[ncdnhc-discuss] Esther Dyson on the Agenda Change

[Gendron, Michael (MIS)]

I too hope that excerpt was FAIR USE - it puts many important issues on the
table regarding the agenda change.  I guess the next issue is how we get the
ICANN board to listen to exacting reason as put forth by Ms. Dyson.

Michael

Michael Gendron.. Ph.D.
Associate Professor
School of Business
CCSU


-----Original Message-----
From: Milton Mueller [mailto:Mueller at syr.edu]
Sent: Monday, October 08, 2001 12:20 PM
To: discuss at icann-ncc.org
Subject: [ncdnhc-discuss] Esther Dyson on the Agenda Change

>From her newsletter:

(I hope this is "fair use"!)

ICANN has just announced that the agency's annual
meeting next month, which was supposed to include
a decision on the ALSC's recommendations, will focus
on security issues. That sounds very nice -- responsive
to current conditions and so forth -- but it ends up delaying
more pressing issues.

Security is important, and ICANN's member organization―
-- technical developers, Internet service providers,
address and domain name registries and registrars -- should
certainly work together on security issues. But most of
what they need to do is fairly specific and beyond the
purview of a policy and standards body. ICANN and its
members do need to be aware of security issues, but the
details -- especially for ensuring the integrity of the root
servers, which are the foundation of the Domain Name
System probably should NOT be discussed in public.
Regardless,accomplishing these things requires staff and
technical expert time ― not a lot of discussion at the board
level.


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