[IFWP] Were you consulted?

2000-05-16 Thread Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School of Law
As you may know, ICANN suddenly announced last week that it has formed Election and Nominating Committees, without any visible public input. The announcement is at http://www.icann.org/announcements/icann-pr09may00.htm . Commentary suggesting that there were a few flaws in the process can be

[IFWP] Re: [bwg+] Were you consulted?

2000-05-16 Thread James Love
I was not consulted. Jamie "Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School of Law" wrote: As you may know, ICANN suddenly announced last week that it has formed Election and Nominating Committees, without any visible public input. The announcement is at

Re: [IFWP] Were you consulted?

2000-05-16 Thread Jay Fenello
I was not consulted either. I suspect Mike Roberts means that he consulted the same people who put him in office ;-) Jay. At 10:01 AM 5/16/00, Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School of Law wrote: As you may know, ICANN suddenly announced last week that it has formed Election and Nominating

[IFWP] RE: [bwg+] Were you consulted?

2000-05-16 Thread Judith Oppenheimer
I'm on WG-B, and am an At Large Member (awaiting, along with everyone else, my pin.) I ***was not*** consulted. Judith Oppenheimer 800 Dot Com News, Intelligence, Consulting – FREE Daily HeadsUp Headlines. "...superb real-time source..." –– "...invaluable..." –– "...indispensable..."

Re: [IFWP] Re: [bwg+] Were you consulted?

2000-05-16 Thread Mark C. Langston
On Tue, May 16, 2000 at 11:05:57AM -0400, Dan Steinberg wrote: For that matter, neither was I. James Love wrote: I was not consulted. Jamie Neither was I, and I don't believe anyone else was either. When people around ICANN talk about "outreach" or "broad diversity" or "consensus",

[IFWP] Re: Were you consulted?

2000-05-16 Thread Ellen Rony
In order to test this intuition, I would be very interested in hearing from anyone who was actually consulted by ICANN prior to this announcement, whatever their affiliation. Not consulted. Disappointed, but not surprised. Was anyone on the original Membership Advisory Committee consulted? I

[IFWP] ICANN's At-large Membership: Dupes and Shills

2000-05-16 Thread Michael Sondow
Mike Roberts, ICANN CEO, is quoted in the New York Times as saying, in regard to the At-large Nominating Committee: "ICANN directors and staff worked hard to consult widely in the process of forming these committees". The simple answer to the question "Why aren't there any at-large Internet

[IFWP] Re: Were you consulted?

2000-05-16 Thread Michael Sondow
Ellen Rony wrote Was anyone on the original Membership Advisory Committee consulted? The MAC served its purpose - to distract and immobilize user opposition to ICANN - and is now forgotten. Michael Sondow I.C.I.I.U.

Re: [IFWP] Were you consulted?

2000-05-16 Thread !Dr. Joe Baptista
They didn't consult me - and they were warned in Cairo that would be a bad thing. Regards Joe Baptista On Tue, 16 May 2000, Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School of Law wrote: As you may know, ICANN suddenly announced last week that it has formed Election and Nominating Committees, without any

Re: [IFWP] Re: Were you consulted?

2000-05-16 Thread Dan Steinberg
Well, I was on the MAC and I forgot to mention it last time round when I mentioned that I hadnt been consulted. Ellen Rony wrote: In order to test this intuition, I would be very interested in hearing from anyone who was actually consulted by ICANN prior to this announcement, whatever