Gordon Cook does not have my permission to speak for me. I wish he'd stop it. I can speak for myself just fine, and often do. You will find my academic work on my my homepage http://www.law.tm . You will find some of my more journalistic ICANN-related work, at http://www.icannwatch.org On Fri, 30 Aug 2002, Gordon Cook wrote: > Carl ...great... no problem. Your web page cited below essentially > invites the internet technical community and anyone else who wishes > to take the time to try out your "roots" and your 'branches' and that > on the merit of working running code tell the ICANN evaluators that > they made a mistake and that they should as a result rethink their > award intentions. > > Yes? > > OK Terrific. I wish you luck. So does Michael Froomkin, who I > don't think believes that your approach will work. Were it to work > great. > > So OK lets go process and maybe THIS time it will work, since your > technical standing and reputation are superb. However: color me > sceptical that your strategy will make a difference. > > Yes we certainly do have a problem with the ICANN process. Who > leads ICANN? Who makes the decisions? I suggest that Vinton Cerf as > Board Chair of ICANN is at least the TITULAR leader of ICANN. I > suggest it should not be regarded as ad hominem or personal to ask > ICANN's Board Chair to speak out and take a strong position on what > you have pointed out on your own web page looks to be a miscarriage > of justice. > > I am discouraged because the last time the leadership issue arose on > this list was on august 1 and 2 with Karl's court victory. What > Vint tried to maintain on this list was true was shown by Karl and > Michael Froomkin to be erroneous. Vint seems to be willing to follow > the ICANN party line. In my opinion that party line has a poor > record for factual accuracy let alone good policy. > > It would be nice to see this change. I and a lot of other folk have > given up any hope however. > > I support your effort and wish you luck. > > > > > > Carl Malamud has quite a lot to say about integrity at > >> http://not.invisible.net/signals/bin/000270.shtml > >> > >> I'd say that engineering without integrity is a bit flawed wouldn't you? > > > >The thing I hate the most about the entire ICANN process is the fact that > >problems with their process gets spun into personal attacks. Vint's > >got plenty of integrity, as do all the staff I've dealt with at ICANN. > >We've got a problem with their process, but let's not turn that into > >ad hominum attack. Reasonable people can differ and discuss without > >calling each other names or impuning their motives. > > > >Regards, > > > >Carl > > > -- Please visit http://www.icannwatch.org A. Michael Froomkin | Professor of Law | froomkin@law.tm U. Miami School of Law, P.O. Box 248087, Coral Gables, FL 33124 USA +1 (305) 284-4285 | +1 (305) 284-6506 (fax) | http://www.law.tm -->It's very hot here.<--