Hi Esther -- A respectful suggest:
Why not presnt the community with a list of things that ICANN is
uncertain about and let us help generate some certainty;-????
Or at least provide helpful (though maybe noisy) disucssion of the
related issues. WE see no reason for you and the BoD to suffer
through all this in the dark.
In fact, we are asking that you throw back the room darkening drapes
and let the sunshine in;-)...
So, let us help you, instead of keeping us in the dark too. It is
really hard to trust what we cannot see. And learning that you are
also in the dark does not help to build trust.
Cheers...\Stef
>From your message Sun, 7 Feb 1999 14:31:19 -0500:
}
}FWIW, I'm genuinely interested. I am trying not to throw my (ICANN's
}imputed) weight around, to the extent we have any, so I try to stay brief.
}I want to urge the conversation on, not take it over. And I don't try to
}answer things to which there are no answers. There's a lot we/I simply
}don't know, haven't decided, etc. I try not to take myself too seriously,
}but to take this process seriously.
}
}Esther
}
}
}At 07:30 AM 07/02/99 -0500, Dan Steinberg wrote:
}>Cutting things down a bit in an attempt to have pity on your in-box:
}>
}> In a public reply to your request, Einar Stefferud of ORSC said:
}>
}>> Ask Esther for the complete collection of all her mail to the net and
}>> read it all for tone and read it between the lines and ask yourself if
}>> you think she is genuainely interested in the discussion, or just
}>> trying to shut it down as soon as possible? This is my hypthesis, and
}>> if in your judgement, after researching them all, you find that I am
}>> off base, please inform me and the rest of the net of your evaluation.
}>
}>Actually, the real problem may not be Esther. I think itt is the
}>impression we get from *all* of the people speaking for ICANN (Mike
}>Roberts in his interim role, the BoD declarations and participation
}>(or not) on various lists and... and how Esther's comments layer over
}>the top of it). To be fair (and to fix whatever problem ther may be)
}>her words alone should not be taken out of context.
}>
}>
}>
}>Dan Steinberg
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