It seems as though this list has revived, though one wonders how stable it will be, and for how long. Two of the messages I sent during the early part of the "down" period seem to have vanished into the bit bucket. I'll probably repost them tonite or tomorrow if they don't turn up. Other peoples' messages were presumably lost as well. I'd be curious to know what percentage of those were cross-posted to other lists, and which ones. (I don't know how we could find out, though.) If we can somehow determine that there's another list which most of these discussants use (the internic's domain-policy is the most likely candidate), then perhaps we can engineer a migration to that one, and the IFWP chapter can be closed. This would also reduce the need for cross-posting. I notice that many IFWP messages also go to OPEN-RSC (which has a working civil-discourse policy), but that list's archives are not published... a serious shortcoming given the consensus that these discussions should be as transparent as possible. I see Jay Fenello has suggested that ICANN form a list for the same purpose. Sounds fine. If a new list can be constructed which has a civil discourse policy and open archives, that would be a step forward. However, the point should not be to proliferate new lists, but to faciliate a more coherent discussion. I am grateful to the hosts at AIM for providing a forum during the course of these discussions, but I have the impression they wouldn't be disappointed if the IFWP list finally closed. Craig Simon __________________________________________________ To receive the digest version instead, send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To SUBSCRIBE forward this message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNSUBSCRIBE, forward this message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Problems/suggestions regarding this list? Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___END____________________________________________
