Jim Dixon said, >>There were repeated votes in the IFWP and in the steering group in >>favour of holding a wrap-up meeting. But the IFWP was the victim of >>its own virtues: it was an open process that anyone could join, so >>people who were entirely opposed to its goals were able to join the >>IFWP steering committee and bring things to a grinding halt. And so it happened in the early IDNO, yes, also due to my own mistakes. Only thanks to the persistent efforts of DN owners like Peter Hyde, who drafted the Re-railing proposal (see www.idno.org/rrp.htm) and the members who stayed around to vote it through, the effort was finally saved. The fortunate difference with the IFWP was that those who opposed the IDNO's goals did not have the stature and weight to throw the rest. --Joop Teernstra LL.M.-- the Cyberspace Association and the constituency for Individual Domain Name Owners http://www.idno.org
