Re: ICANN ICANN Announces Public Outreach Effort

[Dave Crocker]

At 08:11 AM 2/4/99 +0000, Jim Dixon wrote:
>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

The claim of non-accountability is false in several regards.

As to secret selection processes, you might want to note that IETF and IAB 
appointments are through a group that deliberates in private and the the 
IETF and IAB have closed decision-making meetings.

These are by no means the only groups that behave in this fashion AND have 
plenty of community support, but I thought the irony of being able to cite 
them in this context would be appealing.

d/

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