At 2/9/99, 03:46 AM, Kent Crispin wrote: >On Mon, Feb 08, 1999 at 10:59:52PM -0500, Bret A. Fausett wrote: >> >> Fundamentally different in where they leave the final decision and >>the level of detail with which they approach the problem, but hard to >>call one proposal "far deeper" and "serious" and the other one >>"weak." > >"Far deeper": the bmw draft has a lot more miles on it; the people >working on it have had a great deal more experience in the area than >you, and have spent a lot more time working on it. I indicated, I >believe, that this was purely my subjective judgement of the >situation... Well, my subjective judgement is completely the opposite of yours ;-) >"Weak": because in my opinion the Paris draft rules for decision >making are such that very few decisions will actually get made, and, >more importantly, there is no way at all for a controversial >decision to be made. Sometimes you need to make controversial >decisions... Not according to a Harvard professor who specializes in governance . . . http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/icann/archive/transtransparency.html 8 MS. KEMP: Yes, I'm Jane Kemp from the 9 Kennedy School of Government. <snip> 19 I'd like to point out that the Internet has 20 thrived very well with very little government, 21 and, in fact, that has been one of the things that 22 has allowed us to thrive. 23 And so I'd comment on the by-laws that 24 (inaudible) etcetera, that the essence is that it O'BRIEN & LEVINE COURT REPORTING SERVICES 233 1 would be better to develop an organization which 2 can do little and tends to gridlock at this point 3 in time than it would be to develop an 4 organization that is easily captured by a powerful 5 -- small, powerful interest. Respectfully, Jay Fenello President, Iperdome, Inc. 404-943-0524 http://www.iperdome.com >I will be posting my comments on the bmw draft tomorrow sometime. > >-- >Kent Crispin, PAB Chair "Do good, and you'll be >[EMAIL PROTECTED] lonesome." -- Mark Twain >
