Re: Unbiased Neutral Forum

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>]

Phillip and all,

Phillip C. Reed wrote:

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> >        http://www.isoc.org/isoc/media/releases/980616pr.shtml
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>    "It is clear that the new corporation alluded to in the U.S.
>    government White Paper will need to be based on work done by
>    the existing IANA and its director Jon Postel and directly involve
>    them," said Don Heath, president of the Internet Society. "Any
>    attempt to do otherwise would certainly not produce the needed
>    consensus and could lead to a serious threat of instability to the
>    Internet."

  Here is Old Don grandstanding yet again.  Typical for a Marketing type.
Non the less this conference is a very good idea in our opinion.  Don's attempt
to smear the GIAW conference is evident in his statement here, but we feel that
there will need to be many such conferences before a true majority consensus
can or will be reached.

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> Well, the "need" is not that clear to me, but certainly ISOC is in at least
> as good a position as anybody else, perhaps more so.

  We don't believe that the ISOC or any other non-governmental group
is in a better position tan one or another group.  Rather it seems to us that
there will be or is a perceived need for more than one such conference.

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> Don's second statement here begs the question: will *this* meeting produce
> the needed consensus? Based on some of the past discussion on this list, I
> wonder.

  Not likely that this conference will be able to honestly produce any thing
close
to any kind of a consensus.  But We would be willing ot bet that that will be
the claim when the conference is over.

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>                                                         ...phil
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Regards,

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Jeffrey A. Williams
DIR. Internet Network Eng/SR. Java/CORBA Development Eng.
Information Network Eng. Group. INEG. INC.
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