On Sun, 10 Jan 1999, Greg Skinner wrote:
> But this list is (supposedly) a forum for consensus, and yet people
> fight. People were fighting before ICANN appeared on the scene.
> ICANN has no control over the fighting, from what I can see.
This is generous.
Much of the fighting is over ICANN itself, and comes from the fact that
ICANN operates in secret. A good deal of the fighting is in fact a
form of speculation: people are arguing over different interpretations
of ICANN's intent, or what today's version of the ICANN bylaws really
mean.
Calm comes from confidence and understanding. ICANN can easily take
actions to increase both. The simplest is to make the meetings of the
ICANN board open.
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Jim Dixon Managing Director
VBCnet GB Ltd http://www.vbc.net tel +44 117 929 1316
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