Marty.....you misquote what I wrote: esther's remarks were not off record! why would I quote them if they were off record? here is the operative paragraph: This morning however Esther Dyson did call me from the airport. We had an extremely useful 10 minute conversation before she had to run for her plane. She did not say it was off record. At the end I asked if there was anything off record, adding that I felt what she said needed to be accurate and wanted to try to ensure that. "Well why not send it to me before you put it out?" I hesitantly said yes and asked what kind of turn around I would get. 36 hours (she would be on net when she got the chance) was the reply as she dashed off. This leaves me with an unpleasant problem. I am going ahead with my notes on the call. I believe I can be quite accurate. If I am not I invite Esther to send me corrections of or do the correcting herself. Time here is important and her information, while not a huge surprise, is very helpful in understanding the dynamics of what is happening. Now for the details of the conversation: >Gordon Cook says that Esther Dyson said to him off the record (double >hearsay with a twist): > > "But you have got to understand that half our board is not >>American and they think the US federal open meetings law is something they >>should not have to subject themselves to." > >Forget for the sake of the following whether or not this was in fact said. >Treat it as a hypothetical situation where the newly drafted ICANN by-laws >are getting a reality test: > *************************************************************************** The COOK Report on Internet What Happened to the White Paper? 431 Greenway Ave, Ewing, NJ 08618 USA ICANN a Sham. (updated 10/25/98) See (609) 882-2572 (phone & fax) http://www.cookreport.com/whorules.html [EMAIL PROTECTED] Index to 6 years of COOK Report, how to subscribe, exec summaries, special reports, gloss at http://www.cookreport.com *************************************************************************** __________________________________________________ To receive the digest version instead, send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To SUBSCRIBE forward this message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNSUBSCRIBE, forward this message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Problems/suggestions regarding this list? Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___END____________________________________________
