[wg-review] 5. [WG] Mike Roberts on "noise" in the process

[Greg Burton <sidna@feedwriter.com>]

Given the arguments advanced against working groups (too much spam, too 
much conflict, too many offtopic posts, doesn't lead to consensus, etc.) I 
found this quote from Mr Roberts' testimony before the Senate today of 
particular interest.

Any comments? The complete statement is at 
http://www.icann.org/correspondence/roberts-testimony-14feb01.htm

    "I am frequently asked, "Why is there so much noise around ICANN? How 
can you get any work done over
    there?" My response is that ICANN is noisy by design. We are intended 
to be the forum in which interested
    parties - some might characterize them as combatants - have the 
opportunity to advance multiple futures for the
    domain name and address system, and have those competing and frequently 
contradictory futures merged into
    one satisfactory solution. By definition, it will be noisy, and messy, 
and sometimes slow, and frequently
    contentious, but if it works -- and the jury is still out, although I 
am reasonably optimistic -- it may well be a useful
    model for other global issue resolution mechanisms."


Regards,
Greg

sidna@feedwriter.com

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