Re: [atlarge-discuss] Re: WG-DNS name protection

["Richard Henderson" <richardhenderson@ntlworld.com>]

My comments below:

----- Original Message -----
From: James Love <james.love@cptech.org>
To: Sotiris Sotiropoulos <sotiris@hermesnetwork.com>
Cc: <DannyYounger@cs.com>; <terastra@terabytz.co.nz>;
<richardhenderson@ntlworld.com>; <jefsey@club-internet.fr>;
<atlarge-discuss@lists.fitug.de>
Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2002 7:40 PM
Subject: Re: [atlarge-discuss] Re: WG-DNS name protection


> Sotiris,
>
>       I think we were ready to appoint you the webmaster a week or two
ago,

*****RH: no, we had not presented either the WG-web group or the membership
with the choices, and pros and cons, and I am not aware that "WE" were ready
to appoint Sotiris a week ago, though I would be happy to consider Sotiris.
If "WE" is the panel, then I don't think you can speak for the panel,
Jamie*****

> but some support evaporated

*****RH: again, that may be YOUR perception Jamie, but I don't think there
was any panel consensus on that - at least, no-one ever got in touch with me
about it - are there private conversations going on between some panel
members and are they the "WE" you refer to?*****

> after some of your blasts at various panel
> members....  and I think understandably there is an interest in having the
> webmaster job more or less depoliticized.   At this point, we have
> recommended have Brett be the formal webmaster,

*****RH: Who is the "WE" please? The panel has not recommended anything of
the sort. It's one option. Sotiris is another option. A Jefsey-style
atlarge.org structure with multiple webmasters is another.*****

> with the idea that there
> will be different volunteers who help out on the site.  Of course, we have
> to get this motion approved by the panel before anything happens.

*****RH: Before that, we need to set out clear choices to the membership and
consult on the advantages and disadvantages of those choices*****

>  Right now
> Joop is the webmaster.  It's my fault that you didn't get a private note
or
> a cc on this, and I apologize.

*****RH: Jamie apologises for any frustration over this. We all need to be
magnanimous. I've rushed in before, trying to rush things, and as a
community we need give and take - let's just get things right*****

> But we are also still not at the point where
> the rest of the web management stuff is decided.  Right now we are trying
to
> agree on a transition from Joop for control of the site, to non-panel
> members for a little continuity..

The "WE" here is really the whole membership, and the whole panel - the
MOTION was no doubt well-intentioned, but it was ill-phrased and premature.
There should be a preceding process, a list of choices, a consultation, and
a vote (either by the panel or by the membership)

>
> Jamie
>
>



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