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[atlarge-discuss] RE: [atlarge-panel] Membership Lists, Thomas Roessler, distance from ICANN
I concur, Richard. Thomas has ties to ICANN, but so do many of our members.
The fact that he has hosted our forums gratis, and that no detectable
"moderating" (i.e. censorship!) or mysterious access deletions are going on
(as was frequent with the ALSC list, if you'll remember!), is in itself an
endorsement of his support (Thanks Thomas!).
That said, I agree that at some point when we have the hardware, manpower
and dollars to support it, we should have our own dedicated Web and mail
servers. But for now, I am not concerned about Thomas' stweardship.
Bruce Young
Portland, Oregon USA
byoung651@attbi.com
http://www.barelyadequate.info
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| -----Original Message-----
| From: James Love [mailto:james.love@cptech.org]
| Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 7:07 PM
| To: Richard Henderson
| Cc: atlarge-panel@lists.fitug.de; atlarge-discuss@lists.fitug.de
| Subject: Re: [atlarge-panel] Membership Lists, Thomas Roessler, distance
| from ICANN
|
|
| Richard,
|
| IMO, Thomas Roessler has done a great job of providing lists
| that work, that
| are archived, and which are very fast, and he doesn't cause any
| problems or
| use this for any inappropriate ways. We are very fortunately to
| have his
| help.
|
| Jamie
|
|
| Richard Henderson wrote:
| > HelpRe-sent in more readable format:
| >
| > I'd like to re-assert that I think details of membership lists should
| > be limited to the elected panel, and only extended to our webmaster
| > or mailing-list administrator if we feel sure that they
| maintain a real
| > distance from ICANN, a corrupt organisation which in my view
| > cannot be trusted at all.
| >
| > This leads me to request further details about Thomas Roessler,
| > who I believe is administering our mailing lists for us.
| Firstly I'd like
| > to say that I appreciate his readiness to support us in this way, and
| > my concerns are not a personal reflection on Thomas as I do not
| > know him.
| >
| > However, in the context of my lack of knowledge about Thomas
| > and my responsibilities to our membership, I would really appreciate
| > input - the views of the panel and the broader membership - on the
| > appropriateness of Thomas as mailing-list administrator.
| >
| > My request for advice centres around this: Is he too close in function
| > or sympathies to ICANN for him to act as guardian of our membership
| > lists and mailing lists without compromise? Assuming Thomas's
| > personal integrity, does it send out a negative message to be
| seen to be
| > forming a "dependency" that is somehow ICANN-linked by
| > association with Thomas? And what is understood to be Thomas's
| > position on ICANN's recent abandonment of democratic representation
| > on the Board? Is he /has he been prepared to denounce the abolition
| > of Board members elected by the At Large?
| >
| > Clearly people may belong to our organisation with many, varied and
| > divergent views - however I would like reassurance that we are
| > maintaining a clear distance from ICANN and from ICANN
| > sympathisers, particularly when it involves confidential membership
| > details and the administration of our mailing lists or website.
| >
| > OK I'm just being honest here. It's not a personal attack. I'm just
| > interested in our own Agenda (which must be kept separate from ICANN).
| > I'm concerned that Thomas may be the wrong person to administer our
| > communications. I'd be glad to be corrected if loads of
| members storm to
| > his defence. I just want clarification. Sorry Thomas.
| >
| > Richard
| >
|
|
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