Ester: Think red Latex.
> Ken, I've already said most of what I have to say, and you can go find it
> and repeat it as well as I can.
>
> I think ICANN is heading in more or less the right direction despite its
> many imperfections, and I want to help make it better. It is not governing
> the world, and god forbid *anything* should be put to a global vote. It is
> trying to organize bottom-up courtesy of the people most concerned with the
> Net's infrastructure, and draw them in through outreach. It implements its
> policies through contracts, not by "governing."
>
> (PS - what on earth does feminism, whatever that is, have to do with any of
> this?)
>
> Esther
>
> At 09:23 pm 11/23/1999 -0700, Ken Freed wrote:
> >Esther --
> >
> >May I offer a general observation on your IFWP postings?
> >Terse retorts to report fragments avoid the larger issues.
> >Many would welcome a more meaningful exchange here.
> >
> >Will you address the legitimacy of a governance body that's
> >presuming to govern without the consent of the governed?
> >There has never been a global vote giving permission
> >for ICANN to become our global Internet government.
> >
> >How can you, a freedom advocate, a feminist, remain
> >blind to ICANN as the toy of boys who would be kings?
> >Are you fooling yourself into thinking your values rule?
> >Will generations yet unborn praise or condemn you?
> >
> >Read your own words about the values needed today.
> >http://www.media-visions.com/dyson.html. Good stuff.
> >
> >Walk away, Esther. Be the one who saves the world.
> >
> >-- ken
> >
> >_________________________________________________
> >
> >Our Visions Create the Media as the Media Create our Visions.
> >_________________________________________________
> >
> >
> >>We are not sending anyone (or if we are, it's news to me, and I should
> >>know). Why should we?
> >>
> >>Esther Dyson
> >>
> >>At 04:40 pm 11/22/1999 +0100, Mark R Measday wrote:
> >>>Is is possible to know what representations ICANN has made, or which
> >>>observers have been sent by ICANN to the WTO conference in Seattle next
> >>>month?
> >>>
> >>>MM
> >>>Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii;
> >>> name="measday.vcf"
> >>>Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
> >>>Content-Description: Card for Mark R Measday
> >>>Content-Disposition: attachment;
> >>> filename="measday.vcf"
> >>>
> >>>Attachment Converted: C:\EUDORA\measda11.vcf
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >>Esther Dyson Always make new mistakes!
> >>chairman, EDventure Holdings
> >>chairman, Internet Corp. for Assigned Names & Numbers
> >>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>1 (212) 924-8800 -- 1 (212) 924-0240 fax
> >>104 Fifth Avenue (between 15th and 16th Streets; 20th floor)
> >>New York, NY 10011 USA
> >>http://www.edventure.com http://www.icann.org
> >>
> >>PC Forum: 12 to 15 March 2000, Scottsdale (Phoenix), Arizona
> >>Book: "Release 2.1: A design for living in the digital age"
> >>High-Tech Forum in Europe: October 2000, where would you like it?
> >>Barcelona, Edinburgh, Istanbul, other?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
> Esther Dyson Always make new mistakes!
> chairman, EDventure Holdings
> chairman, Internet Corp. for Assigned Names & Numbers
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 1 (212) 924-8800 -- 1 (212) 924-0240 fax
> 104 Fifth Avenue (between 15th and 16th Streets; 20th floor)
> New York, NY 10011 USA
> http://www.edventure.com http://www.icann.org
>
> PC Forum: 12 to 15 March 2000, Scottsdale (Phoenix), Arizona
> Book: "Release 2.1: A design for living in the digital age"
> High-Tech Forum in Europe: October 2000, where would you like it?
> Barcelona, Edinburgh, Istanbul, other?
>
>
>
