Re: addendum to the gTLD MOU

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>]

Jim and all,

Jim Dixon wrote:
> 
> 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?

  I believe I could come up with several possibilities without too
much trouble.
> 
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