Re: Reading the charter (was Re: Conflict resolution?)

[Vince Wolodkin <wolodkin@digitalink.com>]

I am not trying to nitpick, but I do think it is important to clear this
up.  The charter clearly states that applications will be accepted and
awards will be made.  This doesn't come right out and say TLD's, but
whoever authored the charter likely wasn't thinking about something
else.  I think it is fairly clear to all who read the charter that
awards are TLD's.

Who wrote the charter?  Can we get an IAHC official response?

Vince Wolodkin

Dave Crocker wrote:
> 
> Vince,
> 
> At 7:26 AM -0800 11/19/96, Vince Wolodkin wrote:
> >The charter has dates in it for accepting applications and more dates
> >for granting TLDs.  If the charter was going to look at whether or not
> 
>         Where does the charter state that TLDs will be granted?
> 
> >Mar 1, 97 Initial awards according to new policies and procedures
> 
> >> Vince Wolodkin writes:
> >> > I thought the IAHC was going to consider that new iTLD's may not be the
> >> > answer, but the charter seems to indicate otherwise, already assuming
> >> > applications and assignments of new iTLDs.  Which is it?
> 
>         The language does say 'awards', but that's all it says.
> 
>         The strong general consensus is that the status quo is not
> acceptable -- that's why the iahc was formed.  This means that there is a
> general consensus that there will be changes.  While I suppose it's
> possible that such changes might, theoretically, involve nothing more than
> making changes in NSI's operation, it isn't clear that a group like the
> IAHC could mandate such a thing, given NSI's current agreement.  Besides
> that, I don't think many of us believe this would be a sufficient outcome.
> (But we do want to be thorough and in its travels down the various paths of
> possibility, I'll note that this possibility did come up in the IAHC
> discussions.)
> 
>         So if there is going to be change and it is going to involve more
> than NSI, the word "award" isn't unreasonable, although perhaps it should
> have said "implementation of" in order to be even more neutral.  But the
> text very carefully does not state the nature of the award.  We want to
> refrain from assumptions until there are proposals and reviews sufficient
> consensus.
> 
>         Each of us, on or off the IAHC, might well have strong, personal
> expectations about the nature of those awards, but folks need to realize
> that those are personal interpretations and are not stated in the charter.
> 
> d/
> 
> (read the last line, please)
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