FC: ICANN replies to ACLU protest of $5,000 leafleting charge

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From: "Andrew McLaughlin" <mclaughlin_at_pobox.com>
To: <declan_at_well.com>
Subject: RE: ACLU protests ICANN demand of $5,000 to leaflet at meeting
Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2001 13:08:24 -0800

Declan:

The complaint is mistaken. ICANN holds open meetings, free to attend, with
open mike sessions for public comment. People have always been allowed to
distribute policy drafts, proposals, RFCs, resolutions, etc. The meeting is
not, however, a trade show, and we don't want companies to use it for
marketing purposes. So the distribution of commercial literature is
restricted to sponsors. That's SOP for meetings like this.

--andrew

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