[ncdnhc-discuss] No new LA agenda

[Kent Crispin]

On Fri, Sep 28, 2001 at 06:55:04AM -0700, Vany Martinez wrote:
> Hi Dany, Milton and all:
> 
> I am agree with Dany. Please, lets hear what the
> constituency have to say about ICANN Agenda issues,
> before express a position in behalf of the NCDNHC.
>
> In my personal view, I think that ICANN should deal
> with this important technical issues of security and
> stability.  It is part of its mission.  Whether
> replace or not totally the agenda or postpone issues
> to the next meeting...well, that's other issue that we
> have to consider before make a final position about
> it.

Please note that ICANN did not say "replace totally".

> However, lets suppouse that ICANN decides to follow
> with its position of deal with the issues of security
> and stability postponing other issues...The NCDNHC
> doesn't have to change its own agenda...I think that
> the NCDNHC has to organize its agenda in a way that
> both policy and technical issues be dealt or
> discussed.
> 
> I think that we should wait to see what are the topics
> inside the agenda that ICANN will propose before state
> make any statement.


Something to seriously consider is the possibility of a terrorist attack
on the ICANN meeting itself.  Recent news reports in the US have
officials saying that the Sept 11 attack may well have been the first of
a wave of attacks aimed specifically at the US economy, and there are
several reports of suspicious activity -- eg, people getting special
drivers licenses for transport of hazardous materials (eg, tanker trucks
of gasoline) under suspicious circumstaqnces; and authorities are
stepping up inspections of commercial trucking.  Also, MdR is just
minutes from LAX.

Objectively speaking, there are probably bigger and better targets than
an ICANN meeting, but it is symbolic of the "new economy", and an 
attack in the next few months wouldn't need to be big to be extremely 
effective psychologically, and would certainly have an effect on the US 
economy.

-- 
Kent Crispin                               "Be good, and you will be
kent at songbird.com                           lonesome." -- Mark Twain