Re: [ga] Alac forum messages missing, GA-list archives missing, Registrars list archives missing

["Richard Henderson" <richardhenderson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have waited 140 days for the ALAC forum to be re-activated, 149 days for
the GA mailing list archives to be restored, and a few days for the
Registrars list to be re-activated...

Then a few hours after Jeff Williams posting and my own, along with George
Kirikos's, I get the heads up from Thomas R saying: "This seems to have been
fixed by now -- at least, there's an archive at that URL, and it has a most
recent list from September 25.

> http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/ga/

This archive also looks like it's back alive."

But could ICANN explain why the GA list archives were disabled for 149 days,
and why repeated requests on this list were ignored? In short, why do these
things happen? Why does the organisation responsible for one of the world's
great resources operate like this, ignoring requests, seemingly so distant
and opaque in the way it operates.

Richard H

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Henderson" <richardhenderson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, September 26, 2004 5:32 PM
Subject: Re: [ga] Alac forum messages missing, GA-list archives missing,
Registrars list archives missing


> Correct - no messages have been posted at any of the ALAC forums for over
> 140 days, as was pointed out in a recent article at ICANNWATCH :
> http://www.icannwatch.org/articles/04/09/12/1956257.shtml
>
> In addition, the Registrars' mailing list appears to be unobtainable at:
> http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/registrars
>
> This list has always been available for viewing, so that members of the
> public and interested parties can keep abreast of DNS/governance issues
from
> a registrars' perspective.
>
> I'm watching to see if this list is suffering a temporary downtime, or
> whether - like the GA mailing list archives for this mailing list here
> http://gnso.icann.org/mailing-lists/archives/ga/ , it has been disabled
(in
> the interests of "openness and transparency").
>
> I am glad this thread is cc'd to Paul Twomey, ALAC and the ICANN Board,
> because I think it is reasonable to ask why the archives of this GA
mailing
> list have been disabled, messages are not being posted on the ALAC forum,
> and now the Registrars mailing list appears also to have been disabled?
> Would anyone like to explain?
>
> Yrs,
>
> Richard Henderson