Re: [icann-eu] Re: keynote invitation: Andy

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

Cameron and all,

  Your additional enhancement suggestion here is a good one, IMHO....

camerons@cwcom.net wrote:

> Thomas' suggestion is a good one - a publicly accessible diary would be very
> welcome.  It would also, as he says, improve two-way feedback between ICANN
> and the world, thus promoting more and better-targetted input by the public.
>
> Perhaps it could have a slightly higher level of detail than Karl Auerbach's
> diary, to include not only major decisions made, but general ICANN-related activities
> whether or not they resulted in decisions.
>
> For instance:
> "30/2/2001 - Met Carl Bildt to discuss forthcoming study."
>
> This way there would not be the large gaps between one entry and the next that
> Auerbach's diary has.
>
> cameron smith
>
> >On 2001-02-23 16:36:34 +0100, Andy Mueller-Maguhn wrote:
> >
> >>>I would call that impolite. But maybe it was a bold invitation
> >>>to let us hear your voice more? Here, e.g.?
> >
> >> Maybe itīs not so easy to let you hear my voice through e-mail,
> >> but of course I am happy to discuss with you the issues here.
> >
> >What do you think about regularly publishing something like Karl's
> >decision diary, telling us what your current positions and
> >activities on the board are, and, in general, what went on?
> >
> >This would really help to improve accountability of the board in
> >general.  It would also help to give those who voted for you the
> >feeling that their vote actually made a difference.
> >
> >
> >After all, you and the other four elected directors should prove NOW
> >that the at large elections were a good thing, and that you actually
> >do make a difference in terms of accountability, and of public input
> >to the ICANN board.  This does not just mean relaying complaints on
> >the ccTLDs to the ICANN public meeting, but it also means that you
> >should provide the public with a continuous stream of information on
> >what's going on at ICANN.  Only such a stream of information will
> >provoke public input which you should then relay back to the board.
> >
> >--
> >Thomas Roessler                            <roessler@does-not-exist.org>
> >This message may  have been certified to  be possibly virus-free.
> >

Regards,

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