Re: [ga-roots] Why ICANN should Plan for the Future

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>]

Patrick and all,

  I think it has been made pretty clear that the ICANN staff has
serious problems with managing anything technical or operational,
given the recent problems with Webcast at ICANN meetings,
missing E-Mails from Comments@icann.org, and ICANN's
web page being down for a number of hours, just to name
a few.  I would hate to try to imagine what the ICANN
staff would do if a A-Root server went down for instance...
I wonder if they have a backup plan that the ICANN staff
can actually execute successfully....????

Patrick Corliss wrote:

> Hi William
>
> > Comparing this situation to car collisions has to be one of the most
> > outrageous analogies I've seen used.
>
> It doesn't matter what analogy people use there will always be other people
> who say the analogy is outrageous.  Personally I thought it was very apt.
>
> The comparison of the big bully car driver mowing down defenceless bicycle
> riders has more than a touch of satire.  Especially when the car gets
> damaged in the process.
>
> Here's another comparison.  The process of risk management.  There are
> several alternatives (not necessarily mutually exclusive) in a policy of
> risk management.  Taking an ordinary situation, perhaps, you can:
>
> (a)    Transfer the risk to somebody else (eg renting rather than buying)
> (b)    Defend against known hazards (eg install burglar alarms)
> (c)    Lessen the likely damage (eg use fire-safe furniture)
> (d)    Spread the risk (eg take out insurance)
> (e)    Retrieve the situation (eg put out the fire quickly)
>
> Now it would seem to me that you are quite correct when you say:
>
> > As such any argument about new.net and its visibility is not relevant
> > to arguments about ICANN's stability or lack thereof right now.
>
> Sure.  But just because my house is not burning down *right now* doesn't
> mean that I should ignore aspects of future risk.  ICANN shouldn't either.
>
> I know you enjoy my stories so I'll tell you another one.  A few years ago I
> worked as an investigator with the Australian Securities Commission (as it
> was called then).  Any director who had been involved in the management of
> three or more "failed companies" had to show cause why they shouldn't be
> banned from corporate management for a period of up to 5 years.
>
> When it came to the Tribunal hearing, they were always asked one simple
> question.  "Can you tell me what steps have you taken in relation to the
> management of your company should we decide to ban you right now?"
>
> Ninety percent would answer "I'm defending the case and don't expect to get
> banned.  I haven't taken any steps.  I'll work that out if and when it
> happens."
>
> You guessed it.  Such an answer demonstrated to the Tribunal that they
> weren't fit to manage a company.  Inevitably they were banned for up to 5
> years.  Quite appropriately, I would have thought.
>
> Anyone who provided a detailed contingency plan had a reasonable chance of
> avoiding being banned.  They had demonstrated a capacity for planning.
>
> It is fortunate, I guess, that the ICANN Directors are not subject to
> Australian law.  There are several provisions which would be very likely to
> get them prosecuted.  Not least is the requirement to anticipate problems.
>
> Actually, I'll bet dollars to donuts that you have a whole raft of sensible
> contingency plans for your own computer systems . . . .
>
> Thought so !!
>
> Best regards
> Patrick Corliss
>
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