Dave, We disagree on this issue and most likely will continue to disagree. I believe
the ICANN, the IAB etc meetings should be open. It is the best defense for all
concerned against anti-trust, cartel etc accusations. I happen to like the US rules
for federal committees. EFF, ISOC and others manage to operate that way as does the
PITAC and many other groups.
Dave
At 09:51 AM 3/13/99 -0800, Dave Crocker wrote:
>At 10:03 AM 3/13/99 -0500, Dave Farber wrote:
>>There are many cultures represented on the Interim Board . Many come from cultures
>that do not engage in open board meetings nor have legal requirements for public
>meetings to be open. If the purpose of openness is to insure visibility of the
>process then my suggestion goes a long way to PROTECTING the community with
>recognition of the attitudes of many of the Board members.
>
>
>One of the cultures that does not have open decision-making meetings by the "board"
>is the IETF. The IAB, the IESG and the Nomcom do their decision work in private.
>
>As critics of ICANN forcefully express concern that ICANN not become a governance
>body, they are simultaneously -- and contradictorily -- pushing a particular model of
>openness which exists almost exclusively among public governance bodies.
>
>We have exactly one example of a global, open Internet-related decision body, and
>that is the IETF. It works quite well. Hence it is entirely reasonable for ICANN to
>emulate that style of openness pretty closely, absent solid data or arguments to the
>contrary.
>
>The SO's will be entirely open, just as IETF working groups are.
>
>The emphasis on making the ICANN board meetings entirely open is not only distracting
>us from more important matters, it is a fundamentally wrong style of operation for
>this sort of body.
>
>d/
>
>ps. And...
>
>>When I said many cultures represented I DID NOT mean in a democratic fashion but in
>the context of an outlook on process. Europeans have a different perspective.
>
>The ethnocentrism of Americans in pushing The One True Model of public decision
>making is proving to be a good way of undermining U.S. credibility. Some societies
>have more open requirements than the U.S. Many have less. They all work quite well.
> We need to appreciate the variety of ways of achieving the goal of openness.
>
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