For the record, Joe was talking about two different things. But why does all
this matter so much anyway? who phoned whom, etc. etc.
The real question is:
"Did whoever contacted you make you promise to do something in particular,
vote for particular interests, or follow directions of any kind?"
The answer is no.
At 02:24 AM 21/05/99 -0400, Gordon Cook wrote:
>yes george, as an ex IBM vice president, you are IBM's man and the GIP's
>man and the trojan horse for IBM's interests in e-commerce on the ICANN
>board. congratulations. Of course Patrick as the overseer of the GIP, of
>Cochetti, and Nelson would call you. again...nice work. tell me. when
>will e-com be made a top level domain?
>
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>On Thu, 20 May 1999, George Conrades wrote:
>
>> Michael and Jay, You got to give Kent his point on how it happened with me.
>> And, from every thing I know, it was a "distributed search".
>>
>> *******************
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>>
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Kent Crispin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>> > Sent: Thursday, May 20, 1999 6:05 PM
>> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Roberto Gaetano
>> > Cc: 'Michael Sondow'; ICANN; Esther Dyson; Mike Roberts; Paul Twomey;
>> > Nikki Vajrabukka; WTO Trade Policy Review Board; George Conrades; Greg
>> > Crew; Frank Fitzsimmons; Hans Kraaijenbrink; Professor Jun Marai;
>> > Geraldine Capdeboscq; Eugenio Triana; Linda S. Wilson; Joe Sims; Al
>> > Gore; Chip Pickering; Connie Morella; Thomas Davis; Gil Gutknecht; Eddie
>> > Bernice Johnson; Jim Barcia; Mark Harrington; Richard Russell; Paul
>> > Scolese; James Tierney; William Daley; Madeleine Albright; Theresa
>> > Amato; James Love; Jay Fenello; Ronda Hauben; Karl Auerbach; Beckwith
>> > Burr; Larry Irving; Gordon Cook; Tony Rutkowski; Tom Lowenhaupt; Nick
>> > Patience; Jeri Clausing; U.S. Ho. of Reps. Commerce Committee; U.S.
>> > Secretary of State; Milton Mueller; Ellen Rony; Ronald Wyden; Jonathan
>> > Zittrain; Larry Lessig; Shari Steele; Troy Davis; Erick Iriarte;
>> > Eberhard W Lisse; Willie Schatz; Kevin M. Kelly; Hector L. Rodriguez
>> > Milla; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Jeff Graber; Courtney Macavinta; Howard
>> > Sartori; Kathryn Kleiman; Barbara Dooley; Bret A. Fausett; Francis
>> > Gurry; WTO Media; Lidia Carlos-Silvetti (ERAD); Committee on Trade and
>> > Development; Trade and Development Center; WTO Information;
>> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> > Subject: Duplicity by Fenello and Sondow
>> >
>> >
>> > On Thu, May 20, 1999 at 01:17:58PM -0400, Jay Fenello wrote:
>> > >
>> > > Mr. Conrades appears to contradict this.
>> >
>> > Give me a break. Mr Conrades states explicitly that he was contacted
>> > by John Patrick first.
>> >
>> > For those not familiar with the technique: Mr Sondow and Mr Fenello
>> > are engaging in what is commonly known as a "smear".
>> >
>> > The facts are clear:
>> >
>> > - the selection process was a distributed search -- nobody involved
>> > knew all the players, or what everyone was doing
>> >
>> > - the selection process involved a fairly large group of people
>> >
>> > - there were also a large number of candidates
>> >
>> > - Joe, as primary counsel for IANA, was one of several people
>> > involved in the selection process, and played an important though not
>> > decisive role
>> >
>> > In other words, the search was very similar to an executive
>> > search -- there was an unusual and difficult set of necessary
>> > qualifications, and finding candidates under such circumstances is
>> > frequently a difficult and delicate task.
>> >
>> > This is the process that has been presented. [Some would have
>> > preferred a large-scale election, but that would have been very
>> > difficult, at best.]
>> >
>> > All the testimony is consistent with this description.
>> >
>> > The attempts of Mr Fenello and Mr Sondow to make something more of
>> > this are transparent indications of at least their personal agendas.
>> > (I say "at least", because Mr Fenello has publically stated that he
>> > is being paid by Network Solutions, Inc., as a "consultant" in
>> > matters of "Internet Governance".)
>> >
>> > --
>> > Kent Crispin "Do good, and you'll be
>> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] lonesome." -- Mark Twain
>> >
>>
>
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