[ALSC-Forum] RE: Sims/EU development

[Esther Dyson]

Judith,

I am not jumping to conclusions yet. I don't know what Joe has or has not 
said or done, nor do I know how other people (including the board) will 
react to whatever proposal he may have floated.

As a member of the ALSC, I'm committed to trying to pull together an 
At-Large so that ICANN can become a better organization over time rather 
than die because of perceived or actual lack of legitimacy. Indeed if 
people do not believe in it, it will wither up and die, but people need to 
give it a little faith-credit right now.

 From my perspective, I will treat this whole episode as a plot to persuade 
people that they have to get a little more cohesive and pledge to support 
an At-Large Membership even if they dislike some details, or they may 
entirely miss the chance to improve ICANN into what they want it to 
be.  [this is a joke, folks, but not entirely]

As Hilaire Belloc said:
"Hold tightly to the hand of Nurse
For fear of finding something worse!"

Esther

At 06:52 PM 2/19/2002, Judith Oppenheimer wrote:
>Then how do you feel about commiting your valuable time and energy to the
>At Large, only to find that Sims has already written it out of ICANN's
>plans?
>
>As a member of the ALSC, were you advised of Sims' presentation?   If not,
>can you explain any justification for committee members being duped into
>misrepresenting plans for At Large to the public?
>
>Judith
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Esther Dyson [mailto:edyson@edventure.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 6:23 PM
> > To: Judith Oppenheimer
> > Subject: Re: Sims/EU development
> >
> >
> > sorry, I don't know.  (QUick, but not useful....!)
> >
> > Esther
> >
> > At 10:28 AM 2/19/2002, Judith Oppenheimer wrote:
> > >Esther,
> > >
> > >An EU source reports that Joe Sims was in Brussels today for
> > a closed door
> > >meeting with Christopher Wilkinson and some other European Commission
> > >members.
> > >
> > >Sims presented plans for a complete restructuring of the
> > ICANN board, sans
> > >At Large, with government representatives on the board, and
> > new models of
> > >ASO, PSO and partial DNSO.
> > >
> > >I understand Sims will present this (report back?) to the board this
> > >weekend.
> > >
> > >Is Sims working independently, or in collaboration with you
> > and/or ICANN
> > >staff?  What else can you tell me about this development?
> > I'd appreciate
> > >your response ASAP, thanks.
> > >
> > >Regards,
> > >
> > >Judith
> > >
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