[ifwp] Re: Techo-speak, allowed by M. Sondow?

1999-01-12 Thread Christopher Ambler
At 10:45 PM 1/11/99 -0800, Kent Crispin wrote: More of my bad memory again, shoot. Also, I have key sigs that are that painful, I'm glad that I'm a guitarist, not a keyboard player. So are we. Richard Sexton Soprano Sax. If and when we have another F2F meeting, we should bring

[ifwp] Re: Constituencies

1999-01-12 Thread jeff Williams
All, If anyone believes that they are being harmed by lack of action or incorrect action by the NTIA or any other USG agency they can surely seek a legal remedy as required by law. If those parties are NOT willing to do so, than either they cannot make this case, or are not willing to take

[ifwp] Re: Amendments to dnso.org and dnso.net bylaws

1999-01-12 Thread jeff Williams
Kent and all, Kent Crispin wrote: On Sun, Jan 10, 1999 at 11:36:34AM -0800, Patrick Greenwell wrote: At last, an intelligent comment! Thank you! [...] A question: What in your opinion would constitute demonstration of "legal identity" keeping in mind the global nature of the

[ifwp] Re: Re: Reflections on an attack

1999-01-12 Thread Ronda Hauben
Jonathan Zittrain [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: from exercising their rights to participate, is a serious problem. My question: what do you see as the best online architecture for open discussion on contentious issues that doesn't have a small minority of the stakeholders de facto dominating the

[ifwp] Re: rumor: dnso.org and trademark community have cut a deal

1999-01-12 Thread Jim Dixon
On Mon, 11 Jan 1999, Greg Skinner wrote: Much of the fighting is over ICANN itself, and comes from the fact that ICANN operates in secret. A good deal of the fighting is in fact a form of speculation: people are arguing over different interpretations of ICANN's intent, or what today's

[ifwp] Re: Techo-speak, allowed by M. Sondow?

1999-01-12 Thread Roberto Gaetano
Chris, Did I mention that I play keyboards and drums? No, but I suspected that seeing your post on the rythm. Roeland wrote: It looks like we have the makings of the "Internet Blues/Jazz Band". When do we rehearse? We could try to do something over the Net, but I'm afraid that this is

[ifwp] Re: Techo-speak, allowed by M. Sondow?

1999-01-12 Thread Roeland M.J. Meyer
At 11:50 PM 1/11/99 -0800, Christopher Ambler wrote: It looks like we have the makings of the "Internet Blues/Jazz Band". When do we rehearse? Chameleon for an encore? I was actually thinking of "Mac the Knife". grin ___ Roeland M.J. Meyer -

[ifwp] Re: Techo-speak, allowed by M. Sondow?

1999-01-12 Thread jeff Williams
Roeland and all, Why don't you guys take this musical stuff offlist, ok? ;) Roeland M.J. Meyer wrote: At 11:50 PM 1/11/99 -0800, Christopher Ambler wrote: It looks like we have the makings of the "Internet Blues/Jazz Band". When do we rehearse? Chameleon for an encore? I was

[ifwp] Re: Techo-speak, allowed by M. Sondow?

1999-01-12 Thread Roeland M.J. Meyer
At 10:55 PM 1/11/99 -0800, Christopher Ambler wrote: At 10:45 PM 1/11/99 -0800, Kent Crispin wrote: More of my bad memory again, shoot. Also, I have key sigs that are that painful, I'm glad that I'm a guitarist, not a keyboard player. So are we. Richard Sexton Soprano Sax. If and

[ifwp] Re: Constituencies

1999-01-12 Thread Christopher Ambler
Then again, I also think that this DNSO will accomplish nothing, as it will never resolve the issues and ICANN will have to decide anyway. All it does is provide a forum for *future* issues. In the meantime, it merely wastes another year. You are probably right. But, what can we do? We have

[ifwp] Re: Amendments to dnso.org and dnso.net bylaws

1999-01-12 Thread Kent Crispin
On Sun, Jan 10, 1999 at 11:36:34AM -0800, Patrick Greenwell wrote: At last, an intelligent comment! Thank you! [...] A question: What in your opinion would constitute demonstration of "legal identity" keeping in mind the global nature of the organization? A very good question. Remember

[ifwp] Re: Techo-speak, allowed by M. Sondow?

1999-01-12 Thread Mikki Barry
I dunno, but I'm planning on showing up with my touring rig. If it's not open, I'll file suit in the appropriate jurisdiction and venue (probably where I an refused entry g). For an encore, plan on playing "Take Five" in all keys. The ability to do same can be used as technical criteria for

[ifwp] Re: DNSO worries

1999-01-12 Thread jeff Williams
Dr Eberhard W Lisse and all, You should know by now that this is a typical attitude often displayed by Kent Crispin. He has displayed this attitude many many times in his weak but snide attempt to discredit or otherwise smear people. Most of us that have experience with Kents tactics are

[ifwp] Re: Techo-speak, allowed by M. Sondow?

1999-01-12 Thread Richard J. Sexton
At 04:06 AM 1/12/99 +, jeff Williams wrote: Roeland and all, Why don't you guys take this musical stuff offlist, ok? Everyones a critic :-) You'd think he'd heard us play or something... -- "To find out what your opponent is up to, look at what he says about you" - unknown

[ifwp] Re: Techo-speak, allowed by M. Sondow?

1999-01-12 Thread Ken Stubbs
actually chris changed his name a few years back from "joe morello" to chris ambler to avoid people bothering him all the time asking him to autograph their cymbals.. mmm.. maybe paul desmond lives close by the d.c. area as well ( i am assuming he is still alive...?) a little smooth alto sax is

[ifwp] Re: Open Board meetings

1999-01-12 Thread Roberto Gaetano
Patrick, You wrote: The only persons I have heard defending this position has been the ICANN board itself, IBM(in Boston), and perhaps some of the other "unamed third parties" that the ICANN board has been meeting with who will not self identify. Without being one of the

[ifwp] Re: Techo-speak, allowed by M. Sondow?

1999-01-12 Thread Richard J. Sexton
At 07:41 AM 1/12/99 -0500, Ken Stubbs wrote: mmm.. maybe paul desmond lives close by the d.c. area as well ( i am assuming he is still alive...?) He died a long time ago of lung cancer. a little smooth alto sax is very soothing for the soul.. Any sax is good sax. -- "To find out what your

[ifwp] Usenet is a slow moving parody of itself - Steve Bellovin

1999-01-12 Thread Richard J. Sexton
Whats the saying ? 'The sheer length of this document will prevent anybody from eevr reading it' ? Please trim included material to a minimum. It's the only polite thing to do. At 02:36 AM 1/12/99 -0500, Ronda Hauben wrote: Jonathan Zittrain [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: from exercising their

[ifwp] Re: Techo-speak, allowed by M. Sondow?

1999-01-12 Thread Alex Kamantauskas
On Tue, 12 Jan 1999, Richard J. Sexton wrote: At 10:45 PM 1/11/99 -0800, Kent Crispin wrote: More of my bad memory again, shoot. Also, I have key sigs that are that painful, I'm glad that I'm a guitarist, not a keyboard player. So are we. Richard Sexton Soprano Sax.

[ifwp] Internet Blues Band (was Techno-speak)

1999-01-12 Thread Ellen Rony
Roeland wrote: It looks like we have the makings of the "Internet Blues/Jazz Band". When do we rehearse? Actually, there is some precedent for the emergence of a musical group out of the oooze of common professional involvement. In the 70's, financial investors formed a group called "Full

[ifwp] Re: Internet Blues Band (was Techno-speak)

1999-01-12 Thread Alex Kamantauskas
On Tue, 12 Jan 1999, Ellen Rony wrote: Roeland wrote: It looks like we have the makings of the "Internet Blues/Jazz Band". When do we rehearse? Actually, there is some precedent for the emergence of a musical group out of the oooze of common professional involvement. In the 70's,

[ifwp] Re: Internet Blues Band (was Techno-speak)

1999-01-12 Thread Karl Auerbach
Well, there is the MBone band - Severe Tire Damage. And don't forget my own band - Petz on Prozac. --karl-- __ To receive the digest version instead, send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To SUBSCRIBE forward this message

[ifwp] Re: Constituencies

1999-01-12 Thread Patrick Greenwell
On Mon, 11 Jan 1999, Christopher Ambler wrote: Exactly. But it has been argued over, and will continue to be argued over. Nevertheless, it seems that the only way to circumvent the problem is to have an individual membership structure a la Karl Auerbach, and this, of course, neither the

[ifwp] Re: Constituencies

1999-01-12 Thread Patrick Greenwell
On Tue, 12 Jan 1999, jeff Williams wrote: All, If anyone believes that they are being harmed by lack of action or incorrect action by the NTIA or any other USG agency they can surely seek a legal remedy as required by law. If those parties are NOT willing to do so, than either they

[ifwp] Re: What is this? Why are we surprised with it?

1999-01-12 Thread Kent Crispin
Ms Burr: I must protest this proposed teleconference (see below) with "ORSC folks". This is a matter some importance, and of wide interest to many people. Privileged, closed access for the ORSC is simply not fair to all these other interested parties, and is in fact completely at odds with

[ifwp] Re: Constituencies

1999-01-12 Thread jeff Williams
Patrick and all, Patrick Greenwell wrote: On Tue, 12 Jan 1999, jeff Williams wrote: All, If anyone believes that they are being harmed by lack of action or incorrect action by the NTIA or any other USG agency they can surely seek a legal remedy as required by law. If those

[ifwp] Re: Constituencies

1999-01-12 Thread Alex Kamantauskas
On Tue, 12 Jan 1999, jeff Williams wrote: In case anyone has any doubt or is wondering, there is no such organization, and what Mr. Williams says is completely untrue. No, INEGroup is not a corporation, I should have stated this better for accuracy. Please replace INEGroup with INEG.

[ifwp] Re: Usenet is a slow moving parody of itself - Steve Bellovin

1999-01-12 Thread Richard J. Sexton
At 08:59 AM 1/12/99 -0800, Greg Skinner wrote: "Richard J. Sexton" [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2) I can't for the life of me imagine why a server at Berkman wuld be "hard to configure to". Sounds like pilot error to me but I note you have no problems handling mailing lists. If you're behind a firewall

[ifwp] Re: What is this? Why are we surprised with it?

1999-01-12 Thread Jay Fenello
Hi Stef, What you describe is a *best* case scenario. I suspect that this contract is the first transfer of assets from the USG to ICANN. Unless this contract states otherwise, I doubt that the USG is planning on retaining any control over these ISI functions. If I am correct, ICANN will

[ifwp] Re: What is this? Why are we surprised with it?

1999-01-12 Thread Richard J. Sexton
At 09:36 AM 1/12/99 -0800, Kent Crispin wrote: Ms Burr: I must protest this proposed teleconference (see below) with "ORSC folks". This is a matter some importance, and of wide interest to many people. Privileged, closed access for the ORSC is simply not fair to all these other interested

[ifwp] Re: What is this? Why are we surprised with it?

1999-01-12 Thread jeff Williams
Kent and all, Good for the goose, but not for the gander, eh Kent? Practice what you preach, and maybe this sort of thing will not be necessary. I am certainly not condoning this sort of thing, just reminding you and the DNSO.ORG as well as the ICANN, that you reap what you sew. Kent

[ifwp] Re: DNSO.ORG Meeting proposal on Jan.23(for the last time)

1999-01-12 Thread jeff Williams
Patrick and all, Patrick Greenwell wrote: On Tue, 12 Jan 1999, jeff Williams wrote: Patrick and all, Patrick Greenwell wrote: On Tue, 12 Jan 1999, jeff Williams wrote: Roberto and all, I checked out the reference that you provided for the [EMAIL PROTECTED] It

[ifwp] Re: Constituencies

1999-01-12 Thread jeff Williams
Alex and all, Alex Kamantauskas wrote: On Tue, 12 Jan 1999, jeff Williams wrote: In case anyone has any doubt or is wondering, there is no such organization, and what Mr. Williams says is completely untrue. No, INEGroup is not a corporation, I should have stated this better for

[ifwp] Re: Constituencies

1999-01-12 Thread Alex Kamantauskas
On Tue, 12 Jan 1999, jeff Williams wrote: for accuracy. Please replace INEGroup with INEG. INC. LTD. In case anyone has any doubt or is wondering, there is no such organization, and what Mr. Williams says is completely untrue. This is patently incorrect as Alex is well aware

[ifwp] Re: What is this? Why are we surprised with it?

1999-01-12 Thread Roeland M.J. Meyer
Please note that Kent is being obstructive. He wants to limit all communications, with DoC, to DNSO.ORG and ICANN. This is unacceptable. He is a very disengenious fellow. He knows very well that ORSC operates under exparte rules, under these types of circumstances. He knows very well the

[ifwp] Re: What is this? Why are we surprised with it?

1999-01-12 Thread Kent Crispin
On Tue, Jan 12, 1999 at 01:05:27PM -0500, Richard J. Sexton wrote: At 09:36 AM 1/12/99 -0800, Kent Crispin wrote: Ms Burr: I must protest this proposed teleconference (see below) with "ORSC folks". This is a matter some importance, and of wide interest to many people. Privileged,

[ifwp] Re: What is this? Why are we surprised with it?

1999-01-12 Thread Patrick Greenwell
On Tue, 12 Jan 1999, Kent Crispin wrote: The for sure right answer is that ORSC should be treated like everyone else. That probably means that ORSC should not be talking to DoC. Have you considered asking to speak with the DoC Kent?

[ifwp] Re: What is this? Why are we surprised with it?

1999-01-12 Thread Kent Crispin
On Tue, Jan 12, 1999 at 10:44:14AM -0800, Ellen Rony wrote: In light of the past few days of comments, let's just shine a mirror on your message, with a few words replaced (see caps) My comment was itself intended as a mirror of many comments. I guess I was a bit too subtle. That being

[ifwp] Re: What is this? Why are we surprised with it?

1999-01-12 Thread Gordon Cook
I think jays cynicism is well founded. I am also in the middle of research that challenges Roelands analysis which i clipped from this reply. Hi Stef, What you describe is a *best* case scenario. I suspect that this contract is the first transfer of assets from the USG to ICANN. Unless

[ifwp] Re: What is this? Why are we surprised with it?

1999-01-12 Thread Kent Crispin
On Tue, Jan 12, 1999 at 10:46:08AM -0800, Patrick Greenwell wrote: On Tue, 12 Jan 1999, Kent Crispin wrote: The for sure right answer is that ORSC should be treated like everyone else. That probably means that ORSC should not be talking to DoC. Have you considered asking to speak

[ifwp] Re: Constituencies

1999-01-12 Thread Martin B. Schwimmer
What would be examples of entities or individuals who would fall under the At Large constituency? __ To receive the digest version instead, send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To SUBSCRIBE forward this message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To

[ifwp] Re: Constituencies

1999-01-12 Thread jeff Williams
Alex and all, Alex, Alex, Alex, please for the sake of all of us take you medication. Alex Kamantauskas wrote: On Tue, 12 Jan 1999, jeff Williams wrote: for accuracy. Please replace INEGroup with INEG. INC. LTD. In case anyone has any doubt or is wondering, there is no such

[ifwp] Re: Usenet is a slow moving parody of itself - Steve Bellovin

1999-01-12 Thread Richard J. Sexton
At 10:18 AM 1/12/99 -0800, you wrote: "Richard J. Sexton" [EMAIL PROTECTED] I don't buy it. Dejanews takes all groups and make sthem available over the web. If they aren't maing a group available, just ask them to add it, If the don't respond, let me know and I'l pull in a favour. The server at

[ifwp] Re: Constituencies

1999-01-12 Thread Roeland M.J. Meyer
At 08:46 PM 1/11/99 -0500, Michael Sondow wrote: Richard J. Sexton a écrit: At 07:19 PM 1/11/99 -0500, Martin B. Schwimmer wrote: p.s. the present draft allows an entity to belong to as many groups as it meets the qualifications for (and pays the fees for). What's that called? The

[ifwp] Re: What is this? Why are we surprised with it?

1999-01-12 Thread jeff Williams
Kent and all, Do you realize how inane you sound here Kent? If not, you should. Kent Crispin wrote: On Tue, Jan 12, 1999 at 01:05:27PM -0500, Richard J. Sexton wrote: At 09:36 AM 1/12/99 -0800, Kent Crispin wrote: Ms Burr: I must protest this proposed teleconference (see below)

[ifwp] Re: Constituencies

1999-01-12 Thread Alex Kamantauskas
On Tue, 12 Jan 1999, jeff Williams wrote: Alex and all, Alex, Alex, Alex, please for the sake of all of us take you medication. And Jeff Williams spake: "And Patrick, you also might want to refrain from making false claims about people in the future as this is also a destabilizing

[ifwp] Re: What is this? Why are we surprised with it?

1999-01-12 Thread Karl Auerbach
On the other hand, the Jan 21 meeting is a prepratory meeting for an immediately following PUBLIC meeting, and includes a *great many* stakeholders from many really different constituencies. Sounds like a re-incarnation of the IFWP so-called "steering-committee". (In fact, it looks like

[ifwp] Re: Constituencies

1999-01-12 Thread Kent Crispin
On Tue, Jan 12, 1999 at 02:36:04PM -0500, Martin B. Schwimmer wrote: What would be examples of entities or individuals who would fall under the At Large constituency? Me/Songbird(r), any freelance web developer/internet consultant, eg Dave Crocker. San Francisco Bay Area chapter of ISOC A

[ifwp] Re: DNSO worries

1999-01-12 Thread jeff Williams
William and all, I see that you have noticed the repeat in history a la IAHC/PAB/POC/gTLD-MoU. It is interesting how the mindsets of some never seem to change, as well as their attitudes. Good work here William! ;) Seriously. William X. Walsh wrote: I know what you *say* you stand for.

[ifwp] Re: What is this? Why are we surprised with it?

1999-01-12 Thread Kent Crispin
On Tue, Jan 12, 1999 at 11:56:51AM -0800, Patrick Greenwell wrote: Have you considered asking to speak with the DoC Kent? No, because it is an obviously untenable position. NTIA doesn't have the resources to have a private telecon (with or without transcriptions) with anyone who

[ifwp] Re: What is this? Why are we surprised with it?

1999-01-12 Thread Kent Crispin
On Tue, Jan 12, 1999 at 12:34:12PM -0800, Karl Auerbach wrote: On the other hand, the Jan 21 meeting is a prepratory meeting for an immediately following PUBLIC meeting, and includes a *great many* stakeholders from many really different constituencies. Sounds like a re-incarnation

[ifwp] Re: What is this? Why are we surprised with it?

1999-01-12 Thread Patrick Greenwell
On Tue, 12 Jan 1999, Kent Crispin wrote: I am suprised that you would make assertions regarding the resources available to NTIA. If I might ask, how do you know with any certainty rather NTIA has the necessary resources or not? I have been independently told their resources are

[ifwp] Re: rumor: dnso.org and trademark community have cut a deal

1999-01-12 Thread Greg Skinner
Jim Dixon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 11 Jan 1999, Greg Skinner wrote: But the fighting existed even back in the IAHC days. Not the fighting over ICANN. The point I was trying to make is that you can subsitute IAHC or Jon Postel for ICANN and you get the same result. ICANN is supposed

[ifwp] Re: Constituencies

1999-01-12 Thread Martin B. Schwimmer
On Tue, Jan 12, 1999 at 02:36:04PM -0500, Martin B. Schwimmer wrote: What would be examples of entities or individuals who would fall under the At Large constituency? Kent Crispin wrote: Me/Songbird(r), any freelance web developer/internet consultant, eg Dave Crocker. San Francisco Bay

[ifwp] Re: rumor: dnso.org and trademark community have cut a deal

1999-01-12 Thread Richard J. Sexton
At 01:15 PM 1/12/99 -0800, Greg Skinner wrote: Was ICANN selected by a secret process? From what I recall reading some time back, several ICANN interim board members indicated they were contacted by either Mike Roberts or Jon Postel and asked to serve. Esther Dysan was the first person to

[ifwp] Re: Constituencies

1999-01-12 Thread Karl Auerbach
On Tue, Jan 12, 1999 at 02:36:04PM -0500, Martin B. Schwimmer wrote: What would be examples of entities or individuals who would fall under the At Large constituency? Interested individuals -- ... Karl Auerbach. ... Putting me, or anyone into an "at large" class of membership is

[ifwp] Re: Constituencies

1999-01-12 Thread Kent Crispin
On Tue, Jan 12, 1999 at 01:31:14PM -0800, Karl Auerbach wrote: On Tue, Jan 12, 1999 at 02:36:04PM -0500, Martin B. Schwimmer wrote: What would be examples of entities or individuals who would fall under the At Large constituency? Interested individuals -- ... Karl Auerbach. ...

[ifwp] Re: Constituencies

1999-01-12 Thread Kent Crispin
On Tue, Jan 12, 1999 at 04:21:14PM -0500, Martin B. Schwimmer wrote: [...] Interested individuals -- Elen Rony. Karl Auerbach. Dan Steinberg. Marty Schwimmer. Dave Farber. Joop Teernstra. Milton Mueller. Patrick Greenwell. What if my firm belonged to one of the other

[ifwp] Re: What is this? Why are we surprised with it?

1999-01-12 Thread Einar Stefferud
Hello Jay -- First, the proper IETF list for this topic is the [EMAIL PROTECTED], and not the main IETF list! Also, I trimmed the CC list of individuals. Next, your questions are, I think, quite pertinent, and are deserving of an answer. I expect someone will offer

[ifwp] Re: What is this? Why are we surprised with it?

1999-01-12 Thread Dan Steinberg
Avtually, Kent, it is exactly opposite from an untenable position. It's how they operate. They talk with people who want to talk to them. Private phone calls with anyone who asked was one of Ira Magaziner's hallmarks. He talked to me (and many other people) as individuals long before we

[ifwp] Re: Constituencies

1999-01-12 Thread jeff Williams
Kent and all, Kent Crispin wrote: On Tue, Jan 12, 1999 at 01:31:14PM -0800, Karl Auerbach wrote: On Tue, Jan 12, 1999 at 02:36:04PM -0500, Martin B. Schwimmer wrote: What would be examples of entities or individuals who would fall under the At Large constituency? Interested

[ifwp] Re: Constituencies

1999-01-12 Thread jeff Williams
Kent and all, Kent Crispin wrote: On Tue, Jan 12, 1999 at 04:21:14PM -0500, Martin B. Schwimmer wrote: [...] Interested individuals -- Elen Rony. Karl Auerbach. Dan Steinberg. Marty Schwimmer. Dave Farber. Joop Teernstra. Milton Mueller. Patrick Greenwell. What if my firm

[ifwp] Re: Constituencies

1999-01-12 Thread Roeland M.J. Meyer
At 02:01 PM 1/12/99 -0800, Kent Crispin wrote: On Tue, Jan 12, 1999 at 04:21:14PM -0500, Martin B. Schwimmer wrote: [...] Interested individuals -- Elen Rony. Karl Auerbach. Dan Steinberg. Marty Schwimmer. Dave Farber. Joop Teernstra. Milton Mueller. Patrick Greenwell. What if my

[ifwp] Re: What is this? Why are we surprised with it?

1999-01-12 Thread Roeland M.J. Meyer
At 02:55 PM 1/12/99 -0800, Kent Crispin wrote: Sometimes those not so versed in irony don't get it. Sometimes, those of us who have real work to do, don't have the time/patience for such "games". I have always been a proponent of the direct approach. Say what you mean, son. These little

[ifwp] Re: Techo-speak, allowed by M. Sondow?

1999-01-12 Thread Dan Steinberg
Audience participation is Tuesday night. Always has been. Always will be. If the band doesn't play on Tuesdays that's management's fault. Not ours. Don't blame the band. (learning to play in a few more keys would be considered clueful, but there are at present no applicable draft standards

[ifwp] Re: rumor: dnso.org and trademark community have cut a deal

1999-01-12 Thread Greg Skinner
"Richard J. Sexton" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Esther Dysan was the first person to explain who contacted her in a teleconferance with ORSC. She said she was apprached by Ira and Roger Cochetti of IBM. My fault. I went back in the archives and checked. Joe Sims and Larry Landweber were also

[ifwp] Re: Usenet is a slow moving parody of itself - Steve Bellovin

1999-01-12 Thread Ben Edelman
Apologies for a completely non-substantive post, but I think it's appropriate to clear up the apparent confusion about the contents of the Berkman Center NNTP server. Greg listed seven of the groups on our server. There are three more: we also host NNTP archives of the MAC list ([EMAIL

[ifwp] Re: rumor: dnso.org and trademark community have cut a deal

1999-01-12 Thread Richard J. Sexton
At 05:26 PM 1/12/99 -0800, Greg Skinner wrote: "Richard J. Sexton" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Esther Dysan was the first person to explain who contacted her in a teleconferance with ORSC. She said she was apprached by Ira and Roger Cochetti of IBM. My fault. I went back in the archives and

[ifwp] Re: Usenet is a slow moving parody of itself - Steve Bellovin

1999-01-12 Thread Richard J. Sexton
At 08:41 PM 1/12/99 -0500, Ben Edelman wrote: Apologies for a completely non-substantive post, but I think it's appropriate to clear up the apparent confusion about the contents of the Berkman Center NNTP server. Not only that but could you fix the time of day onthat machine, too please Ben?

[ifwp] Re: Internet Blues Band (was Techno-speak)

1999-01-12 Thread Craig Simon
How about "Nameless" ? If I were going, I'd carry my claves. Craig (another drummer) Ellen Rony wrote: Roeland wrote: It looks like we have the makings of the "Internet Blues/Jazz Band". When do we rehearse? Actually, there is some precedent for the emergence of a musical

[ifwp] ICANN's legitimacy

1999-01-12 Thread Greg Skinner
"Richard J. Sexton" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 05:26 PM 1/12/99 -0800, Greg Skinner wrote: Since the ICANN is (supposedly) an interim board, shouldn't we (ie. folks on this list) be doing that anyway? So, what would all of you do if there was no ICANN? More specificially, what if the USG (and

[ifwp] Re: What is this? Why are we surprised with it?

1999-01-12 Thread Kent Crispin
On Tue, Jan 12, 1999 at 10:36:10AM -0800, Roeland M.J. Meyer wrote: Please note that Kent is being obstructive. He wants to limit all communications, with DoC, to DNSO.ORG and ICANN. This is unacceptable. Don't be silly. ICANN talks with DoC because ICANN has a contract with them.

[ifwp] Re: Constituencies

1999-01-12 Thread Eric Weisberg
This discussion illustrates how arbitrary an attempt to populate a board through designation of defined constituencies must be, not to mention how ridiculously complicated such mechanisms end up. And, there is no way to empirically weigh the relative fairness of the results of such systems. Why

[ifwp] Re: Constituencies

1999-01-12 Thread Richard J. Sexton
Have we given up on the "Special Interst Group" (SIG) model that the ACM uses ? (ie, SIGGRAPH etc.) At 10:17 PM 1/12/99 -0600, Eric Weisberg wrote: This discussion illustrates how arbitrary an attempt to populate a board through designation of defined constituencies must be, not to mention how

[ifwp] Re: Constituencies

1999-01-12 Thread Kent Crispin
On Wed, Jan 13, 1999 at 10:08:40PM -0500, Bret A. Fausett wrote: Kent Crispin wrote: A private attorney who didn't want to spend the money to be, or didn't feel they fit, in one of the other constituencies -- eg, a trademark attorney that didn't want to be part of the TM constituency.