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

[erony@marin.k12.ca.us (Ellen Rony)]

Thank you for your willingness to meet independently, despite what must be
very crowded schedule.  I will be delighted to serve as the point person
for this   meeting on March 18, at a time and place of your choosing.  I
know a few members of this list also live in the Bay Area, but perhaps
anyone interested in joining us can send me a private message.

That said, it is hard to believe that ALL the IFWP and ICANN meetings have
bypassed California by accident.  And much as I welcome this opportunity to
meet with you (and others) on March 18, I would like to meet the other
board members as well, and I wish they would hold a meeting in the state
where ICANN is incorporated.

>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
>>Co-author
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>
>
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Ellen Rony                                                          Co-author
The Domain Name Handbook                        http://www.domainhandbook.com
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erony@marin.k12.ca.us             \     )                         Tiburon, CA
               On the Internet,    //  \\    no one knows you're a dog
"Strategic planning is worthless unless there is strategic
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