addendum to the gTLD MOU

[Jim Dixon <jdd@matthew.uk1.vbc.net>]

On Thu, 18 Sep 1997, andi payn wrote:

> If we can indeed join PAB by signing the MoU with written objections (and
> especially if doing so makes it not a valid contract), the best thing we can
> all do for the process is to do so, then see if we can work within the
> PAB--alongside the reformers who are already there--to try to fix as much as
> possible.

There is some risk in this approach: if there is a steady rise in the 
number of signatories, then the -- dunno what to call them -- people 
currently controlling the process will claim a rising level of support,
even though their majority (if any ;-) is steadily falling.  

So ideally what you do is get the largest possible block of people to 
join at the same time, all with the same objections.  This is of course
asking for a miraculous level of cooperation.  So ask for an even 
greater miracle: ask that enough join at one time to completely shift
the majority.  To guarantee this, should there be N signatories at this
time, you would need to have N+1 new signatories to the gTLD MOU.
 
>          If we get a reform-minded majority in the PAB, there are only two
> possible outcomes. Either iPOC/POC implements all or most of the reforms we
> want, or they prove once and for all that they have no interest in listening
> to the concerns of the Internet community, even as represented by their own
> advisory board.

Anyone care to work on a standard addendum to the gTLD MOU, one which
would enable a few hundred more organizations to sign it?

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