>Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 08:56:06 PDT >From: Lauren Weinstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> These are not trick questions, only an attempt >> to get to the common essence of the problems >> surrounding ICANN. > >Greetings. Peter and I recognize that emotions run very high on these >issues in many quarters. There are a wide range of opinions about any >aspect of ICANN anyone cares to name. Everyone is of course free to draw >their own conclusions about the actions of the board as a whole, and >there's plenty of varied opinions on that as well. > >We feel that it would be most productive to not dwell on the emotional >aspects of the situation but rather to concentrate on the basic questions: > >1) Is ICANN making good decisions and doing a good job? > >2) If the answer to (1) is no, what's a proposed next step for consideration? > >We think we've made it pretty clear that we consider the answer to (1) to >basically be no--we don't think ICANN is overall doing a good job, and in >fact we feel that the situation is getting worse rather than better. We've >also explained in some detail what we're suggesting for (2). That's where >we feel we need to put our efforts to contribute the most towards solving >these problems. > >We'll let others, if they wish, dissect the ICANN board's motivations and >the history in more detail if they consider that course to be productive >from their standpoint. > >--Lauren-- >Lauren Weinstein >[EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Co-Founder, PFIR - People For Internet Responsibility - http://www.pfir.org >Moderator, PRIVACY Forum - http://www.vortex.com >Member, ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy > > > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ph-1.613.473.1719 It's about travel on expense accounts to places with good beer. - BKR
