join.

> [...]
> 
> > In any case, progress seems to be being made on defining the
> > constituencies, and I thought it worth while to raise this issue as
> > well.
> 
> Possibly, but it isn't clear to me.  Perhaps you could provide some 
> motivation? 

Would a lit stick of dynamite work? Nothing else seems to do the job...

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Date: Mon, 07 May 2001 19:19:26 -0700
From: "William S. Lovell" <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: [ga] What makes a corporation?

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Bruce James wrote:

> To join the Business Constituency of the Domain Name Supporting Organization
> (DNSO) of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
>
>  http://bc.dnso.icann.org/
>
> /Bruce

Thank you, Bruce, for some useful information.  It seems, however, that I may
have over-assumed, i.e., that the DNSO even has a set of definitions for the
various constituencies. If it does, would someone please point me to it?  I see
it good to have this business constituency, since all of its adherents will have

positions with regard to such matters as e-commerce, security as to financial
transactions on line, and so on, that may or may not have anything to do with
domain names.  However, I had got the notion from somewhere that there was
a constituency specifically centered on the interests of the large corporations
that have lots of trademarks that they would use in the battle over domain
names.
If there is not one, there ought to be -- some adherents of the business
constituency
would also fall into that class, some peanut-sized outfits like my own would
not.
As one of the responses on this subject pointed out, on some issues the "small
businesses" will see eye-to-eye with the large ones; on other issues,
particularly
the TM/DN hassle, they will be quite incompatible.  The business constituency
evidently being an accomplished thing (based on a quick glance at the site given

above), I'm suggesting that there be two constituencies that specifically take
the
two sides of the TM/DN hassle, and let the battle begin. I am identifying one of

those as being the dominating TM owners, the other side as being individuals
and small businesses or whoever that oppose such things as the UDRP and the
Anti-Cybersquatting Protection Act, abominations if there ever were any (which
indicates which constituency I would join!). It is the situation which permitted

those abominations to come about, I believe, that has led to the currend demand
by individuals, e.g., the IDNO, to demand a greater voice in Internet affairs.

The issue, of course, is whether the present structure is such that
"constituencies"
are simply ghost-like wraiths that ineffectively float about the real action;
there is no
actual need for any constituency for dominating TM owners because the system is
already locked in to their advantage. Is that what we have here?

Bill Lovell

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&nbsp;
<br>Bruce James wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>To join the Business Constituency of the Domain Name
Supporting Organization
<br>(DNSO) of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
<p>&nbsp;<a href="http://bc.dnso.icann.org/">http://bc.dnso.icann.org/</a>
<p>/Bruce</blockquote>
Thank you, Bruce, for some useful information.&nbsp; It seems, however,
that I may
<br>have over-assumed, i.e., that the DNSO even <i>has</i> a set of definitions
for the
<br>various constituencies. If it does, would someone please point me to
it?&nbsp; I see
<br>it good to have this business constituency, since all of its adherents
will have
<br>positions with regard to such matters as e-commerce, security as to
financial
<br>transactions on line, and so on, that may or may not have anything
to do with
<br>domain names.&nbsp; However, I had got the notion from somewhere that
there was
<br>a constituency specifically centered on the interests of the large
corporations
<br>that have lots of trademarks that they would use in the battle over
domain names.
<br>If there is not one, there ought to be -- some adherents of the business
constituency
<br>would also fall into that class, some peanut-sized outfits like my
own would not.
<br>As one of the responses on this subject pointed out, on some issues
the "small
<br>businesses" will see eye-to-eye with the large ones; on other issues,
particularly
<br>the TM/DN hassle, they will be quite incompatible.&nbsp; The business
constituency
<br>evidently being an accomplished thing (based on a quick glance at the
site given
<br>above), I'm suggesting that there be two constituencies that specifically
take the
<br>two sides of the TM/DN hassle, and let the battle begin. I am identifying
one of
<br>those as being the dominating TM owners, the other side as being individuals
<br>and small businesses or whoever that oppose such things as the UDRP
and the
<br>Anti-Cybersquatting Protection Act, abominations if there ever were
any (which
<br>indicates which constituency I would join!). It is the situation which
permitted
<br>those abominations to come about, I believe, that has led to the currend
demand
<br>by individuals, e.g., the IDNO, to demand a greater voice in Internet
affairs.
<p>The issue, of course, is whether the present structure is such that
"constituencies"
<br>are simply ghost-like wraiths that ineffectively float about the real
action; there is no
<br>actual need for any constituency for dominating TM owners because the
system is
<br>already locked in to their advantage. Is that what we have here?
<p>Bill Lovell</html>

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Date: Mon, 07 May 2001 21:09:42 -0500
From: Bruce James <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: [ga] What makes a corporation?

Business Constituency ICANN
Membership fee by type of organisation.

      Category

     Type of organisation

     Fee

     Votes

      category 1

     global company/association

     750 Euros

     3 votes

      category 2

     domestic /one region association

     500 Euros

     2 votes

      category 3

     SME (a company of less than 100 employees or a turnover of less than $
1million )

     100 Euros 1 vote

 /Bruce

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To join the Business Constituency of the Domain Name Supporting Organization
(DNSO) of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)

 http://bc.dnso.icann.org/

/Bruce

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Date: Mon, 7 May 2001 19:30:46 -0700
From: "William X. Walsh" <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re[2]: [ga] MOTION: Request for a GA resolution on an IDN  holders'  constituency (IC)

Hello Joop,

Monday, May 07, 2001, 4:50:28 PM, Joop Teernstra wrote:

> However, the history cannot be unmade and the history is part of the
> considerans.
> The archives bear witness to what exactly has been said and done.

And it is time to leave the past behind, and work from fresh from this
point.

The history is not something we want to bring back up.

> For clarity, let me repeat the motion itself:

> I move that the GA will express its support for the immediate acknowledgement 
> of an Individuals' Constituency by the Board in accordance with its Bylaws.

> I move that this support will take the form of a GA Resolution recommending
> that the Board will  place either the creation of such an IC or the
> "approval in
> principle" on its Agenda for a decision in Stockholm.

> Any seconds for this motion?

Not that we have a process for this kind of thing yet, but, provided
that this matter gets properly vetted in discussion/debate prior to
being voted on, I second the motion as worded here.

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Date: Mon, 07 May 2001 21:29:32 -0500
From: Bruce James <[email-masked]>
Subject: [ga] IPC-ICANN

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