[atlarge-discuss] ...As At November 21, 2002

[Walter Schmidt <walts@dorsai.org>]

   ...better to manage with tasks unfinished, than to finish with tasks
unmanaged.
   - wcs 

We have perhaps a natural fear of ends. We would rather be always on the
way than arrive. Given the means, we hang on to them and often forget the
ends.
   - Eric Hoffer

Perfection of means and confusion of goals seem—in my opinion—to
characterize our age.
   - Albert Einstein

That said, where we are or might be - now if we could just get on with
it...

 ...As At November 21, 2002

 I. Line...
    1. Plans - Formulization & Execution 
       a.. Short Term (12 month) 
          1. Finalize mission statement and bylaws
          2. Decide on place of incorporation and do it
          3. Develop a viable committee/WG structure to deal with Web
site, position papers, etc.
          4. Develop a timetable for both organizational work and public
relations/outreach
          5. Send representatives and/or position papers to Internet
administration/governance events
          6. Find means of persuading ICANN and U.S. DoC to abandon
"Blueprint" and provide real democratic structure for decision-making
       b. Long Term (36+ month) 
          1. Develop and foster chapters and "SIG" organizations under our
umbrella
          2. Extend and improve outreach to Internet users
          3. Build bridges to like-minded organizations
          4. Ensure representation of Internet users at major meetings and
events worldwide
          5. Turn ad hoc procedures into permanent working methods so as
to ensure continuity
          6. Keep on plugging away at non-democratic governance
    2. Understanding Technical Issues
       a. DNSO: the Domain Name Supporting Organization
       b. ASO: the Address Supporting Organization
       c. PSO: the Protocol Supporting Organization
       d. ICANN: Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
       e. IANA: Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
       f. ISOC: I(nternet) SOC(iety)
       g. IETF: Internet Engineering Task Force
       h. IAB: Internet Architecture Board 
       i. IRTF: Internet Research Task Force 
       j. GILC: Global Internet Liberty Campaign 
       k. CNI: Coalition for Networked Information 
       l. GIP: Global Internet Project 
       m. IESG: Internet Engineering Steering Group 
       n. IPv6 and its founding members: 3Com, 6WIND, Advanced Systems
Consulting, AT&T, Bellsouth, BT, The Business Internet, Canarie-Viagenie,
Case Technology, Cisco, Compaq, Consulintel, Deutsche Telekom, DFN,
Ericsson, Ericsson Telebit, ESNet, Etisalat, Eurocontrol, Gigabell,
Hitachi, Hewlett-Packard, IABG, IBM, Institute for Communications
Reasearch (ICR), The Internet Society, Intracom, MCIWorldcom, Mentat,
Microsoft, Motorola, Netmedia, Nokia, Nortel Networks, NTT, Qwest,
Siemens, Silicon Graphics Inc (SGI), Sprint, Sun Microsystems, SwitchCore
AB, Teldat, Teleglobe, Telia Networks Services, Telecom Italia Lab,
Trumpet Software, UCAID - Internet2, University College of London (UCL),
University of Lancaster, University of Southampton, WIDE.
    3. Technical Issues - Our Positions
    4. Other "Public" Issues - Our Positions
    5. Our Membership - Representation to the Public
    6. Our Public Presence 
 
 II. Staff...
    1. Our Organization - Support
    2. Our Operations - Support
    3. Line Personnel Support
    4. General Membership Support
    5. Day-To-Day Operations
    6. Our Public Presence 

  
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