Jonathan,
Jonathan Zittrain wrote:
> Jeff,
>
> I suppose in this charged environment it's easy to find anything
> disingenuous, but I'd hate to be restricted to an open mailing list as the
> sole means of gathering input electronically.
I am not, nor did I in my post, suggest in any restricting anything to
and OPEN mailing list in and of itself. I am saying that an open
mailing list should be part of the input as well, in other words,
inclusive.
>
>
> The idea is to ping our volunteers with questions on a regular basis, post
> the complete ongoing results on our web site, and send a digested version
> of the answers, along with the original questions, to an existing public
> list.
And this idea is fine, but yet incomplete as there already exists
additional mailing lists to which not all of the same people are
subscribed to. In order to achieve the broadest input in TWO-WAY
process it would be advantageous that any and all individuals that
can possibly be reached at least the best and broadest attempt to
do so would be desirable. Your and the Berkman Centers process
in therefore incomplete or does not consider these factors adequately
in our opinion. We also find that what you and the Berkman center
is suggesting is designed, judging from this comment, to purposefully
restrict input, questions in a ONE-WAY method and also purposefully
does NOT seek the broadest of input that can easily enough, be achieved
> That avoids creating yet another list--to which some will simply cc
> along with all the others; your original message is a good example of
> that--and uses the existing ones to get more input with a chance to answer
> the questions with some insights already in place.
Yes, and cc'ing is a good thing in this instance as it keeps as many
people
that have interest in these issues on the same page, so to speak and
well
as having the potential of broadening awareness and information as
possible.
What it appears to be the Berkmans Center effort here is attempting is
to restrict that input and narrow the audience purposefully.
>
>
> Anyway, I'll remove you from our list of volunteers if you're no longer
> interested. ...JZ
I never indicated I was not interested. So please do not remove me.
What ever gave you that idea from my original post on this thread pray
tell?
>
>
> At 07:12 PM 12/30/98 , [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >John and all,
> >
> >john wilbanks wrote:
> >
> >> Greetings and thank you for expressing interest in the Berkman
> >Center's
> >> study of possible membership structures for ICANN.
> >>
> >> Over the coming weeks, you should expect to receive questions from the
> >> Berkman Center on a regular basis. The questions will reflect issues
> >and
> >> themes for the study, and we welcome your input on each question. An
> >> edited digest of the answers from the group of volunteers will be
> >posted to
> >> the at-large ICANN list on membership as "seeds" of discussion on a
> >regular
> >> basis.
> >>
> >> This is not a mailing list. Rather, you are part of a group of
> >interested
> >> individuals whom the Berkman Center plans to ask for input into the
> >study
> >> on an individual basis. Please do not send regular email to the
> >Center on
> >> this topic unless it is in response to a Center request for
> >information or
> >> a response to a posted question -- at least one forum for public
> >discussion
> >> of the membership issue will be the at-large ICANN membership mailing
> >list,
> >> which Berkman staff will monitor for input (along with the IFWP, ORSC,
> >and
> >> other related lists).
> >
> > This request, John seems a bit contrived and in to a great degree in
> >violation to the white paper, as it does not provide for either a
> >compleatly
> >transparent or open process. It is easy to understand why the Berkman
> >center along with the ICANN "Initial" and Interim Board would wish or
> >choose
> >to use such a contrived and controlled process. That being that is does
> >not provide for two way input form "Interested Parties" in a straight
> >forward and honest manner. Please take note that we ( INEGroup )
> >find this approach or method disingenuous and inapropriate and wish to
> >go on record in expressing this.
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> Watch your inbox over the next few days for the first set of
> >informational
> >> requests and announcements, and thanks again for your interest in this
> >> study.
>
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