[ncdnhc-discuss] Esther Dyson on the Agenda Change

[Marc Schneiders]

On Mon, 8 Oct 2001, at 13:38 [=GMT-0400], Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School...:

> Actually, the essay is really annoying: it presents the six (basically a
> ratification of the decisions ED voted for when on the Board) as a
> COMPROMISE, when in fact it's siding with one side.

Never mind that for now, I would say. Someone who should know tells us
implicitly that the chancge of agenda is a, eh, not a good idea, to
put it nicely. Conrfirms all our suspicions, does it not?
Who will believe ICANN's president after this? Not even Kent Crispin,
I guess.

-- 
Marc at Schneiders.ORG

> On Mon, 8 Oct 2001, Milton Mueller wrote:
> 
> > >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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