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Re: [ga] RE: Getting items on ICANN's agenda - More Censorship???

Jeff and all DNSO'ers,

  Very good questions Jeff.  I am of course not expecting and answer
in the forseeable future...

Jeff Williams wrote:

> Andrew and all,
>
>   What is in YOUR opinion "Substitive" as comments sent to the mailing
> ajm@icann.org E-Mail address?  How and under what decision do YOU
> have for making such decisions.  All comments should be received
> on an EQUAL basis.  Otherwise a systematic practice of CENSORSHIP
> is being employed.
>
> Andrew McLaughlin wrote:
>
> > Dear Michael:
> >
> > You sent your notes on agenda items to me <ajm@icann.org> as a series of
> > questions, carefully disguised under the following header:
> >
> > "RE: [ga] Final draft of proposed mailing list rules"
> >
> > I confess I have not yet read your email in detail, as I tend to read
> > GA-list email once a week or so.  You ought to consider using desciptive
> > headers.  Personally, I keep track of any comments that are sent to me w/r/t
> > ICANN's upcoming agendas, and pass them along to the Board when they seem
> > substantive.  Jonathan Weinberg's comments on membership are already
> > encompassed by the agenda -- the form, structure, and features of At Large
> > membership & elections is the top agenda item for Cairo.  As usual, we'll be
> > opening public comment forums several weeks prior to Cairo, on each of the
> > matters to be addressed by the Board.
> >
> > If you don't want your suggestions filtered by me, perhaps you should send
> > them directly to the Board.
> >
> > --Andrew
> >
> > [ -----Original Message-----
> > [ From: Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School of Law
> > [ [mailto:froomkin@law.miami.edu]
> > [ Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2000 11:23 PM
> > [ To: ajm@icann.org; ga@dnso.org
> > [ Subject: Getting items on ICANN's agenda
> > [
> > [
> > [ A few days ago -- Wed, Jan 19 to be exact -- I sent a message to a number
> > [ of addresses including "ajm@icann.org" in which I made some proposals for
> > [ agenda items for the next Board meeting.  This is the address noted at
> > [ http://www.icann.org/cairo2000/cairo-details.htm#agenda as being the place
> > [ to send suggestions.
> > [
> > [ I have not received an acknowledgement of receipt of this message.
> > [
> > [ Is it ICANN's policy to acknowledge receipt?  Should I resend my message?
> > [
> > [ Furthermore, will there be public location in which suggestions will be
> > [ posted?  Will Board members be informed of all suggestions, or will the
> > [ agenda be set by some other body?
> > [
> > [ I would hate to bother Board members with matters that duplicate what they
> > [ get anyway; on the other hand if postings to the ajm address are being
> > [ filtered, I might feel differently.
> > [
> > [ --
> > [
> > [ A. Michael Froomkin   |    Professor of Law    |   froomkin@law.tm
> > [ U. Miami School of Law, P.O. Box 248087, Coral Gables, FL 33124 USA
> > [ +1 (305) 284-4285  |  +1 (305) 284-6506 (fax)  |  http://www.law.tm
> > [                       -->It's warmish here.<--
> > [
> > [
> > [
>
> Regards,
>
> --
> Jeffrey A. Williams
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