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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Verisign's public opinion play
"Howard C. Berkowitz" wrote: > > At 10:27 AM +0100 10/7/03, [email protected] wrote: > >And this list is definitely not the place to > >discuss writing a letter of protest. If political > >activity is your bag, then try http://www.meetup.com > Mr. Dillon forgets that all inter-human activity, including operational coordination, is a "political" activity. Individual responses are less likely to garner attention than organized responses. It's a fact of life. And the central theme of many pamphlets on organizing. > Writing a "constructed" response, I would agree, should either come > through an already existing group (e.g., IETF/IAB), or from an ad hoc > organization, which, in this context, MUST have a truly open process. > The IETF and NANOG were both originally designed as "ad hoc", "come and participate", organizations. The Internet itself could be considered an "ad hoc" organization. I don't see the need for another such organization at this time and place. > That being said, writing something, even as an individual, which > strikes the interest of news media is not necessarily a skill > everyone here has. I do have some background in this, and would be > happy to work with a team, and with individuals to the extent my time > permits. I have some background in this as well, going back to organizing for the original NSFnet funding, and would be willing to assist Mr. Berkowitz in this endeavor. > I hope to get to at least part of the ICANN meeting >... We need a raporteur to inform us how the ICANN meeting goes. Please? -- William Allen Simpson Key fingerprint = 17 40 5E 67 15 6F 31 26 DD 0D B9 9B 6A 15 2C 32
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