[council] ALAC Statement on .NET Process

[Bret Fausett]

Dear Council Members,

I wanted to share with you an ALAC Statement forwarded today to the ICANN
Board. The text is below. Please let me know if you have any questions.

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In recent weeks, the At Large Advisory Committee ("ALAC") has been pleased
to provide comments, both in writing and at the Mar del Plata meeting, to
the ICANN Board and staff about the .NET process and the Telcordia
report. While the ALAC does not make any recommendation to ICANN about
which registry operator ultimately should be awarded the .NET contract, it
does believe that (a) the selection process should be open and
transparent; and (b) all public comments solicited by ICANN and submitted
in a timely manner by concerned persons, including the ALAC, should be
reviewed and considered in the .NET evaluation.

The ALAC is concerned with the recent Telcordia report, posted on the
ICANN website on 3 May 2005, because it did not respond to any of the
public comments submitted to date. Indeed, Telcordia specifically states
that it has considered only the comments of the individual bidders about
their own bids.

We believe that in a matter of public interest, such as the stable
operation of the .NET registry, the most important comments are those of
the registrants who ultimately will be served by the registry operator,
not the commercial bidders competing for the award. Accordingly, we ask
that the ICANN Board acknowledge, consider, and respond to the many
thoughtful comments submitted during the public comment period prior to a
final determination of which company should receive the .NET registry
contract.

Respectfully submitted,
AT LARGE ADVISORY COMMITTEE

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