Very interesting messge of Roberto.
Jean-Michel B�car
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.etsi.org
E.T.S.I. FAS Systems Project Manager
Tel: +(33) (0)4 92 94 43 15
Fax: +(33) (0)4 92 38 52 15
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, July 08, 1999 18:41
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [ga] IFWP list and Internet Governance
>
>
> Hi, IFWPers.
>
> This mail will bounce, as I am unable to get the subscription
> to the IFWP
> list with my new address.
>
> I first asked Richard Sexton to change my address, and he
> referred me to
> instructions at the Web site http://www.open-rsc.org/ -
> please note that to
> address a mail to Richard is already a non-straightforward
> task for the 99%
> "minority" who refers to the root system as authoritative ;>)
>
> I followed instructions at the site
> (http://www.open-rsc.org/lists/others/),
> and asked people at my former site to unsubscribe my old
> address, while I
> subscribed my new one.
>
> In fact, after a couple of days ("Gee, isn't the list
> silent!"), I realized
> that the thing did not work. The postmaster at ETSI told me
> that my mailbox,
> that is still active for administrative reasons, is flooded with IFWP
> messages, while I did not get any.
> So, we did everything once again. But, surprise!, the system
> did not do it,
> because it claimed it was already done.
>
> So, last resort, the E-Mail address on the Web site for "problems &
> suggestions", [EMAIL PROTECTED] In fact, it is Andy
> Sernowitz' E-mail,
> and he kindly answered that he is not managing this since a year ago.
>
> I think that this, while it is just a minor incident (maybe
> in my getting
> settled in the new job, city and country I would not have had
> time anyhow to
> go through my mail), it is interesting in relationship with
> the proposal
> that comes in waves about the IFWP list as the voting body of
> the Internet,
> and/or the candidate "unique" list for all Internet issues,
> and so on. If we
> cannot change a subscriber's address, can we be trusted in
> checking voting
> rights of participants?
>
> The cc: to the dnso list has two purposes: first to ask some DNSOer to
> forward this message to the IFWP, and second to acknowledge
> that the same
> operation on the DNSO lists worked the first time through.
>
>
> Regards
> Roberto
>
> P.S.: Please note that my new address is [EMAIL PROTECTED], effective
> 1999-07-01. This is only temporary, because I will move to a personal
> address soon.
>
>
