[Chapter-delegates] FW: Ethos/PIR/ISoc statements regarding ICANN's rejection of the sale of PIR/.ORG

[Winthrop Yu]

+1 Richard

Wyn


On 5 May 2020 5:33 pm, Richard Hill via Chapter-delegates wrote:
> Thank you for this, and please see embedded comments below.
>
> Best,
> Richard
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Chapter-delegates [mailto:chapter-delegates-
>> bounces at elists.isoc.org] On Behalf Of 'Andrew Sullivan' via Chapter-
>> delegates
>> Sent: Tuesday, May 5, 2020 00:30
>> To: Chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org
>> Subject: Re: [Chapter-delegates] FW: Ethos/PIR/ISoc statements
>> regarding ICANN's rejection of the sale of PIR/.ORG
>>
>> On Mon, May 04, 2020 at 11:34:31PM +0200, Richard Hill wrote:
>>
>>> Let's agree to disagree. In my view, the statement that ICANN acted
>> outside
>>> its mandate IS a policy statement that should have been consulted
>> with the
>>> membership.
>> You may certainly disagree with me about it, but I don't see how a
>> claim about what ICANN did can be understood as a public position
>> paper that would normally entail consultation under
>> https://www.internetsociety.org/about-internet-society/policy-
>> development-process/.
> I agree that commenting on what ICANN did does not fall under a narrow
> reading of that policy development process.
>
> However, in my view, the allegation that ICANN didn't merely enforce a
> contractual clause, but instead exceeded its mandate and violated its
> bylaws, is a serious attack on ICANN's legitimacy. In my view, such an
> attack should have been consulted with the membership, in keeping with the
> spirit, if not the letter, of the cited policy development process.
>
> As I've said before, I think that ISOC has much to gain, and little to lose,
> by consulting its membership. Surely it can consult even if is not strictly
> required to do so by its written policies?
>
>
>
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