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IP: ICANN Gets Green Light by Niall McKay
From: Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>
Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 04:55:03 -0500
http://www.wired.com/news/news/politics/story/16469.html ICANN Gets Green Light by Niall McKay 5:00 p.m. 24.Nov.98.PST The White House will begin the handover of the Net's technical management to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers on Wednesday. The birth of the corporation, or ICANN, has been fraught with contention. Last week, it was halted when the White House told the organization it had to become more open and accountable. "ICANN has addressed most but not all of our concerns, but it's close enough to begin moving ahead," Magaziner said Tuesday. "Tomorrow we will launch a joint project to designate the specifics of the new organization." In response to White House concerns, the corporation amended its bylaws to ensure, it says, a more open and democratic process. "We have made a lot of changes to our bylaws in response to the feedback from the White House and interested parties," said Esther Dyson, interim chairman for ICANN. "While everybody in the world is not happy, we believe that we have reached a much broader consensus." Under the terms of the joint project, ICANN and the Commerce Department will work together to figure out the specific details of the new organization. "The joint project will not give ICANN immediate responsibility for the Internet," said Magaziner. "It will just give them the go ahead to begin forming the new organization." ...... _____________________________________________________________________ David Farber The Alfred Fitler Moore Professor of Telecommunication Systems University of Pennsylvania Home Page: http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~farber
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