Chopped liver no more! Was Re: do we want......?

[edyson@edventure.com (Esther Dyson)]

Ellen, 

As you know, these things are pretty random, with sometimes unfortunate
side-effects.  And I  know this is not a solution (just an amelioration) but
I'd be happy to meet with you (and whomever you can round up) the next time
I'm in California, on March 18, if you can find your way to San Francisco.
FWIW, I'll be coming in from the IETF meeting in Minneapolis.

Esther


At 06:40 PM 13/02/99 -0800, Ellen Rony wrote:
>Esther Dyson wrote:
>
>>Maybe there should be a meeting *about* constituencies, as opposed to
>>necessarily *of* constituencies.
>>
>>Even the Paris draft suggests that there will be constituencies, just that
>>they will not be pre-defined:
>>
>>"Members of the General Assembly shall self-organize into diverse
>>constituencies. No member shall be a member of more than one constituency. The
>>initial constituencies shall be recognized by the ICANN Board based on the
>>following criteria: ....."
>
>Agreed, but if past is prologue, the only people who can make that point
>are those who have both time and opportunity to travel to Singapore.
>
>Not a single meeting since the IFWP process began last July has been held
>on the West Coast. Two meetings in Singapore; one in Buenos Aires, about
>four on the East Coast in the Boston/Washington/Virginia environs, one in
>Geneva, one in Barcelona, one in Monterrey.
>
>NADA in California, where ICANN is incorporated.  What are we here, chopped
>liver?
>
>
>Ellen Rony
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