At 10:24 PM 7/11/99 -0400, you wrote:
>Mr. Ayoob,
>
>The attached letter does not represent the sentiments of the vast majority
>of the Internet community. Indeed, it is contrary to those sentiments.
Come off it, please. Everybody seems to want to announce to the world
the sentiments of the "vast majority" on the Internet. Without regard to
this particular issue, these expressions sound as the very echo of the
claims of ICANN to have discovered the Holy Grail, i.e., "consensus." If
we would speak for ourselves, and for those whom we know exactly are in
agreement with us, we could have a debate here rather than this kind of
lobbying in which he who shouts the loudest and knows the greatest
number of acronyms supposedly comes out the winner, without regard
to the merits of anything.
(Um, that "CORE" bit now: is that the "Congress Of Racial Equality?"
If so, I am pleased to see them "at the front of the line," but I would not
have expected that organization to have indulged in such hype.)
Bill Lovell
>
>The issues comnfronting ICANN, NTIA, CORE and NSI (among other
>organizations) is far beyond the scope of this memo, and I will not attempt
>to summarize it here. Suffice it to say that many special interests are at
>play (including, near the front of the line, CORE).
>
