Hello, I was surprised to see that the newsletter appears to contain "opinion pieces", for lack of a better term: http://www.bizconst.org/Newsletters/newsletter_Aug09.htm as opposed to strictly information. One-sided statements like: "Unfounded (and sometimes ridiculous) opposition has been raised as to the substance of the IP Clearinghouse and URS proposals..." are inflammatory and one-sided, and should have no place in a newsletter whose submission criteria was described (two weeks ago) as being "intended to provide members with summary information on current issues." There's a large gap between providing "information" and some of the statements of opinion which infect the newsletter. More care should be given to edit the newsletter submissions to remove these biased statements entirely, or to make it clear that they are only the opinion of the author. Much of the opposition to the IRT was on a solid foundation, and indeed ICANN will face great challenges if they attempt to implement those policies without modification to resolve the well reasoned concerns of those who made thoughtful comments. Sincerely, George Kirikos 416-588-0269 http://www.leap.com/ On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 1:19 AM, BC Secretariat<secretariat@bizconst.org> wrote:
Dear Members
The latest edition of the BC newsletter is now available at the website: www.bizconst.org
Best wishes Gary