Dear Randy, On 21/05/2013 11:58, Randy Bush wrote: > dear emperor, despite the braggadocio, there seems to be a shortage of > attire. icann is notorious for pretending to be open but being > effectively closed. it solicits public comment and ignores it. i could > go on and on, but i am far less wordy. > > randy > Quite frankly, I used to have the same feeling... until very recently. With Steve at the wheel, things have improved a lot. Whilst as recently as 3 years ago, we often used to feel that ALAC advice was tossed over the wall and we'd never hear any feedback & be blatantly ignored, things have improved and we are heard and more importantly listened to a lot more. Credit for this is due to the new Leadership Teams, both on the volunteer & Staff parts of ICANN. Today, it's still not perfect, but you cannot fix a bus by shooting it - work on it instead, to fix it. I believe it's fixable. Start here: http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/atrt2-02apr13-en.htm Kind regards, Olivier (not wearing any hat) -- Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond, PhD http://www.gih.com/ocl.html