Kent,
I think you should keep on keeping on until things are better sorted.
Antony
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-pab@gtld-mou.org [mailto:owner-pab@gtld-mou.org]On Behalf Of
> Kent Crispin
> Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 1998 4:07 PM
> To: pab@gtld-mou.org
> Subject: PAB elections
>
>
> Believe it or not, a year has passed, and, according to the draft
> charter for PAB the term of office for the current officers is
> expiring. It is, therefore, my duty to call for elections.
>
> The circumstances, however, are rather uncertain. As I indicated in
> my email a couple of weeks ago, the current best guess is that the
> policy body that will deal with the gTLDs will be the DNSO -- neither
> PAB nor POC will be in the role they were originally designed for,
> but the DNSO as currently envisioned is borrows a great deal from PAB
> and POC.
>
> The world we see today is much different than we hoped for one year
> ago, and, indeed, in my pessimistic moments I sometimes think that
> the forces of darkness have prevailed. But in my more optimistic
> moments I think that some minor progress has been made, and that the
> DNSO is where we should now be expending our energies.
>
> But we are still left with the following question: is there any
> significant interest in holding an election?
>
> If so, then we will hold one, and I might even nominate myself for
> some office.
>
> If not, then I propose that we simply keep the PAB mailing list
> going, for a while at least, and see what happens. While there may
> not be the energy to maintain an organizational structure, there may
> still be some utility in maintaining a communications channel to
> those who support the principles of the gTLD-MoU.
>
> Comments?
>
> --
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