Re: [ga] New mailing list: icann-people.

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Eric, Thomas and all former DNSO GA Members or other interested
stakeholders/users,

  Nice bit of sarcasm or reverse physiology.  However it reads as
something
very likely to occur...  Tisk Tisk.. :/  I for one hope Thomas and
others haven't
forgotten the history of the old GA...  Time will tell that story...

Hugh Dierker wrote:

>    I think this is a very nice gesture and hope the list has all the
> success in the world.
> I certainly hope it does not become moribound -
> http://www.icannwatch.org/articles/04/08/13/2118216.shtml
>
> I offer Mr. Roessler some simple suggestions on getting his list off
> to a great start.
> 1. Do as much as you can to assure views only in line with your own
> are heard.
> 2. Maintain complete control of the list all by yourself.
> 3. Quickly ban any posters that you do not like personally.
> 4. Make sure the list is completely, out of ICANN so they do not watch
> it.
> 5. Do absolutely no outreach that could attract non-professional
> engineers and such.
> 6. Promise people a position with ALAC, Task Forces and committees to
> say things you would like to here.
>
> Oh shoot I see you already know all this from experience and the
> textbook on "autocracy" you co-authored. As with all your lists, I am
> a big fan, under an alias I will watch and learn.
>
> Eric
>
> Thomas Roessler <roessler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Folks,
>
> I feel that the ICANN community is currently lacking a place for
> reasonable online discussion -- all there is is icannwatch and a
> couple of blogs; the GA list seems mostly dead. As an experiment,
> I've set up a moderated mailing list named icann-people; please join
> at .
>
> I'll run the list the autocratic way: No message is distributed
> unless I, personally, believe it is appropriate, and reasonably
> relevant to the ICANN community. I'm specifically *not* doing this
> wearing *any* hat but "too long-time ICANN participant."
>
> When (if?) enough people have come together, I'll send an initial
> posting to let subscribers know.
>
> (As I said, this is an experiment. It may quite well fail.)
> --
> Thomas Roessler
>

Regards,

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