Re: ICANN ICANN Announces Public Outreach Effort

[Jim Dixon]

On Wed, 3 Feb 1999, 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.  

As far as I know, no one is complaining that ICANN is not saying enough.
The complaints are

1       that was is said in public is often deliberately misleading

2       and that the proceedings of the ICANN board are private, which
        is wholly inappropriate for a group holding a great public trust,
        but appointed by a secret process and accountable to no one

These complaints are being addressed by hiring a public relations 
agency.  This doesn't address either complaint.  Indeed it suggests that
ICANN's intent is to be more professionally misleading while still, of
course, maintaining its secret ways.

Try to remember that what ICANN needs is trust.  Slick PR won't buy you
that; openness, transparency, and accountability would.

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