RE: [council] NCtelecon 21 September 2000, minutes

[Theresa Swinehart <Theresa.Swinehart@wcom.com>]

I agree with Philip comment's. We agreed to the process that occured and was
carried out. Had a different process been suggested, I likewise would have
reacted similarly to Philip's points 1 and 2.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-council@dnso.org
> [mailto:owner-council@dnso.org]On Behalf Of
> Philip Sheppard
> Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2000 2:58 AM
> To: Elisabeth Porteneuve; council@dnso.org
> Subject: Re: [council] NCtelecon 21 September 2000, minutes
>
>
> Elisabeth,
> one more correction on the press release.
> My understanding and I believe that of Paul Kane's and Ken
> Stubbs, was that
> Paul and Philip would draft the release between them, check
> out facts/legal
> position via Louis and then ask Ken as chair to sign off on
> it.  That is
> what we did. We had agreed that a message should be got out quickly.
>
> The idea of submitting a press release to be re-edited by the
> Names Council
> and for everyone to agree to it was to my understanding not
> the case. Had
> that been the case I would:
> 1. have argued against it - it takes too long and risks the text being
> changed piecemeal as opposed to a coherent whole written in a style to
> attract interest from editors
> 2. probably have withdrawn my offer to draft a release that
> would be subject
> to such an editorial board!!!
>
> Philip
>
>