Re: Draft comparisons

[edyson@edventure.com (Esther Dyson)]

I have in fact encouraged them to visit your site for a good overview of the
docs and background.  And yes, we have discussed the open board meeting issue.

Esther

At 11:59 AM 07/02/99 -0800, Ellen Rony wrote:
>Esther Dyson wrote:
>
>>It ain't over yet! Thanks so much.  How can we cheer you on?
>
>Well, since you asked, I'll resist the temptation to list my outstanding
>debts (!) and simply say that for starters, you could get the board members
>to understand the notion that closed board meetings are *NEVER* going to be
>acceptable to the community whose resources ICANN has been designated to
>manage.
>
>And, some shameless self promotion here, you might encourage all the board
>members to read The Domain Name Handbook to better familiarize themselves
>with the issues under discussion (see www.domainhandbook.com/order.html).
>Since we were told the ICANN board was selected for its lack of DNS
>involvement (Jun Murai notwithstanding), I think they need to educate
>themselves very quickly about the people, organizations and issues which
>have been the subject of many thousands of hours of discussion over the
>past three years.
>
>Since you asked. . . .
>
>
>
>Ellen Rony                                                     Co-author
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>
>
>
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