Re: [IFWP] California meeting March 18; was Re: Chopped liver no more! Was Re: do we want......?

[Sue Chooi/Woo Wei Xian(Zen) [Exch]]

Esther,
U Should ask the organisations hosting their offices at San Franciso and Palo
Alto.

Wei Xian

Esther Dyson wrote:

> Ellen, yes, it was an accident. WHy on earth should we conspire against
> California?
>
> I am still working on my schedule, but please figure on Thursday evening,
> probably between Palo Alto and San Francisco.  ANyone know of someone who
> could lend us some space?
>
> Esther
>
> At 02:51 AM 15/02/99 -0800, Ellen Rony wrote:
> >Thank you for your willingness to meet independently, despite what must be
> >very crowded schedule.  I will be delighted to serve as the point person
> >for this   meeting on March 18, at a time and place of your choosing.  I
> >know a few members of this list also live in the Bay Area, but perhaps
> >anyone interested in joining us can send me a private message.
> >
> >That said, it is hard to believe that ALL the IFWP and ICANN meetings have
> >bypassed California by accident.  And much as I welcome this opportunity to
> >meet with you (and others) on March 18, I would like to meet the other
> >board members as well, and I wish they would hold a meeting in the state
> >where ICANN is incorporated.
> >
> >>Ellen,
> >>
> >>As you know, these things are pretty random, with sometimes unfortunate
> >>side-effects.  And I  know this is not a solution (just an amelioration) but
> >>I'd be happy to meet with you (and whomever you can round up) the next time
> >>I'm in California, on March 18, if you can find your way to San Francisco.
> >>FWIW, I'll be coming in from the IETF meeting in Minneapolis.
> >>
> >>Esther
> >>
> >>
> >>At 06:40 PM 13/02/99 -0800, Ellen Rony wrote:
> >>>Esther Dyson wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>Maybe there should be a meeting *about* constituencies, as opposed to
> >>>>necessarily *of* constituencies.
> >>>>
> >>>>Even the Paris draft suggests that there will be constituencies, just that
> >>>>they will not be pre-defined:
> >>>>
> >>>>"Members of the General Assembly shall self-organize into diverse
> >>>>constituencies. No member shall be a member of more than one
> >>>>constituency. The
> >>>>initial constituencies shall be recognized by the ICANN Board based on the
> >>>>following criteria: ....."
> >>>
> >>>Agreed, but if past is prologue, the only people who can make that point
> >>>are those who have both time and opportunity to travel to Singapore.
> >>>
> >>>Not a single meeting since the IFWP process began last July has been held
> >>>on the West Coast. Two meetings in Singapore; one in Buenos Aires, about
> >>>four on the East Coast in the Boston/Washington/Virginia environs, one in
> >>>Geneva, one in Barcelona, one in Monterrey.
> >>>
> >>>NADA in California, where ICANN is incorporated.  What are we here, chopped
> >>>liver?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>Ellen Rony
> >>>Co-author
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> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >>Esther Dyson                    Always make new mistakes!
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> >
> >Ellen Rony                                                          Co-author
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> >
> >
> >
>
> Esther Dyson                    Always make new mistakes!
> chairman, EDventure Holdings
> interim chairman, Internet Corp. for Assigned Names & Numbers
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 1 (212) 924-8800
> 1 (212) 924-0240 fax
> 104 Fifth Avenue (between 15th and 16th Streets; 20th floor)
> New York, NY 10011 USA
> http://www.edventure.com
>
> PC Forum:  21 to 24 March 1999, Scottsdale (Phoenix), Arizona
> High-Tech Forum in Europe:  24 to 26 October 1999, Budapest
> Book:  "Release 2.0: A design for living in the digital age"