A.M. Rutkowski wrote:
>
> At the last ICANN meeting, the Board promised
> greater openness, especially Linda Wilson.
What would Linda Wilson know or care about it? She's one of the
phantom Board members, there for window-dressing purposes, isn't
she? You don't imagine that the students or even the faculty at her
university have any idea what the BoD there is up to?
> However, the opposite seems to have occurred.
Naturally. By now, everyone realizes that when ICANN says something,
the opposite is about to occur. Like children brought up without
restraint, the Board members lie about everything.
> Consider the following.
>
> 1) No indication of any kind concerning developments
> related to the ICANN Ad Hoc Committee over the past
> two month period. There is reference to activity
> in the recently posted 9 Dec ICANN Board minutes
That's because it's "ad hoc". :-)
> Mr. Kraaijenbrink reported on progress
> in identifying an editorial group for
> the discussion forum of the Ad Hoc group
> chartered in Resolution 99.138.
What is an "editorial group"? For all we know, this is a euphemism
for "paramilitary death squad" (ICANN operatives traveling from
country to country threatening independent ccTLD registries with
cutting off their telco access, like what has been done in Haiti.)
BTW, Mr. Kraaijinbrink's e-mail address is no longer functional.
Neither is Frank Fitzsimmons'. Is the Board living in a bunker?
> He indicated
> that the editorial group's membership was
> nearly completed and that he expected to
> begin operations near the beginning of 2000.
"Operations"? What sort of "operations" is an "editorial group"
supposed to engage in? I don't like the sound of this. Whenever
ICANN comes up with an innocuous-sounding structure, it's certain
that it will be doing dangerous things. The ICANNers are relatively
stupid and, believing others to be as stupid as they, keep trying to
trick everybody by lying about what they're up to. The "editorial
group" of the "ad hoc" committee is sure to be up to no good.
> Where and how is this all occurring?
Behind closed doors, in conference with Michael Roberts, Becky Burr,
Roger Cochetti, and Vint Cerf. Where else?
> 2) No consistent listing of ICANN communications
> has occurred, including the May 1999 communication
> from the European Union raised at the Los Angeles
> meeting. Indeed, there are no communications of any
> kind listed for the last three months since 27 Sep 1999.
The ICANNers have gotten away with indiscriminate posting, or no
posting. No one has made a meaningful protest (i.e. lawsuit for big
bucks, or criminal charges). Why should they bother any more?
Michael Sondow
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