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Re: [atlarge-discuss] Re: WG-DNS name protection
Bruce and all stakeholders or other interested parties and members,
Bruce Young wrote:
> Stephen Waters wrote:
>
> | Argue the point and get on with it. Ad hominem adds nothing.
>
> Here, Here! :)
Agreed. Ow of only Stephen could practice that which he speaks... >;)
>
>
> | I imagine Panel members of a voluntary organization daily
> | subject to public criticism in the midst of their personal workload and
> | familial responsibilities will respond to ad hominem even less.
>
> I try to read through the flame to understand the heat causing it, but I
> agree it would be easier, if we all were less radicalized by our long
> exposure with ICANN and their back-stabbing ways.
The fact that anyone volunteers for such responsibilities in now way
excuses them even to the smallest degree from constructive critical
comments/observations and questions. Yes, the characterization that
some members have made regarding ad hominem are often times
a matter of perception or lack there of.
> We might be less willing
> then to see a potential conspirator behind every post.
More openness and transparency would go far further in
discussing such problems.
>
>
> | You don't really believe some Panel members have been absent out of
> | laze, do you?
>
> I for one was off line most of the time since Friday, and just got back on
> tonight. AT&T says it was a bad cable amplifier between them and me. But I
> made a point of "stacking up" my replies in my outbox in case it came back
> up.
But other panel members don't have this legitimate excuse do they Bruce?
No, of course they don't...
>
>
> And routinely my "real life" is challenging enough as it stands. But since
> being elevated to the panel I have made a point of keeping up on panel
> business daily.
Well you weren't "Elevated", but I understand your gist anyway Bruce. >;)
> And now thgat WG-OUTREACH is up and running, I consider its
> conversations my second priority, and have Outlook pulling them out
> separately as well. So don't be surprized if I still get behind on the
> general conversations this forum from time to time.
Practiced diligence will keep you from getting behind, Bruce...
>
>
> Bruce Young
> Portland, Oregon USA
> byoung651@attbi.com
> http://www.barelyadequate.info
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>
> | I, for one, do not support or elect people based on negative
> | campaigning. I imagine Panel members of a voluntary organization daily
> | subject to public criticism in the midst of their personal workload and
> | familial responsibilities will respond to ad hominem even less. I would
> | certainly be reluctant to hire a person for a job if they flamed me in
> | public about something beyond my control. I would think to myself "Does
> | not play well with others. Cannot be trusted to do the job right."
> |
> | You don't really believe some Panel members have been absent out of
> | laze, do you? While I agree they should excuse themselves or designate a
> | proxy, unfortunately we're in sort of a Catch-22 here with lacking
> | procedures, participation guidelines, etc. We need them to do something
> | but they're in a bind and unable to do what we need, and we have no
> | procedure yet for overruling that situation.
> |
> | . Does yelling about it do anything at all to solve the Catch-22?
> | . Does sending repeated mails to the list regarding Gupta's absence make
> | him any more likely to show up?
> | . Does your manner make the Panel more or less likely to think you'd use
> | the website as a bully pulpit?
> |
> |
> |
> | > > However, as an individual that's fine, of course.
> | > >
> | > > 2. The Slashcode-ish look is ok. You really need to change those <td
> | > > bgcolor="#ffffff"> backgrounds to delineate between various content
> | > > spaces, though.
> | >
> | > That is not a problem. The site I sent you all to look at is
> | a mock-up of a possible
> | > layout, not a finished product.
> | >
> | > > Personally, I prefer CSS to bgcolor declarations (easier
> | > > on the file downloads, too...) but users of ancient browsers may need
> | > > this deprecated crutch.
> | >
> | > We're trying to be inclusive here Stephen, I've been to public
> | libraries here in
> | > Toronto that are still running older browsers that do not
> | render CSS correctly. I've
> | > even left out unecessary graphics for those on slow
> | connections... Anyway, it was an
> | > example of what can be done, not what must be done. But, has
> | anyone else offered up
> | > another option?
> |
> |
> | No one has, as far as I know. I was just offering constructive
> | criticism.
> |
> | $0.02USD
> | -s
> |
> | > > On Wed, 2002-10-16 at 17:06, Sotiris Sotiropoulos wrote:
> | > > > http://www.worldatlarge.org/index.php
> | > > >
> | > > > Sincerely,
> | > > >
> | > > > Sotiris Sotiropoulos
> | > > >
> | > > > Hans Klein wrote:
> | > > >
> | > > > > Sotiris,
> | > > > >
> | > > > > If you have a mock-up web site, I am sure we would all
> | be eager to see it.
> | > > > >
> | > > > > Can you post the URL?
> | > > > >
> | > > > > Hans
> | > > > >
> | > > > > At 02:15 PM 10/16/2002 -0400, Sotiris Sotiropoulos wrote:
> | > > > > >DannyYounger@cs.com wrote:
> | > > > > >
> | > > > > > > Jamie,
> | > > > > > >
> | > > > > > > Before you begin questioning the relationship
> | between established user
> | > > > > > > organizations and ICANN, you might want to ask if
> | your own group,
> | > > > > > without any
> | > > > > > > organizational documents, without even a mission
> | statement, bylaws or
> | > > > > > > charter, even qualifies as an organization suitable
> | for recognition as an
> | > > > > > > at-large structure.
> | > > > > >
> | > > > > >Perhaps a dis-organization, then? Especially of late.
> | > > > > >
> | > > > > >Before I received this email from Danny, I was about to
> | post a link to the
> | > > > > >list
> | > > > > >directing all of you to a mock-up web site which Hans
> | requested I put together
> | > > > > >(even though I had ALREADY set up the PHPNuke site for
> | all of you to view a
> | > > > > >couple months ago! Remember that ladies and
> | gentlemen?!? Check the
> | > > > > >archives, if
> | > > > > >you like...). However, having read Danny's email I
> | stopped myself and
> | > > > > >decided to
> | > > > > >visit the Panel's closed list archive for a look at how
> | our leaders are going
> | > > > > >about the business of this "organization". Much to my
> | surprise, I saw a
> | > > > > >motion
> | > > > > >from Jamie Love (seconded by Hans Klein) to make Brett
> | Faussett the new
> | > > > > >webmaster. No offense against Brett, but where's he
> | been for the last couple
> | > > > > >months? I didn't hear him volunteering his services
> | when a new webmaster was
> | > > > > >being sought. Or, ( as is probably the case) is this
> | some kind of a
> | > > > > >compromise
> | > > > > >selection to placate Joop? In any case, if this is the
> | direction the Panel
> | > > > > >wishes to take, then I wish them all the power in the
> | world. However, I
> | > > > > >cannot
> | > > > > >for a moment understand why the WG-Web members (of
> | which I am one) were not
> | > > > > >consulted?
> | > > > > >
> | > > > > > > As per the Committee on ICANN Evolution and Reform's
> | Second Interim
> | > > > > > > Implementation Report: "We agree that individual at
> | large entities should
> | > > > > > > meet some "accreditation" standard, and we find the
> | criteria and standards
> | > > > > > > recommended by the Assistance Group to be an
> | attractive list."
> | > > > > > >
> | > > > > > > This "list" stipulates structured, self-sustaining
> | entities that engage in
> | > > > > > > outreach and post current information about the
> | organization's aims,
> | > > > > > > structure, constituents, working mechanisms, and
> | current leadership.
> | > > > > > >
> | > > > > > > 1. Your aims are not posted
> | > > > > >
> | > > > > >To date I submitted TWO different versions of Mission
> | Statements for this
> | > > > > >organization (both several months ago) which elicited
> | next to no comments, and
> | > > > > >yet there is still no substantive work produced by the
> | 'power elite' among
> | > > > > >us on
> | > > > > >this issue. Shameful. This and the webmaster issue
> | noted above are enough to
> | > > > > >put off persons (such as myself) who are willing to contribute
> | > > > > >substantively...
> | > > > > >
> | > > > > > >
> | > > > > > > 2. You have no organizational structure
> | > > > > >
> | > > > > >Oh, but we do... dis-organization.
> | > > > > >
> | > > > > > >
> | > > > > > > 3. You are not self-sustaining
> | > > > > >
> | > > > > >If bombast and self-important bluster were the fuel of
> | the day, I'd say we're
> | > > > > >self-perpetuating rather than self-sustaining.
> | > > > > >
> | > > > > > >
> | > > > > > > 4. You have no established working mechanisms or
> | procedures for the
> | > > > > > general
> | > > > > > > membership
> | > > > > >
> | > > > > >Why bother, that would detract from the nominal
> | importance of our Panel
> | > > > > >Members... BTW, Danny, have you perhaps heard anything
> | from that champion
> | > > > > >of the
> | > > > > >common netizens, Satyajit Gupta? I wonder if the other
> | Panel Members
> | > > > > >approve of
> | > > > > >his delinquency? If not, then why are there no steps
> | being taken to
> | > > > > >replace him?
> | > > > > >
> | > > > > > >
> | > > > > > > 5. You can't document any organizational outreach activities
> | > > > > >
> | > > > > >Well, you might have something there. Perhaps Richard
> | Henderson can fill
> | > > > > >us in
> | > > > > >on the progress towards the 100, 000 membership base he
> | promised.
> | > > > > >
> | > > > > > >
> | > > > > > >
> | > > > > > > After you get your own house in order, then feel
> | free to question the
> | > > > > > > relationship of ISOC chapters to ICANN -- they at
> | least meet the minimum
> | > > > > > > criteria expected for an at-large structure.
> | > > > > >
> | > > > > >Except for the fact that they are now a Registry
> | operator, which puts them
> | > > > > >in the
> | > > > > >gTLD constituency...
> | > > > > >
> | > > > > >Seriously Disappointed,
> | > > > > >
> | > > > > >Sotiris Sotiropoulos
> | > > > > >
> | > > > > >
> | > > > >
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