On Sat, 7 Aug 2004, Adam Peake wrote: > Horacio, > > By "birthing another ICANN" do you mean the way the initial board > miraculously appeared? Apparently selected by John Postel, but over > time we learn that it was more likely the result of a few governments > making selections? > > Do you think the same thing might happen with the working group, that > governments might make our selections for us? (the final decision is > clearly with Kofi Annan anyway, but names given to him by governments > and some insiders?) I am actually more comfortable with governments doing the selection than with businesses doing them. I want to prevent WGIG from "birthing another ICANN" that is stacked with business interests. > I think that must be a concern, but Markus Kummer has been extremely > open and I am very much inclined to trust him. And we can help him by > responding to his calls for contributions: on what we think the > working group should look like (including the types of people who > should be members), how it should operate, and names. But to be > clear, I heard him emphasize the former over specific names at the > moment (at the moment.) I am sure that he is being deluged with names right now. He did say that he was after people who were willing to listen and communicate with each other. I do hope he is emphasizing characteristics of the members rather than particular names and personalities. Although, the name of Tim Berners-Lee did crop up in our talk with Kummer. -- ************************************************************* * Horacio T. Cadiz | Open Source. No Gates. No Windows. * * hcadiz AT ph.net | It is Open. No Bill. It is Free. * *-----------------------------------------------------------* * Philippine Network Foundation, Inc (PHNET) * *************************************************************