Milton, I think that you are overreacting. This is not a case of two govts working in private and then declaring what is "public policy". Suzanne Sene functions as the convenor of the GAC working group on WHOIS. That working group (probably more than two members) agreed on text drafted by the Australian GAC contingent. The draft -- let me repeat -- draft -- has now been forwarded to the entirety of the GAC membership for a preliminary round of comments. I see nothing sinister in the process. It may well be that other GAC members will disagree with the language presented and will seek modifications, enhancements, revisions, or amendments. What ultimately emerges may bear little similarity to this initial text. What troubles me is the rush to meddle in the internal affairs of another advisory group and the call for a reactionary letter-writing campaign. Would you want the GAC or any other constituent body engaging in a letter writing campaign to the NCUC? Would you like it if external interests attempted to apply pressure on select NCUC members in order to achieve a certain result? Let the GAC do whatever it needs to do. That's their business, not ours. Our business is to formulate a WHOIS proposal that serves the noncommercial interest, yet thus far I have not seen any attempt to craft such a model. It's easy enough to complain that what others have proposed runs counter to our interests... but at the end of the day such whining fails to serve our needs if a counter-proposal is not on the table. If this constituency is serious about the future of WHOIS policy, then we have a duty to present an alternative model and to make the case for such a model. I look forward to discussion within the constituency on what a future WHOIS should look like. best wishes, Danny --- Milton Mueller <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Remember the issue is not just Whois, as importqnt > as that is. It is > also the farcical US puppet institution that > degrades the UN and then > attempts to let two govts working in private declare > what is "public > policy" for the entire world. > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com