Esther Dyson writes: + Yes, it would be great to have a single, authoritative, reliable, + coherent, relevant list. However, if we (ICANN) started a mailing list + we would immediately get into a tangle over the rules, who sets the + rules, who implements them, who decides exactly how offensive you can + be, etc. etc. etc. Right now, we don't have the staff or the time to + deal with this. For now at least, we'll take the bottom-up approach and + let the lists continue to self-organize (or not). Speaking from a position that was created by mysterious edict and from the top down this is a very strange statement. How about aplying that same reasoning to all of your activities and maneuverings? Regular citizens don't have any say in your sacred deliberations and you ICANN people won't dignify us with information about your procedings. We ask for minutes and records and involvement. You reply by saying it's too inconvenient, we don't have enough staff, yada, yada. And now we hear that this allegedly "interim" board will create five (5) new Top Level Domains, will take over the functions of IANA, is moving fast on taking over the RFC process of setting technical standards. All without elections, any members, any international sanction and so on. Ms. Dyson cannot really be taken seriously and her conspiratorial organization must not only be debunked but also dismantled and an adequate replacement launched. We move from folly to even greater folly with Esther, new Queen of the Internet leading those who would most profit from this madness down the garden cyber path to even more chaos and confusion. Time for us all to wake up and smell the virtual roses... or worse. Bob Allisat Free Community Network _ [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://fcn.net _ http://fcn.net/allisat http://robin.fcn.net __________________________________________________ To receive the digest version instead, send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To SUBSCRIBE forward this message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNSUBSCRIBE, forward this message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Problems/suggestions regarding this list? Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___END____________________________________________
