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Kendall Dawson (Private Individual) Individuals Constituency (DNSO General Assembly, 3/11/01 9:47:20 AM, #1178) When will the GA ask for a time-schedule regarding the actual creation of an Individual's Constituency?

Sotiris Sotiropoulos (Hermes Network, Inc.) (Administrivia, 3/11/01 10:03:17 AM, #1179) How will the NC choose from the ranked candidates? specifically? process?

Sotiris Sotiropoulos (Hermes Network, Inc.) (Administrivia, 3/11/01 10:09:44 AM, #1180) There are plenty of Individuals listed in the GA Voting Registry, yet no IDNH constituency, does this present a difficulty to the nomination of an unaffilited individual?

Kendall Dawson (Private Individual) Why doesn't the GA make use of MAL? (Individuals, 3/11/01 10:22:36 AM, #1183) The MAL program was designed to allow individuals to participate. Why doesn't the GA recommend changing the By-Laws to allow participation by MAL members?

Darryl (Dassa) Lynch (DHS International) (Individuals, 3/11/01 10:36:56 AM, #1184) It is alright for constituencies to be self forming but when submissions are rejected without full explanations and there are not specific guidelines for potential constituencies to follow in making a submission it is very difficult. Are there plans to produce a series of guidelines for the formation of potential constituency submissions and if in future proposals are made to form new constituencies what will be the basis for any approval or disapproval.

Sotiris Sotiropoulos (Hermes Network, Inc.) VI. Individuals (Administrivia, 3/11/01 10:38:50 AM, #1185) So, conceivably any group that comes forward claiming to represent individuals with an organization plan may be given constituency status?

Robert Hering (Arberon) (Individuals, 3/11/01 10:58:26 AM, #1187) Could someone please clarify the relationship between "indivdual" consituencies and the At large membership? Thank you

Robert Connelly (PSI-Japan, Inc.) (Administrivia, 3/11/01 10:58:30 AM, #1188) Dear GA: Several of my colleagues, myself included, signed up for the GA with the expectation of receiveing some kind of authentication or password which would allow us to vote on GA matters. We were to receive a ballot by Email. None of the individuatls to whom I spoke had received the ballot. Regards, BobC

Kendall Dawson (Private Individual) Combintation registry/registrar (Administrivia, 3/11/01 11:02:02 AM, #1189) Why was IOD turned down for a combined registry/registar when VeriSign is asking for the ssame thing?

Robert Connelly (PSI-Japan, Inc.) (Administrivia, 3/11/01 11:04:59 AM, #1191) Dear GA: My comment relates to the election process for At Large members of the Board: A number of my colleagues, myself included, went through the procedures for being certified to vote. We were to receive some kind of authenticating procedure. We were to receive a ballot or password by Snailaail. The persons to whom I spoke did not receive the Snailmail and therefore were disenfranciezed. Regards, BobC

Marc Schneiders (Venster (bijt.net)) Verisign and ORG (AOB, 3/11/01 11:05:39 AM, #1192) As an individual ORG domain name user, I am concerned about the way in which ICANN seems to change the nature of ORG overnight in the context of a completely different issue. Is this good for the stability of the internet? Is it good for the trust of people in the management of the DNS by ICANN?

Kendall Dawson (Private Individual) (Administrivia, 3/11/01 11:09:04 AM, #1193) Most people consider RACE -- the Row-based ASCII-Compatible Encoding standard, a kludge for using ASCII to encode non-Latin characters. What about all of the Asian markets that aren't being served by this ASCII-only system? Wouldn't it be better to restructure the DNS in a way that would actually meet the needs of a global linguistic environment?

Sotiris Sotiropoulos (Hermes Network, Inc.) WHOIS Info (AOB, 3/11/01 11:12:59 AM, #1194) There are many people with privacy concerns regarding the selling of WHOIS data by NSI/VeriSign to commercial entities. Is there any official DNSO position as regards the private information being sold by NSI?

Kendall Dawson (Private Individual) Verisign/NSI (Administrivia, 3/11/01 11:15:50 AM, #1195) Why hasn't the proposed Verisign contract revision been formally submitted to the DNSO? The ICANN by-laws provide that ICANN staff aren't supposed to be initiating domain name policies -- rather, the Board should "refer proposals for substantive policies" relating to domain names to the DNSO for its "initial consideration and recommendation to the Board."