Yes, staff incursions into policy making have been a perennial problem in ICANN. So shall we use this report as the basis for our discussions? Are there any other comments? >>> "Horacio T. Cadiz" <[log in to unmask]> 11/10/2005 9:40:52 PM >>> On Thu, 10 Nov 2005, Milton Mueller wrote: > it be resolved on a piecemeal basis. Moreover, all registries should be > treated equally in this regard. Therefore a policy should be set via the > ICANN process, and used as the basis for staff negotiations with > registries. This can not be stressed enough. It appears that the ICANN staff has too much leeway in negotiating provisions of the agreement with regard to (1) pricing (2) extension of terms and the like. ICANN should setup a policy for all the current and future registries rather than negotiate with each in secret. -- Bombim Cadiz ***************************************** * Free/Open Source Software (FOSS) -- * * No windows. No gates. It is open. * * No Bill. It is Free. * *****************************************