Dear Mr. Brannon, I am pleased to forward your message to the Protocol Council. Also, I would like to inform you that not all of the Protocol Council Members will attend the PSO GA. Best regards, Vladimir -----Original Message----- From: Brannon Keith [mailto:brannon@iso.org] Sent: mercredi, 12. juin 2002 11:03 To: Androuchko Vladimir Cc: smith@iso.ch Subject: Re: ISO application for SDO membership of the PSO Mr Androuchko, Thank you for the information,may I suggest that any questions the Protocol Council may have may be discussed at your next meeting of the PSO GA this month as there will be two representatives from ISO at the meeting.Perhaps under "open discussion" on the agenda. Thanking you in advance K Brannon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Androuchko, Vladimir" <vladimir.androuchko@itu.int> To: "'Brannon Keith'" <brannon@iso.org> Cc: "pso-pc ITU (MLIST)" <pso-pc@ties.itu.int> Sent: Monday, June 10, 2002 10:54 AM Subject: ISO application for SDO membership of the PSO > Dear Mr. Brannon, > > On behalf of the Protocol Council: > The Protocol Council had a pleasure to analyze the issue > of the ISO application for the SDO membership in PSO. > Various Members of PSO are having difficulties with the > interpretation of the requirement on the openness for a > "...process is open to a person or organization, of any nationality on > equitable terms. " > (Section 8 a) (ii), MoU), which says: > > "Open, international, voluntary standards organizations are defined as > international organizations that plan, develop or establish voluntary > standards. > An organization shall be considered open and international if its standards > and /or specifications development process is open to any person > or organization > of any nationality on equitable terms. An organization shall be considered > voluntary if it makes no claim to compel use of its standards and > specifications. > Additionally, to be considered "international", an organization's voting (or > other "full") > membership must include individuals or companies primarily located in at > least three > different Geographic Regions and at least two different countries within > each of those > Geographic Regions" > > As the PSO-PC is a consensus based body, Protocol Council decided > to ask ISO Secretariat to describe the method by which > a person or an organization can participate in the work of the ISO in order > to demonstrate whether it is > internationally open or not. > > Also, Reform Committee is going to publish a new paper > for the discussion very soon and a number of issues regarding the PSO Reform > might be raised in this paper. This paper will be discussed at the Bucharest > ICANN Meeting. > > After receiving the requested information from ISO Secretariat, Protocol > Council > will give a final response to the ISO's application by the end of July 2002, > > after the ICANN Meeting in Bucharest. > > Sincerely yours, > > Vladimir Androuchko > PSO-PC Secretary > > >