Re: [atlarge-discuss] call for a webmaster

[Gary Osbourne <gro@direct.ca>]

At 11:46 AM 16/07/02 +1200, Joop Teernstra wrote:

>Has the Panel voted on this decision?
>IMHO it is a mistake.

I was obviously mistaken as I thought you had
previously offered me the keys. I hadn't thought
to ask whether the Panel had voted on that.

>The members are willing to donate, and what else
>are these donations going to be used for if not
>for the collective ownership of the website?

If the atlarge can't find enough folks willing
and able to provide pro bono the necessary time
and expertise out of 850 members (and perhaps
others as I thought you'd agreed with) to run a
website then I can't see why ICANN should take
them seriously. If 850+ folks can't even manage
to run one website, why should their opinions
be taken seriously about running the internet?

Why must collective ownership be due to cash,
why can donations not be made in kind? Because
that way the work gets done but no money changes
hands? I don't see that as a bug, it's a feature.

>Also, calling for new hosting is opening an
>unnecessary can of worms, as Bret is already
>providing for this. Current hosting has been
>paid in advance for a year.

Kudos to Bret. While I can understand that
collective ownership needn't necessarily mean
full collective *and individual* access, pray
tell which and how many individuals presently have
unrestricted administrative access to that host? -g


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