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Minutes of the TLDA Board Meeting
Held via Internet Relay Chat (IRC)
on March 27, 2001 at 23:30 EST. Board Members Present: Gene Marsh
Leah Gallagos
Richard Sexton
Ray Fassett
John Palmer The President, Gene Marsh called the meeting to order as the meeting Chairman. Initial discussion regarding the topic of board members marking their comments as "personal opinion" so as not to confuse list members into thinking that their words represented the TLDA. It was agreed that all board members should mark their posts as "PERSONAL OPINION - NOT OFFICIAL POLICY" unless they are authorized to speak for TLDA. The topic of TLD collisions was discussed. Several board members did not want TLDA to be involved in any collision mediation at all as this would may be perceived as TLDA attempting to "set policy and be like ICANN". Others disagreed and thought that TLDA could have a role in helping mediate resolutions. The Chair asked John Palmer and Richard Sexton to make a first attempt to come up with membership criteria for the TLDA. The Chair indicated that he and Ray Fasset would meet with the attorneys to discuss legal issues such as Articles of Incorporation, State of Incorporation and other legal matters. The Chair asked that if any board members that had any other legal issues, that they should forward those concerns to him as soon as possible. The Chair then brought up the subject of the perceptions that some list members were taking of TLDA efforts. There were some unhappy people, mostly due to the posting of two list member. Many people took their postings as official TLDA pronouncements and did not like what they were hearing. Words like "ICANN II" were being spoken on the list by those who were displeased with what they thought were official TLDA pronouncements. One of the posting members was Patrick Corliss, a member of the board. The Chair Made a Motion: MOTION 1 BY GENE MARSH A vote of Confidence of Patrick Corliss as a Board Member of the TLDA. A YES vote means you have confidence in him, a NO vote means that you do not and are voting for his removal MOTION SECONDED BY RICHARD SEXTON THE VOTE: YES: RAY FASSET, NO: RICHARD SEXTON, GENE MARSH. ABSTAIN: LEAH GALLAGOS, JOHN PALMER.
TOTAL: YES: 1, NO:2, ABSTAIN:2 THE MOTION IS NOT AGREED TO. The Chair made another Motion: MOTION 2 BY GENE MARSH That The TLDA Board resolve to send a signed e-mail to Patrick Corliss stating its concern with his recent actions and his failure to identify his postings as his own personal views. A YES vote means that you want the letter to be sent and will sign it, a NO vote means you do not want this letter sent MOTION SECONDED BY LEAH GALLAGOS THE VOTE: YES: RICHARD SEXTON, LEAH GALLAGOS, JOHN PALMER, FAY FASSET, GENE MARSH
TOTAL: YES: 5, NO: 0 . THE MOTION IS AGREED TO UNANIMOUSLY. Leah Gallagos mentioned that she was working on the second press release but needed permission from some individuals to mention the name of their academic affiliations and would let the board know when that was accomplished. Leah indicated that she had been contacted by a lot of reporters who told her "This is just what we've been waiting for". Publications included Computerworld and The Washington Internet Daily. Richard then raised the point that a lot of the unrest on the TLDA list was due to Patrick Corliss and other members appearing to co-opt the TLDA and turn it into collision avoidance organization with all sorts of rules about who can and cannot have a TLD. This rasied the perception that TLDA was just going to be "ICANN II". Richard said that this caused damage to the image of the TLDA which should not be involved in collision avoidance in any way, but should simply be a marketing organization for TLD holders. The Chair brought up the fact that the mission statement contains mention of "collision-free". The Chair stated that he thought that TLDA can and should provide offer basic guidelines for a path to resolving conflicts, but should not take ownership of the process. John Palmer stated that he thought that TLDA should emphasize that they feel that a collision-free namespace is desirable, but that TLDA shouldn't be in the business of deciding on what TLDA claims were valid. Leah Gallagos stated that the TLDA had to stand for something other than marketing and that mentioning that it is the TLDA's desire to see a "collision free" namespace should not bother anyone. The chair made a motion: MOTION 3 BY GENE MARSH The TLDA mission statement shall be re-written to remove any statement about collisions MOTION SECONDED BY RAY FASSET THE VOTE: YES: RICHARD SEXTON, RAY FASSET, GENE MARSH. NO: LEAH GALLAGOS, JOHN PALMER
TOTAL: 3 YES, 2 NO. THE MOTION IS AGREED TO. The Chair opened up discussion on the topic of a budget for the TLDA and the topic of wether or not someone from the TLDA should attend the ICANN meetings as a lot of the important TLD/DNS players will be there. Gene suggested that TLDA budget for one meeting. Also, TLDA needs to hold an annual meeting per state law. Must be face to face. Will need to budget for this. The Chair brought up the topic of the Top level domain ".TLD" Ron Kimball donated this tld to the TLDA. What should be done with it? The chair made a motion: MOTION 4 BY GENE MARSH The TLDA will hold but not operate the top level domain ".TLD" until a discussion at a later date MOTION SECONDED BY LEAH GALLAGOS THE VOTE: YES: LEAH GALLAGOS, JOHN PALMER. NO: RICHARD SEXTON, RAY FASSET, GENE MARSH
TOTAL: 2 YES, 3 NO. THE MOTION IS NOT AGREED TO. The chair made another motion: MOTION 5 BY GENE MARSH The TLDA respecfully declines the stewardship of ".TLD" and returns it to its holder, Ron Kimball. THE MOTION WAS SECONDED BY LEAH GALLAGOS Richard made an objection stating that Ron Kimball did not want the top level domain - how can it be given back to him if he didn't want it. The chair made a motion to set aside the rules which was seconded by Leah Gallagos and the matter was discussed further. A motion was made by The Chair to strike the vote on MOTION 5 and it was seconded by Richard Sexton. The Chair made a new motion: MOTION 6 BY GENE MARSH The TLDA respectfully declines the kind offer of Ron Kimball for the top level domain ".TLD". MOTION SECONDED BY LEAH GALLAGOS THE VOTE: YES: RICHARD SEXTON, LEAH GALLAGOS, JOHN PALMER, RAY FASSET, GENE MARSH
TOTALS: 5 YES, 0 NO. THE MOTION IS AGREED TO UNANIMOUSLY. The Chair made a motion: MOTION 7 BY GENE MARSH That The Board Do Now Adjorn MOTION SECONDED BY JOHN PALMER THE VOTE: YES: JOHN PALMER, RICHARD SEXTON, LEAH GALLAGOS, RAY FASSET, GENE MARSH
TOTAL: 5 YES, 0 NO. THE MOTION IS AGREED TO UNANIMOUSLY. The meeting adjorned at 3:08AM EST on March 28, 2001
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