RE: [wg-c] We have no Emperor: Re: The Emperor's New Consensus (w as:Re: [wg-c] IMPORTANT MESSAGE RE: WG-C )

[Dave Crocker <dcrocker@brandenburg.com>]

At 04:35 AM 9/22/99 , Cade,Marilyn S - LGA wrote:
>this is all interesting, but I am confused somewhat. How many participants
>are there in our working group? It is tempting to think that one only has to
>count those who weigh in, but in reality, we need to understand that if a

That is like saying that US elections are only valid if every eligible 
citizen votes.

In fact the standard practise for this sort of decision process is a) make 
it accessible to all who wish to participate, b) count (only) those who 
show up.

Welcome to open systems...

>I can only speak for myself--I learned long ago not to maintain that I speak
>for others.

Given your frequent presentation of your opinion as representing your 
(rather large) employer), your statement here is confusing.

>If there were 10-25 more members than voted, then I think we have a problem

Given that you have long-standing and forceful desire to limit gTLD 
expansion, why do I suspect that if we had 10-25 more participants, some 
other objection would magically appear?

d/

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