Re: [ICANN-EU] thanx for the fish & lets start the work

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

Gerhard and all,

Gerhard Wendebourg wrote:

> Andy Mueller-Maguhn wrote:
> >Indeed, my idea is to create a wide open base for discussion on
> >icann issues; that is the model of news and debate (which is
> >adapted from my experience in even more chaotic entities).
>
> won't it be a good idea - with the intention, to have a real public and
> transparent discussion on the ICANN - to have an extended technical
> (communication-)base for this ?

  Yes IMHO it would.

>
>
> I for myself have no problem using mailing-lists, but very many people out
> there, that still today not know about the ICANN-selection, though they
> would be interested in getting democracy on the net, will not easy become
> familiar with it.

  Agreed.  And as such adding additional ML's is not a wise idea
at this point.

>
> I think about Web-Frontends for the mailing-lists, the way systems like
> http://egroups.com do (I also know of the "discus"-forum, also combining
> the mailing-list feature with a Web-Forum and several others), that are
> usable both: from the Web and with email, and also (visual threaded)
> structuring topics.
> Also the feature of uploading files (for documentation, drafts,
> organigramms and so on), to have a timetable of upcoming events and also a
> news-archiv.
>
> At this time its all patchworked and not easy for a not-insider, to get an
> overview on the ICANN-related topics.
> With this we invite the offline-media to put their interpretation allover,
> first time maybe not unfriendly, but when the public discussion is
> beginning and treating commercial business, the intention of democracy
> shoudn't rely on them. And so this intention and (our) activitys will - in
> the public - become, what the press will write about.
>
> So we should give people - and also people, that are not since decades
> living with the net - a real chance understanding whats going up with
> ICANN, and give them an easy access to the real and authentic informations
> and discussions.

  Very much agreed here.  And as such one ML for each ICANN defined
region would be preferable for the sake of simplicity and ease of
understanding to new and oncoming @large members within those
regions.

>
>
> Of course I see, it might be a very big step from the now very small base
> of not only 0,1 percent of all net-users, that participated in the
> ICANN-selection to an really representative and democratic legitimated
> forum, and several of you involved now will be afraid of this step and its
> consequence.
> But I think, you / we have to face this step, and so now have the big
> chance, to get this development structured. -

  And grow the @large membership of ICANN in general if the board
will allow for that.  However the election showed clearly that ICANN
is not adequately staffed to handle ANY growth.  Catch 22 perhaps?

Regards,

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