Re: [IFWP] Letter from Santiago

1999-09-01 Thread Planet Communications Computing Facility
Michael: I can see by your statement you never had an uncle walt ;-) The adoration I've seen displayed for Ben here is nothing more then a form of homoerotic behaviour. Very common and contageous. I think Ben did a good Job and so did everyone else involved in the tech aspect. I personally th

Re: [IFWP] Letter from Santiago

1999-09-01 Thread Michael Sondow
Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School of Law wrote: > > FWIW some of us think Berkman did a great job. A great job of what? Of helping ICANN spread its lawlessness and hypocrisy around the world? Tell us, Mr. Froomkin, what do you get for acting as ICANN's apologist? Have you and your sidekick Wei

Re: [IFWP] Letter from Santiago

1999-09-01 Thread J. Baptista
On Tue, 31 Aug 1999, Diane Cabell wrote: > I can certainly understand Ben's reaction, however. Not because Joop made a direct > accusation, but because virtually all of his other comments in the message featured > situations where he believed that he or the INDO had suffered an intentional > in

Re: [IFWP] Letter from Santiago

1999-08-31 Thread Jeff Williams
Roberto and all, Ben's response to Joop not withstanding It is plainly evident, as has been the norm that seamless provisioning for remote participation is not very high on The ICANN (initial?) Interim Boards list of priorities, much along the same lines as Esther Dysons errant comment regardin

RE: [IFWP] Letter from Santiago

1999-08-31 Thread R . Gaetano
Ben, Thank you for the comprehensive report of the difficulties you have. I believe that you are doing a wonderful job, and I have the feeling of not being alone in thinking this way. I also believe that you overreacted to Joop's message, but I can try to explain how this could have happened (of

Re: [IFWP] Letter from Santiago - Berkmans/ICANN's poor planing, again...

1999-08-31 Thread Jeff Williams
Ben and all, I had to comment on this.. (See more below) Ben Edelman wrote: > Joop wrote: > > (presumably referring to a portion of the 8/26 Board Meeting?) > > > > We were not the only ones to miss it. The audio/video server happened to > be > > down too, for 20 minutes. > > So the only re

Re: [IFWP] Letter from Santiago

1999-08-31 Thread Ellen Rony
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > That said, I am curious. I have no idea how/why/where/when you managed >to get > the impression from Joop's comments that there was any conspiracy or in fact > any intended slur. It may have been the only inference you were able to >draw, > but it is probably the only

Re: [IFWP] Letter from Santiago

1999-08-31 Thread Diane Cabell
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > That said, I am curious. I have no idea how/why/where/when you managed to get > the impression from Joop's comments that there was any conspiracy or in fact > any intended slur. It may have been the only inference you were able to draw, > but it is probably the only i

Re: [IFWP] Letter from Santiago

1999-08-31 Thread Diane Cabell
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > That said, I am curious. I have no idea how/why/where/when you managed to get > the impression from Joop's comments that there was any conspiracy or in fact > any intended slur. It may have been the only inference you were able to draw, > but it is probably the only i

Re: [IFWP] Letter from Santiago

1999-08-31 Thread dstein
Ben, FWIW I think you have been doing a great job against all odds. Also thanks for the insights into the technical environment you were dealing with. That said, I am curious. I have no idea how/why/where/when you managed to get the impression from Joop's comments that there was any conspiracy

Re: [IFWP] Letter from Santiago

1999-08-31 Thread Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School of Law
FWIW some of us think Berkman did a great job. -- A. Michael Froomkin |Professor of Law| [EMAIL PROTECTED] U. Miami School of Law, P.O. Box 248087, Coral Gables, FL 33124 USA +1 (305) 284-4285 | +1 (305) 284-6506 (fax) | http://www.law.tm --> It's hot and humid

Re: [IFWP] Letter from Santiago

1999-08-31 Thread Ben Edelman
Joop wrote: (presumably referring to a portion of the 8/26 Board Meeting?) > > We were not the only ones to miss it. The audio/video server happened to be > down too, for 20 minutes. > So the only record we have are the scribe notes at > http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/icann/santiago/archive/ > > Unfortu