Agreed. Brian. In message <80256A8C.00309680.00@marconicomms.com>, Gerry Lawrence <Gerry.Lawrence@MARCONI.COM> writes >Do we all agree to send the following letter to the ICANN CEO? > >Letter follows: > >******************************************************************************* >* >**** > >Dear Mr Lynn, > >As you know, the ICANN PSO held its Second Annual General Meeting on the 11th >July at the ETSI Headquarters in the South of France. It was well attended, >with all four of the PSO member organisations being represented, and two >European based members of the ICANN Board also present (Mr Hans Kraaijenbrink >and Mr Helmut Schink). The number of attendees was slightly up on last year, >at >a total of 60. A report of the meeting will appear shortly on the PSO website, >where you will already find copies of all the presentations given. > >What was disappointing was that no member of the ICANN staff attended. Last >year, in Pittsburgh, we had Mr Louis Touton in attendance, and we believe it >sends the wrong signal to the rest of the world if ICANN staff are only going >to >attend the PSO GA if it is held in America. We are obliged by our MOU to hold >our GA, not in conjunction with an ICANN meeting, but hosted by an SDO in >conjunction with one of its own major meetings. > >The date of this year's GA was known well in advance and our secretary made >several attempts to get an ICANN staff member to attend. She also booked an >audioconference bridge in case someone could attend by telephone, but none of >your staff responded positively to this. > >The members of the PSO Council wish to express their disappointment at not >having the involvement of one of the ICANN staff in our second GA, and strongly >encourage you to make plans for a staff member to attend next year's GA. > >Yours sincerely, > > Steve Bellovin IETF Representative > Fabio Bigi ITU Representative > Leslie Daigle IETF Representative > Philipp Hoschka W3C Representative > Azucena Hernandez ETSI Representative > Gerry Lawrence ETSI Representative > Brian Moore ITU Representative > Daniel Weitzner W3C Representative > >***************************** Letter Ends >************************************************************ > >Kind regards, > >Gerry B W Moore Lucent Technologies bmoore@lucent.com Tel: +44 1206 762335 Fax: +44 1206 762336 =========================================================================