RE: [ALSC-Forum] What users will (and won't) do.

[Bruce Young]

Thomas wrote:

>The common perception that the ICANN processes are
>ctually closed and that public participation is mostly a fig leaf
>ill thus frustrate possible participants, and discourage
>articipation and self-organizing efforts.

While this makes many people disenchanted and causes them to give up, there
is a radicalized core like myself and a few other regulars in this forum for
whom it just makes us mad, and less likely to compromise on our positions!

>Don't frustrate those who try to participate and contribute. The
>best outreach program is to take users' concerns and input
>seriously.  This implies that users must be informed in a timely
>fashion, and not one week before the yearly meeting.  At least make
>sure people can read the papers you publish in the time you leave.

Yes.

Bruce Young
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Lockheed Martin Global Telecommunications
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