Esther and all,

  You miss the point entirely again Esther.  The main point is that you
have NO right to HIRE or APPOINT anyone without the MEMBERSHIPS
approval, which you DO NOT have as it is not even in place yet!!!!

Esther Dyson wrote:

You cancomplain about us either for not saying enough or for hiring someone
to help us say it (because most of us have day jobs), but it doesn't make
sense to complain about  both.

Esther

At 08:13 PM 03/02/99 -0500, you wrote:
>
>
>ICANN Announces International Education and Public Outreach Support in
>Collaboration with Alexander Ogilvy
>
>Los Angeles, Calif. - The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and
>Numbers (ICANN) announced today that Alexander Ogilvy and its parent
>company Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide will provide support for its
>international education and public outreach programs.  The firms'
>offices in major cities worldwide will assist the new organization
>through a structured program of event support, educational materials and
>media coordination.
>
>Esther Dyson, Interim Chairman of the ICANN Board, said "We're looking
>forward to the ability to use the well-known strengths of Alexander
>Ogilvy in our programs to reach and hear from the diverse constituencies
>of ICANN.  Together, we can advance the goals of our new organization in
>fostering strong and stable growth of the Internet around the world."
>
>COOK:
>
>what a pathetic joke:
>
>no wonder these clowns are going to spend more than a million bucks between
>now and June
>
>this stuff doesn't come cheap........
>
>This *IS* the intenet esther...... you aren't just selling soap you know???
>
>event support?   lessee..... will you have young women and men in singapore
>dressed as cheer leaders handing out Support ICANN buttons?
>
>ICANN's gold platted PR sez:
>
>The growing size and
>international importance of the Internet has necessitated the creation
>of a technical management  body that is both more formalized in
>structure, and more fully reflective of the geographic diversity of the
>Internet community.
>
>COOK:
>
>Give us a break esther.   Why did you elevate ANOTHER australian to head
>the ICANN government relations group???  do you have even a little clue of
>the reaction in china, hong kong, singapore, the philipines of the slap in
>the face represented by the choice of someone from Japan and australia for
>the board?
> you offer pindar wong a seat on the NSI software review committee....wow.
>
>heaven forbid you turn to him or laiana greene for the gov't committee...
>
>OH, yeah....   what did you learn at the ripe meeting?  that mike roberts
>hasn't rammed through the IP registries a plan to satisfy the desires of
>the corporations giving money to the GIP?
>
>will you have an address SO proposal that the heads of ripe, arin, apnic
>and afrinic will sign?  i wouldn't bet on it.
>
>Forgive me Esther..... I realize that I am being emmotional and
>personal.... but you are widely upheld as being a guru who understands this
>new 21 st century technology.  Your track record with ICANN so far shows
>your reputation  is built on quick sand.  If it wasn't and if you could
>defend what you are doing in public on the net, I have to assume that you
>would do it instead of paying a 19th century PR  to tell us why we should
>be happy with your puppet show.
>
>
>
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