Oh, I definitely think we need MORE mailing lists. Let's just break this
puppy up into so many component parts that no one has any idea where to
participate or what the whole should look like when it is all brought
together again and presented to ICANN. Sigh.
The decision has been made that the DNSO.ORG list is the official
repository of discussion about DNSO activities. Within that, there will be
a general assembly list, an announce list for activities of the Names
Council, Working Group or issue-oriented lists, and constituency lists I
suppose. Forget that there is spillover between issues discussed on this
list--the only two-way ICANN focused list--and issues discussed on
DNSO.ORG. Now we get to decide which issue should be discussed where,
although the boundaries are not very distinct.
And we are all asked to manage this profusion of lists and information on a
very aggressive time schedule, worked in between the cracks of available
time while trying to earn a living, yet participating in discussions and
developing recommendations that will affect millions of Internet users for
years to come.
Nope, there's nothing wrong with that picture. Those who protest, who urge
the development of principles and procedures first are accused of trying to
slow down the process. Self organization may be messy, but why does it also
have to be so unreasonable.
>>So, it seems to me a better idea that declaring
>>the [EMAIL PROTECTED] list as the regular expression
>>of the general assembly of the DNSO would be to
>>use the IFWP list for that purpose; it may take months
>>or perhaps even a year to get the dnso list to the size
>>the ifwp list.
>>
>>Are there any reasons why this shouldn't be done ?
>
>The only obstacles that I can see are:
>
> (1) ifwp is, as far as I know, completely unmoderated without any rules
>for participation, civility, etc. Participation would be enhanced by the
>addition of such rules;
>
> (2) as far as I know, ifwp is not archived, and we'd want to start
>keeping copies of the general assembly list; and
>
> (3) new participants may be confused by the name of the list.
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