[governance] draft text on political oversight

[Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School of Law]

Well, that is what it *claims* to be.  And the board has historically been 
chosen for technical background, not for contracts knowledge or social 
policy views...

On Tue, 27 Sep 2005, Avri Doria wrote:

>
> On 27 sep 2005, at 16.28, Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School of Law
> wrote:
>
>> For that matter why should a technical body like ICANN attempt
>> (incompetently!) to regulate matters of public policy?
>
> i do not understand in what way ICANN is a technical body.  it is
> perhaps technical policy, but it mostly all about policy and
> contracts as far as i can tell.  very little technology is done
> there.  i expect most of them don't have a clue about the technology
> only about business models and contract details.
>
> a.
>
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