Re: [ALSC-Forum] Re: Direct vs. Indirect elections - Special attn. Eric, Sheldon, and stuart.

[Jeff Williams]

Sandy and all stakeholdersor interested parties,

Sandy Harris wrote:

> Jeff Williams wrote:
>
> > > >It shouldn't be too hard to organise key signing parties at ICANN meetings
> > > >or related conferences like http://www.cfp2002.org/
> > >
> > > It was done once (in ICANN Singapore 1999 with Dave Farber as the
> > > attraction) and after that no more.
> >
> >   Well perhaps such should be done again.  I am sure that Sandy would
> > be happy to organize such and effort.  Sandy?
>
> Not likely. I've never been to an ICANN meeting and have no plans for it.

  Well perhaps ICANN or Hi-Tech.com would be willing to sponsor you
to head up this potential Task Force?  Funding included obviously.
Eric, Sheldon and Stuart, perhaps such a task force is needed and
if funded, Sandy here would be willing to serve...

>
>
> CFP I'll go to if I can afford the time and money. I'd recommend it as
> an excellent conference for anyone with a serious interest in the issues
> it deals with. CFP = Computers, Freedom and Privacy.
>
> The one I did get to (2000, Toronto) had a lot of interesting folk at it.
> Auerbach, Froomkin, Gilmore, Zimmerman, senior people from many gov'ts,
> IETF, ICANN, ...
>
> The thing that impressed me most was the extent of cross-discipline
> cluefulness; lawyers with considerable understanding of technology,
> hackers with a deep interest in the social consequences of the
> technology they are building. I've seen a few of each elsewhere, but
> being in a large crowd of such types was mind-blowing.

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