Re: [ICANN-EU] ICANN MEMBERS' FORUM: Los Angeles, Nov. 12

[Alf Hansen <aha@uninett.no>]

Marc,

Yes, I think you are in a bad mood....

Someone has to take the lead. Hans and the sponsoring organisations seem
to have made some realy good preparations for something positive to
happen.

Still pysical meetings are needed from time to time, especially in the
initial phase.

Good work, Hans and the others!

Best regards,
Alf H


Marc Schneiders wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 20 Oct 2000, Hans Klein wrote:
> 
> >              Announcement -- Please Forward
> >
> >   =======================================================
> >
> >                   ICANN MEMBERS' FORUM
> >
> >                   Sunday, November 12, 8 AM
> >        Marina Beach Marriott Hotel, Marina del Rey
> >
> >        http://www.CivSoc.org/At-Large_Meeting.html
> >   =======================================================
> >
> > This forum will bring together ICANN members and newly-elected Directors in
> > a process of self-organization.  Currently the At Large Membership consists
> > of some 158,000 anonymous individuals and 5 elected At Large Directors.
> > Recognized leaders from among the members will work together to create a
> > more enduring organization that gives members a voice in ICANN.
> 
> Am I in a bad mood, or does this sound very ICANNesk: "recognized
> leaders", claiming recognition by "anonymous individuals" (half of
> whom never fully immatriculated as member, and of whom they will
> hardly know even 1%) are going to "create" something "enduring", to
> wit a "self-organization"?
> 
> Can those who have no PIN also attend, provided they can afford to fly
> to California? How do you tell who is a member and who not?
> 
> Truly an ICANNesk bottom-up process of concensus. Keep the tradition
> going.
> 
> --
> Marc Schneiders
> ------------------------
> "The last temptation
> is the greatest treason:
> to do the right thing,
> for the wrong reason."
> (T.S. Eliot)
> ------------------------

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