Re: PAB Composition of POC

From: Perry E. Metzger (perry@piermont.com)
Date: Thu Jan 08 1998 - 21:50:24 PST


"Peter Mott" writes:
> >> The gTLD-MoU has a somewhat autocratic approach to control and decision
> >> making. It basically gives POC the right to run the show as it sees fit.
>
> >Thats really not true. First of all, the POC is under dramatic
> >external political pressure. Second of all, the POC's members are all
> >selected by other bodies which thus hold the power to indirectly
> >influence the POC's decisions.
>
> I was talking about what the MoU says, not what POC says or has done.

The MoU specifies things like the fact that the members of the POC
come from these organizations. The members are *representatives*, not
kings. I fail to see the disconnect between the MoU and the POC's
largely enlightened behavior to date.

Perry



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