Ken Stubbs wrote: >why don't you work on substantive issues rather than trying to make a >mountain out of an anthill.. Interesting tactic. Discredit both the question and the questioner. And yes, please let us discuss substantive issues. Let us start with how to get ICANN to open its meetings to the public. Would you like a grey ribbon (see www.domainhandbook.com/icannt.html), or will you remain comfortable receiving policies affecting Internet administration from on high, with no insight into the reasons behind ICANN's decisions, with no record of how individual board members voted. Is that sufficiently substantive for you, Ken, because I feel this issue is critical to any acceptance of ICANN authority over DNS administration. What distinguishes my participation on this list from yours and many others is that there's no golden pot for me at the end of the proverbial rainbow when decisions are made about new TLDs, registries, registrars. I have no vested interest in the outcome of the White Paper process. Rather, I use my time to help others make INFORMED decisions on issues which you apparently consider unsubstantive. Thus, I conclude you found nothing of value in (or never looked at) any of my DNS work such as: * the full text, color-coded comparison of the ICANN/BWG/ORSC bylaws proposals (www.domainhandbook.com/comp-bylaws.html); * side-by-side comparison of the DNSO.ORG and AIP/ORSC/CENTR DNSO proposals (www.domainhandbook.com/comp-dnso.html) * profiles of and links to info about current domain name disputes (40+) (www.domainhandbook.com/dd.html) * archive of the IFWP working group reports, participants, media reports and more (www.domainhandbook.com/ifwp.html) * links to media articles (1998 to present) about the domain name system (not quite current however, due to too much email traffic) (www.domainhandbook.com/media.html) * links to Congressional testimony, letters, and proposals (www.domainhandbook.com/congress.html) * links to ICANN-related material such as announcements, meeting minutes, media reports and more (www.domainhandbook.com/icann.html * extensive glossary of Internet terms (19 typewritten pages) (www.domainhandbook.com/gloss.html) * The Domain Name Handbook, a 645-page compendium resulting from two years of online research, including a CD-ROM containing 3,676 PDF pages of DNS resource material * a panel on October 1, which I organized to discuss the turnover of DNS administration which was supposed to occur on t hat day. The panel included a competent cross-section of perspectives with Gabe Battista (CEO of NSI then) and yourself, among the group. * testimony before the first WIPO consultation * participation on three DNS-related lists. So, sir, as regards your indictment that I don't work on substantive issues, I send back at your a virtual Brickbat of the Day. Furthermore, I wonder how many people on this list would participate as fully as I do, and would travel to exotic shores as you do, if they didn't have company, corporate, or association funds to pay their expenses and travel costs. Ellen Rony Co-author The Domain Name Handbook http://www.domainhandbook.com ============================ // ================================ ISBN 0879305150 *=" ____ / +1 (415) 435-5010 [EMAIL PROTECTED] \ ) Tiburon, CA On the Internet, // \\ no one knows you're a dog "I love California, I practically grew up in Phoenix." -- J Danforth Quayle
