Richard,
> IN BIG LETTERS.
>
> This stuff is too important to be glossed over... and thats what we're doing.
>
I agree, a lot of time and energy has been frittered away, as if we
have been waiting to be *told we are being listened to. Maybe the
realization is dawning that while in principle there is no need for
*any organization of the net, in the 'short term' the more organized
get the cake, and that nothing whatsover stops this list (or any
other!) from a) picking an objective, b) formulating a collective,
collaborative and coherent position on it just as if it had been
solicited by some interim power-that-be, and then c) following
through to have a clear on-the-record explanation of why it was
*either* accepted or rejected. Failing that (fairly basic, I should
have thought) process, how can any group learn to deal with the
ramifications of policy-making, or ever hope to reclaim such power
for the internet membership as a whole?
kerry
