Re: [ALSC-Forum] RE: Sims/EU development -- CALL TO ACTION/PLEDGE

[Bret Fausett]

Judith, this is unfair. You've woven together several unrelated events into
a conspiracy picture that is simply not justified by the facts and, using
the false story you wrote, impugned the motives of people who are sincerely
trying to assist this effort. It's not helpful.

         -- Bret

Judith Oppenheimer wrote:
> We all know that At Large was eviscerated and its leaders cut off from
> their constituents, in part, by two of the people who now claim to want to
> support it.
> 
> At least one of them had knowledge of Joe Sims' secret meeting in Brussels
> yesterday (see http://www.icbtollfree.com/article.cfm?articleId=5598), and
> likely the other (see http://aspeninstitute.org/c&s/ipp.html), if not both,
> were at yet another private meeting held today in D.C. that was debriefed
> by Sims, and saw the construction of yet more ICANN reconstruction theories
> (see http://www.lextext.com/onepagers.html), outside of the "open and
> transparent" process.  Much in the same way that these same two players
> participated in ICANN's original construction - behind closed doors.
> 
> In fact, I fail to see any difference in Mr. Roberts' or Ms. Dyson's "open
> and transparent" behavior now, than what we've experienced in the past.
> 
> Their self-implication of leadership by way of their magnanimous "pledges"
> to At Large, is the height of disingenuous pomposity.
> 
> And I for one, am not amused.  (Though they seem to be having a good time.)