My point is not a defense of off-topic items- it was that we may not all agree of what is on-topic and what isn't. Whether one particular email is off topic really doesn't deserve much discussion. That's why god made the delete button. The bigger question is the question of efficacy. Clearly, their is a range of opinion on what is relevant what is not, what is effective action, what is not. My read of what is in the purview of "NARALO promotes and assures North American user participation...." is in the inverse of Evan's with hooking issues of concern to internet users to ICANN issues when possible -- and being honest when there is no relationship-- at the top of my list of effective actions. Is there room for that position within NARALO or not?
Although I can definitely understand where Dharma is coming from, I would have to agree with Evan. I get around 100 e-mails per day off of various discussion lists and such. If discussions get way off topic then it becomes really tedious trying to weed out the wheat from the chaff.
D
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-----Original Message----- From: na-discuss-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org [mailto:na-discuss-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org] On Behalf Of Alan Greenberg Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 3:30 PM To: na-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org Subject: Re: [NA-Discuss] ICANN Discussion Lists are For ICANN Discussion
Evan, I think you have it pretty well covered.
If this were a really active list, perhaps it would be ok to add a side-list on non-ICANN topics. But without such activity, I worry that it would become *the* list, overshadowing things-ICANN, or simply be another dead list.
Note that there ARE topics related to spam and phishing that can be viewed as within ICANN's purview, specifically those related to the misuses of domain registrations, but even in that narrow topic, there are questionably issues that are outside of ICANN's range.
Alan
At 17/12/2008 02:47 PM, Evan Leibovitch wrote:
Hi Dharma,
I read Greg's post last night and had the exact opposite reaction that you had. I thought, "This is an informative, clearly written piece on an important issue that concerns internet users which is understandable for general audience--- a model of what we should be doing on ICANN issues." -and I learned something from it. That the piece was educational -- or even valuable -- was not the concern of my post.
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What do others here think?
- Evan
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