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 FĂ©rdeline" <[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 FĂ©rdeline > linkedin.com/in/ferdeline > > -- Cheers, McTim "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route indicates how we get there." Jon Postel