Dave Farber has given me permission to post his comments below, which appeared on another list: ________________________________________________________________ Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 17:59:29 -0500 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Dave Farber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: IP: An editorial statement re ICANN and Ribbonss A word of explanation (see item below) So this is not construed the wrong way, I have been all along a supporter of the ideas of ICANN as a way of removing Governments from directly managing parts of the net. I supported Jon Postel in his setting up of ICANN via my activities in the ITAG. Through out that process I felt free to criticize when necessary and has several loud discussions. I for the past months have pleaded with ICANN to open their Board meetings to dispel the notions of many that there is something going on. However the ICANN Board refuses to have open board meetings and thus the only way I have, at present, is to help support such ribbon events and similar things. I continue to support the notion in back of ICANN and am criticizing important but fixable errors. Lets get back to the idea of open meetings and open discussion that has done well by the net to date or lets hear a real reason for closed meetings other than it is easier. Dave http://www.wired.com/news/news/email/tip/politics/story/18048.html "Ellen Rony plans to seed the upcoming meeting of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers with gray ribbons. The ribbons, already adorning the Internet, will be worn and handed out by ICANN members who support her cause. "A gray ribbon is like a discreet, walking signboard to give visibility to the complaint that ICANN's board meetings are closed," said Rony, author of the Domain Name Handbook, in an email. Meeting attendees Dave Farber and Dan Steinberg have agreed to wear and distribute the gray ribbons at the meeting. Both are intimately involved with the evolution of the domain name system, she said. " 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
