J. William Semich (NIC JWS7) wrote:
>
> ello Kent and fellow PABers;
>
> I think it is a good idea to put PAB forward as the starting point for
> the Names Support Organization,
Dear Bill
I agree with you fully over this point.
but I also think it would be a good idea
> to approach the ccTLD group (WWTLD) to ask it to join in and become part
> of that initial organization right off the bat.
However, I would like to reserve comment over this point(about WWTLD) as
I don't know them well. May be you can enlighten us more.
Best regards.
In fact, the draft
> bylaws specifically mention "registries" as a required component of the
> Organization.
>
> It would thus be a more realistic course to do so, and could generate
> more good will and support, than going it alone and then asking others
> to join in the PAB version of the game after the fact.
>
> We already have some experience with that approach from the ccTLD
> managers point of view (when it voted to set itself at INET98 as the
> natural starting point for the Names Supporting Organization) and I
> recall PAB/POC/CORE was a bit miffed at such self agrandizement.
>
> So why not _start_ the game as more than one group. Jon Postel is
> himself a member of WWTLD, and you might ask his opinion, although I'd
> suggest the first points of contact would be Prof. Kilnam Chon (.kr
> admin for over a decade, chairman of WWTLD, and cofounder of APTLD) as
> well as, perhaps, Faye Howard of CENTRE and Oscar Robles of LATLD.
>
> Feedback?
>
> Bill Semich (NIC-JWS7)
> bsemich@mail.nu
> Internet Users Society - Niue
> .NU Domain
> http://www.nunames.nu
>
> In reply to 18 Sep message from Kent Crispin <kent@songbird.com>:
>
> >[resend]
>
> >New draft bylaws for IANA corp (now, alas, renamed as the
> >"Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers", which, I
> >note, conflicts with the well-known "International Conference on
> >Artificial Neural Networks") are posted on the IANA Web site,
> >www.iana.org. It is very important that you read them and make
> >any comments as quickly as possible. Especially read the sections
> >concerning the structure of the "Supporting Organizations".
>
> >I think we should consider trying to make PAB the nucleus of a
> >Names Support Organization, and POC the nucleus of the Names
> >Council, and I would like to see some serious discussion of the
> >possibility. There are other organizations with goals quite
> >antithetical to ours that are going to step up to the plate, and
> >they will likely carry the day if we don't act. This is a *very*
> >*serious* *possibility*.
>
> >There are things that I think to be done to achieve this
> >transmogrification. They will require POC's blessing, but I think
> >this can be accomplished:
>
> > 1) We should incorporate.
>
> > 2) We should start charging dues.
>
> > 3) We should modify the "MoU lite" notion to come up
> > with a document that fits with the current reality.
>
> > 4) We need to restructure the PAB/POC/CORE relationship to
> > fit with the current reality.
>
> >There is a lot to do; we only have a few weeks at most to do it.
>
> >Comments please!
>
> >--
> >Kent Crispin, PAB Chair "No reason to get excited",
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