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They really call ICANN out and ICM out on a lot of things in this letter... doesnt pull any punches at all. Its great.
"Mr. Lawley's interpretation of events makes a mockery of ICANN's consensus
process and of the time and effort expended by numerous commentators with a
serious interest in this controversial matter. In fact, regardless of the
Board's ultimate decision, we would think it would wish to initiate its own
inquiry to determine whether any member of ICANN staff provided encouragement
for Mr. Lawley's apparent view that the ultimate adoption of some .XXX registry
contract has been a certainty since mid-2005. Surely, it cannot be the case
that ICANN's initial decision to enter into negotiations with the applicant for
a proposed sponsored TLD constitutes a guarantee that such negotiation will
inevitably result in the approval and signing of a final agreement. If that is
ICANN's negotiating posture it is volunteering to be at a disadvantage at every
bargaining table, and is also telling the community that it only has power to
influence the terms of such proposals but has no power to successfully oppose
their approval."
"ICANN's Board previously found the proposed .XXX agreement to be so deficient
in merit that is was rejected by a nearly 2-1 vote. In our view the proposed
"cure" of the RPA under consideration is substantially worse than the original
proposal and deserves unanimous rejection. It would implicate ICANN in areas
far outside its technical mandate and would set s series of terrible precedents
that would disfigure the fundamental purpose of the DNS."
^^^ this is the bottom line
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