Re: [atlarge-discuss] RE: [atlarge-panel] 006 Deciding Name - Resolution and Recommendation to Members

[Joop Teernstra <terastra@terabytz.co.nz>]

At 03:18 p.m. 19/08/2002 -0400, Michael Geist wrote:
> Joanna,
>
> We should absolutely ensure that there is membership support for the 
> organization's name.  If the membership wants something without ICANN, 
> I'll support that choice.
I agree with Michael on this point.

> That said, your response leaves me genuinely puzzled.  On Sunday you sent 
> an email to the panel asking them to indicate their preference for three 
> names -- icannatlarge, internetatlarge, and worldatlarge. The following 
> day you now indicate that "ICANN must go" and that "We have two options on 
> the table here - WorldAtLarge and InternetAtLarge."
>
> What has changed in 24 hours such that one of the choices has been 
> removed?  We haven't heard from the entire panel, much less the 
> membership.  Was the inclusion of icannatlarge as a choice a good faith 
> choice?  When you say that "I would not be doing my job if I were to allow 
> one side to rule this organization at the expense of the other", isn't 
> that possibly exactly what you're doing when you say that ICANN is off the 
> table before everyone is heard from?
I cannot but agree. Are the rights of the members to be involved in the 
decision abandoned so quickly?
Joanna, please do it right.


--Joop


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