Sounds like their April fool's joke was released early



On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 9:32 AM, Edward Morris <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Ayden,
>
> Thank you for bringing this to our attention.
>
> This is a dangerous document. Yes, it is infantile, insulting to the
> community and framed in an incredibly condescending manner. That's not the
> big problem.
>
> These so called "disease"s are a mixture of technical measures that call for
> technical solutions and policy problems that implicitly call for compliance
> action. That is a big problem. I'm tempted to say the solution these policy
> oriented "diseases" lead us to are worse than the "disease" itself, but that
> would be playing into the rather ridiculous formulation.
>
> We have 39 days to respond and other matters which currently require our
> attention. I would suggest that this should be a major point of emphasis for
> the NCSG, NCUC and NPOC at the start of the New Year. We need multiple
> comments attacking the premise and content from different angels. It is
> important we don't neglect this and do formulate appropriate and effective
> responses. Any "disease" that has as it's solution increased compliance and
> regulation is a potential threat to our core values of privacy and free
> expression. It is analogous to societies that lock up dissidents because
> they cause "disharmony", which is considered a societal ill.
>
> Here is a direct link to the slides:
> https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/ithi-dns-health-free-frrom-diseases-29nov16-en.pdf
> .
>
> Best,
>
> Ed
>
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: "Ayden Férdeline" <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, December 1, 2016 1:05 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Public Comment on Identifier Technology Health Indicators
>
> Hi all,
>
> ICANN is soliciting feedback from the community on "the description of five
> diseases that could affect the health of the name part of the system of
> unique Internet identifiers." These five diseases include: Datamalgia,
> Abusitis, Magnitudalgia, Perfluoism, and Datafallaxopathy. You will have to
> download this document for definitions of these terms, all of which, in my
> view, have been invented unnecessarily.
>
> I would like to propose that we submit a response to this consultation
> requesting that ICANN use simpler, more accessible language in its documents
> moving forward, and make it clear what the consultation is actually
> consulting us on, because I'm not actually sure as to what feedback they're
> looking to receive. For this document in particular, it would be helpful if
> there was a list of questions to guide us to those areas where community
> input is being sought. And, for good measure, maybe then they could re-open
> this consultation...
>
> The consultation is here:
> https://www.icann.org/public-comments/ithi-definition-2016-11-29-en
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Ayden Férdeline
> linkedin.com/in/ferdeline
>
>



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