I would put it in a short sentence: Listen to experienced ccTLD Managers. And,it's not only ancient history. The recent .ML fiasco is still biting... el On 2015-09-09 09:37, Nigel Roberts wrote:
Oh that too. 100%.
We are not in disagreement - that's the main reason I'm here.
But I was simply setting out why some of us (Mr Deerhake called me as being a dinosaur, but I prefer the term 'revenant') whilst totally trusting individuals comprising the Board of ICANN find it hard to trust the Board or corporate organisation collectively.
Those of us who were part of the IFWP, as I was, would commend the wise words of George Santanyana: 'Those who cannot remember <https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Remember> the past <https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Past> are condemned to repeat it.'
So on that basis perhaps I should be expecting NTIA and ICANN to go off in a huddle in a week or two and do a bilateral deal which has much of the appearance but little of the substance of the stated goal??? Now, that would be just too cynical of me, wouldn't it?
On 08/09/15 18:31, James M. Bladel wrote:
Disagree, Nigel. It¹s not about the past, but rather an effort to future-proof the organization against individuals & groups we haven¹t event met yet.
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