Re: [atlarge-discuss] Issues

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>]

Bruce and all stakeholders or other interested parties,

Bruce Young wrote:

> I agree with both sides of this argument: without the infrastructure, we
> *have* no Internet, but without the users we have no *reason* for the
> Internet.  Both are equally important.

  Well almost right here Bruce.  Before there were "Users" (your term)
the US military was the only user of the Internet.  So there was still
a *Reason* for the internet to exist.

>
>
> Once we are grounded, we as an organization are going to need to become
> increasingly more involved in the details of managing the domain name system
> (which, after all, should be ICANN's focus!).

  Well let's not forget that the Internet is not JUST the DNS...  So
the focus cannot JUST be on one aspect or area of the internet...

> For this organization to be
> effective, the users need to get smarter on the system, while the systems
> people need to become more sensitive to the social impacts technical
> decisions have on users.  We do that through talking to each other instead
> of flaming!

  Here here!  I could not agree with you more here...

>  It's easy for users to denegrate techies as "soulless
> technocrats" for not being socially sensitive, and techies to disparage
> "do-gooder users" for being less than astute technically.

  Yes it is all too easy and done all to often.  Yet there is a grain of
truth in both...

>  It's much harder
> to accept that everyone has their own expertise, and be willing to learn
> from some and teach others so that we all get smarter together!  But that is
> exactly what we should be doing.

  Also agreed here as well...

>
>
> Bruce Young
> Portland, Oregon
> Bruce@barelyadequate.info
> http://www.barelyadequate.info
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Jeffrey A. Williams
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