Re: [ga] Re: Experts agree: ICANN staff (and board members) must undergo mandatory drug testing, credit checks, and psych exams

["Jeffrey A. Williams" <jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Stephane and all,


-----Original Message-----
>From: Stephane Bortzmeyer <bortzmeyer@xxxxxx>
>Sent: Jun 17, 2010 1:46 AM
>To: George Kirikos <gkirikos@xxxxxxxxx>
>Cc: GNSO GA Mailing List <ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, rod.beckstrom@xxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [ga] Re: Experts agree: ICANN staff (and board members) must undergo  
>mandatory drug testing, credit checks, and psych exams
>
>
>On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 12:16:26PM -0700,
> George Kirikos <gkirikos@xxxxxxxxx> wrote 
> a message of 23 lines which said:
>
>> I was pleased to read in the latest report from ICANN that JAS
>> recommended mandatory drug testing, credit checks, and psychiatric
>> exams for staff. 
>
>But soccer fans, beer drinkers and people who attend church services
>would still be allowed? That's inconsistent.

Yes this is inconsistant indeed.  
>
>> Any hesitation would be a sign that drug addicts, psychos and
>> financially stressed individuals are "at large" within ICANN staff 
>
>Why not testing every member of this mailing list for trolliness? It
>would allow to reduce seriously the load on the mail servers...

Can you define 'Trolliness"?  Is there a standard definition?  I
could not find one...
>
>> Indeed, new TLD registry operators (and existing ones) should be
>> subject to the same standards.
>
>And ISC and NLnetLabs employees, since we all use their
>software. (Same thing for PostgreSQL and Oracle Corp.)
>
  Some other such software providers/venders do such testing,
but as you rightly say the consistancy isn't there and likely
will never be.

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