[ncdnhc-discuss] No new LA agenda

[Gendron, Michael (MIS)]

I have watched this debate for the last few days, but have just listened.  I
concur with the points made in Professor Froomkin's note.  From my vantage
point, ICANN management should not hijack a meeting to discuss security, but
should use portions of the meeting to develop ways to ensure that security
concerns pervade everything that ICANN does.  This should not be a knee-jerk
or panic reaction.  In panic mode, many important things will be missed.
This must be a deliberative effort - security concerns will not be solved in
one meeting..


Michael

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

860-437-8322
mgendron75 at home.com


 -----Original Message-----
From: 	Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School of Law
[mailto:froomkin at law.miami.edu] 
Sent:	Friday, September 28, 2001 10:44 AM
To:	discuss at icann-ncc.org
Subject:	Re: [ncdnhc-discuss] No new LA agenda

FWIW, please count me as one who believes:

1. Security is an issue worth discussing.  The first step should be either
to commission a paper from an expert or 3, and/or to form a working group
to discuss the issue.  We need facts as to what people think the
correctable vulnerabilities are, other than ICANN's continuing failure to
provide the registrant/registrar data escrow that would probably be the
cornerstone of a good security policy.

2. It's ok to set aside some time for this issue in LA, but hijacking the
agenda is a very serious error.

3. It is appropriate for our leaders to complain that they and we were not
consulted, and therefore there is no documented consensus in this group to
support this high-handed, almost panic-driven, action.

4. It is appropriate for members of this constituency to discuss what view
if any we collectively hold, in the hopes of forming a consensus.  In the
absence of one, however, items can go onto the agenda at the staff's
behest, but it is wrong for them to take off major items.


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