karl's initial request was for unlimited access (fine) AND ability to release without limit any material he saw fit. ICANN responded with a procedure to protect confidentiality. Karl never took advantage of that (others did) but instead sued. I would note that his position as to access/release changed, at least as I understand it, after the suit was filed. Vint At 06:28 PM 8/1/2002 -0700, Randy Bush wrote: >vint, > >so tell me, vint. maybe i am bit slow here, but. as icann is a >shepherd of the public trust, other than personnel data, which are >obviously confidential, why is icann not fiscally and procedurally >transparent? why did there need to be any of this pool-pah in the >first place? was there a critical shortage of controversy? > >randy Vint Cerf SVP Architecture & Technology WorldCom 22001 Loudoun County Parkway, F2-4115 Ashburn, VA 20147 703 886 1690 (v806 1690) 703 886 0047 fax