Re: [ga] Condolances, and News from New York

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

Eric and all assembly members,

  Well said, well said indeed!  I can only wish that such prose or uplifting
words had come from our self imposed ICANN leadership....  Alas,
it has not.   :(

Eric Dierker wrote:

> I am moved and fortified by these fine words.  Yes!  We shall not succumb we shall
> overcome.
>
> My 16 year old son just worked with me on some wording that goes out to many
> international brothers and sisters;  We now look for contribution and not
> retribution,  we now seek solutions and not pollution's, we beg for
> recommendations and not condemnations.
>
> Open your hearts and your minds to relief and not grief.  Vent your anger at me
> and not thee.  Any transgressions we have let us make progression against.  If we
> communicate we can propagate and that propagation is freedom.
>
> Sincerely,
> Eric
>
> Jeff William's wrote:
>
> > Marilyn, Joanna and all assembly members,
> >
> >   I, and our members, thoughts on this tragedy and it's long reaching
> > consequences are also with Joanna.  I hope however that Joanna
> > will not give these terrorists even a small victory in her absence from
> > these very important debates and discussions.  We NEED her ideas,
> > percervearence, and steadfast honesty and forthrightness.  It is an example
> > for all of us and should be for anyone, especially you Marilyn!
> >
> > Cade,Marilyn S - LGA wrote:
> >
> > > Joanna, our thoughts are with you in this. We all hope for a positive
> > > outcome... Marilyn
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Joanna Lane [mailto:jo-uk@rcn.com]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2001 7:54 PM
> > > To: Peter Dengate-Thrush; ga@dnso.org
> > > Subject: Re: [ga] Condolances, and News from New York
> > >
> > > Speaking personally, I would like to express my thanks for expressions of
> > > support from all over the world, both on and off-list, which have touched us
> > > here. When all this is all over, (if ever), I will write a piece on the part
> > > the internet has played. In short, it has proved the most trustworthy of all
> > > media for direct one to one communication. However, I do wonder whether it
> > > would be a different story if one of ICANN's root servers were located below
> > > 14th Street in lower Manhattan.
> > >
> > > For the record, over the last 30 hours, in this area at least, it has proved
> > > extremely difficult to get an international phone call through, lines are
> > > jammed, and, as you may know, both wireless phones and NYC TV transmission
> > > signals have been severely disrupted, as many attenae on the WTC rooftops
> > > were lost. I cannot be alone in having relied on email to keep in touch
> > > worldwide, for which I am very grateful, not least to those in this
> > > organization who have helped build the thing. If this had happened
> > > pre-internet, it would be a different story. Many are using email and
> > > relying on websites to access emergency information, although I believe many
> > > of these are also overloaded.
> > >
> > > The bad news is that my husband's cousin is missing, Richard Catarelli, who
> > > was located in WTC Building One, above the 65th floor where the first plane
> > > struck. Consequently, I have reorganized my priorities, and regret that I am
> > > forced to recuse myself from ICANN business from the time being.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Joanna
> > >
> > >
> > > on 9/11/01 8:38 PM, Peter Dengate-Thrush at barrister@chambers.gen.nz wrote:
> > >
> > > > I would like to add my condolences to all those that have been made on the
> > > > list today. Its hard to know what more to say. Like many I have friends
> > > and
> > > > colleagues in the surrounding area. My sister and her family were (we have
> > > > just found out) on one of the last flights out of LA, returning via London
> > > > from a family wedding in Scotland. Thankfully, they are safely home.
> > > > Joop, and others we guess, are stranded for some time in Montevideo.
> > > >
> > > > One of the big things I have learned from this ICANN process, as we have
> > > > moved from city to city, and met the cc managers from each region, is how
> > > > much more alike we are than our differences would suggest. This tragedy
> > > > certainly puts our own sometimes bitter arguments into perspective.
> > > >
> > > > (Thanks for the news Joanna. For the record, we are getting full BBC
> > > > coverage from the UK, including local comment. I agree that New Yorkers,
> > > and
> > > > "DC-ites" will survive this.)
> > > >
> > > > Regards
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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Regards,

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