2008/2/18, Jeffrey A. Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>:
Evan and all my friends,
I agree sometimes silence is just silence. But with ICANN
staff/bod members that paradigm doesn't compute very well.
I am glad to read that the ALAC is trying to eliminate the
false notion that Silence is normally construed as being
in agreement. I interpret that to mean silence is not
always a good thing and is in the decision as to when to be
silent, in the hands of every individual.
as an old time at ALAC, and non-English speaking people, I don't think
silence is agreement at all, and it never was the norm either unless
it was called many times for consent.
often, I ignore the things that do not make sense or worth to bother
my precious time - and I know many of my colleagues have similar
attitude. unfortunate, maybe, but we are busy in doing our own work
in professional manners and those things go outside of our cotrol, let
them be. we have no luxury of time to waste.
izumi
Evan Leibovitch wrote:
> Jeffrey A. Williams wrote:
>
> > Had everyone been silent, that may have been construed as being in agreement with your earlier contention.
>
> Sometimes, silence is just silence.
>
> The inference of "silence means consent" is a cultural artefact of ALAC
> that some of us are actively trying to eliminate.
>
> - Evan
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