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From: "Harold Feld" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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First, let me say that ICANN is to be credited
for its actions on the DNSO front. While I may not
ultimately agree with the position taken, it is reassuring
that the board appears to have actually thought about
what they were doing and to try to reach some kind of
compromise. A positive step.
OTOH, there is an increasing title level of use going
on here that is on the one hand absurd and on the other
hand troubling. It is the use of titles of people working with
ICANN and the ever increasing references to "staff" making
recommendations and formulating positions.
The reason it is absurd is that, given the nature of ICANN
and its history, this seems quite pretentious. I simply
must raise a quizical eyebrow when Molly Shaffer Van Houweling receives
about three different titles over the course of a year, now culminating in
"senior advisor" (I personally want "Lord High Grand Poobah" or "Delegate
of the Lawyers Who Say NI!").
What is disturbing, however, is the way ICANN is constantly shaping itself
as administrative agency. The use of "staff" to create policy
recommendations and process information, the designation of everyone by
title, with a title denoting hierarchial status, are all reflections of
agency structure and mentality.
When Apple first formed, the board and managers treated titles as a joke.
People went around with business cards saying things like "Wizard Behind
the Curtain" and "Software Ghod". As the organization ossified (and become
less effective), it started insisting that its employees act
"professionally." Real titles, connoting real things, came in. With this
