On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 6:13 PM, Evan Leibovitch <evan@telly.org> wrote:
It seems to me -- despite my relative youth in ICANN politics -- that this culture of consensus has simply led to governance by "what offends the least" as opposed to leadership or assertion of even its published mission. All in the interest of politeness. It's even entrenched the
Yes you are relatively ignorant, or to put in in a better light innocent, of the ICANN way of doing things. ICANN has nothing to do with consensus. It is a self perpetuating bureaucracy and any references to consensus or inclusiveness is nothing more then a marketing campaign to keep the bureaucracy employed. cheers joe baptista -- Joe Baptista www.publicroot.org PublicRoot Consortium ---------------------------------------------------------------- The future of the Internet is Open, Transparent, Inclusive, Representative & Accountable to the Internet community @large. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Office: +1 (360) 526-6077 (extension 052) Fax: +1 (509) 479-0084