Hello Lauren and Peter.
I posted your PFIR statement to the
Aligning with Purpose discussion list,
and ended up with some questions that
we were hoping you could answer for
the list.
Thanks in advance for your thoughtful
replies.
Jay.
At 09:24 PM 7/24/00, Michael Sondow wrote:
>Jay Fenello wrote:
> >
> > PFIR Statement on Internet Policies, Regulations, and > Control
>
><snip>
>
> > It is our belief that the current mechanism for making many key
> decisions in
> > this regard, as embodied in The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and
> > Numbers, "ICANN" (http://www.icann.org), is proving to be inadequate to the
> > task at hand. We believe that this is the result primarily of structural
> > and historical factors, not the fault of the individuals directing ICANN's
> > activities, whom we feel have been genuinely attempting to do the best
> > possible job that they could with highly complex, contentious, and
> thankless
> > tasks.
>
>Are these people joking, or are they just hopelessly uninformed?
Maybe another way to state this question...
Do you really believe that the current ICANN
board has managed their affairs in an ethical
and moral way (some measures of which include
truthfulness and honesty)?
If so, then there are many who would like to
understand your beliefs, especially given the
historical record as *not* documented in the
GAO Report.
If not, then by implication are we to assume
that you support compromises in ethics and
morals under some extreme circumstances,
such as those facing the ICANN board?
These are not trick questions, only an attempt
to get to the common essence of the problems
surrounding ICANN.
Thanks again,
Respectfully,
Jay Fenello,
New Media Strategies
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