Re: Dyson's reply RE: [IFWP] Representations to WTO Conference

[A.M. Rutkowski]

At 10:55 AM 11/24/99 , you wrote:
>I did not conclude that all is lost, so long as I see some progress. The
>alternatives scare me too. So that is where we disagree.

Hi Tamar,

What progress have you seen?
A larger board?

What realistic alternatives do you fear?
Consider that the whole big Internet world
out there exists...and has long successfully
existed...marvelously well without an ICANN.

The fact of the matter is that any organization
constructed like ICANN - where every interest and
constituency is simply grafted on to create an
unfathomable labyrinth - is unlikely to succeed
in any field.  Indeed, for most interested
parties, a "good ICANN" is one that does nothing
or disappears.  About the only exception, is the
introduction of new TLDs.

Some discussion of these matters would be useful.

cordially,
tony