William and all,
We[INEGroup] and myself would have to agree completely with william
on this point the ISOC record is clear and has been much less than stellar.
They are a detriment to the stakeholder community on the whole.....
William X. Walsh wrote:
> The ISOC track record with regards to this process has been horrendous.
>
> I have been involved long enough to see that clearly. They have been an
> obstacle rather than a contributing factor.
>
> On 16-Mar-99 Greg Skinner wrote:
> > Ronda Hauben <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > > Greg I agree that there is a need for social issues to be
> > > discussed in a forum. Especially social issues about
> > > the Internet and its present and future development.
> >
> > > But the Internet Society, under the kind of political pressure
> > > it functions under, focuses on commercial issue, and the
> > > social issues are ignored or converted to mean how can
> > > we spread commercial interests agenda.
> >
> > *sigh*
> >
> > I guess we will have to agree to disagree on this.
> >
> > I have read remarks from several ISOC members, on the ISOC members'
> > discussion list, which can be accessed at
> >
> > http://www.isoc.org/members/discuss
> >
> > I believe that there are members who have a number of concerns, in
> > addition to commercial concerns.
> >
> > I would suggest that everyone who is interested read the ISOC members'
> > comments on the ISTF, and judge for themselves.
> >
> > --gregbo
>
> ----------------------------------
> E-Mail: William X. Walsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: 16-Mar-99
> Time: 11:28:56
> ----------------------------------
> "We may well be on our way to a society overrun by hordes
> of lawyers, hungry as locusts."
> - Chief Justice Warren Burger, US Supreme Court, 1977
Regards,
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Jeffrey A. Williams
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Information Network Eng. Group. INEG. INC.
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