+1 KK On 22/02/2010 15:01, "Balleste, Roy" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > You have my support! > > Roy Balleste > Law Library Director & > Associate Professor of Law > St. Thomas University Law Library > 16401 NW 37th Avenue > Miami Gardens, FL 33054 > 305-623-2341 > 305-623-2337 (fax) > > ________________________________ > From: Non-Commercial User Constituency [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > On Behalf Of Milton L Mueller > Sent: Saturday, February 20, 2010 7:24 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Vertical integration charter > > Hi, > In case any of you didnšt catch Avrišs forward, let me explain the > significance of her email. After the GNSO created a Policy Development Process > on vertical integration, a drafting team was formed to charter the Working > Group that will be formed. > > We now have a draft charter, and we are supposed to get your assent to what is > proposed. In one case (Objective 5) there are two versions that we need to > select from. > > The charter we drafted is mostly ok with me, but I am deeply concerned about > the way in which short-term political games are diverting attention from the > real, long term policy issues that need to be resolved. Specifically, there > are legitimate concerns about staff policy-making through the DAG, and > Objective 3, 4, and 5 are more about the GNSO asserting some kind of > investigative and oversight power over staff than it is about policy making > for the long term. I am also concerned abo -- Dr. Konstantinos Komaitis, Lecturer in Law, GigaNet Membership Chair, University of Strathclyde, The Lord Hope Building, 141 St. James Road, Glasgow, G4 0LT, UK tel: +44 (0)141 548 4306 email: [log in to unmask]