Re: [ifwp] Re: What is this? Why are we surprised with it?

Kent Crispin (kent@songbird.com)
Tue, 12 Jan 1999 13:13:23 -0800


On Tue, Jan 12, 1999 at 11:56:51AM -0800, Patrick Greenwell wrote:
> > > Have you considered asking to speak with the DoC Kent?
> >
> > No, because it is an obviously untenable position. NTIA doesn't have
> > the resources to have a private telecon (with or without
> > transcriptions) with anyone who asks.
>
> Kent,
>
> I am suprised that you would make assertions regarding the resources
> available to NTIA. If I might ask, how do you know with any certainty
> rather NTIA has the necessary resources or not?

I have been independently told their resources are limited. But it
is fairly clear from first principles. Becky Burr only has 24 hours
in her day, just like all of us. She has a job that apparently
keeps her fairly busy. If nothing else, her time to spend in
telecons to every Tom, Dick, and Jane who wants to know whats going
on is limited. Obviously, telecons with some NTIA clerk who hasn't
been directly involved in the decisions are not what people are
interested in.

> > I thought what I was doing would be obvious, but apparently I was too
> > subtle. Just so everyone knows exactly where I am coming from -- I
> > don't have any problem with Mikki Barry going off and drafting bylaws
> > privately, or with there being a private "bwg-n-friends" list, just
> > as I think it is perfectly acceptable for there to be a closed
> > "participants" list, and just as I think it is perfectly acceptable
> > for there to be a private mailing list for people drafting the
> > current document. You need a quiet work space, and people need to
> > confer. That's fine.
>
> Kent, As Mikki has stated previously *none* of the drafting for the ORSC
> proposal occured on the bwg-n-friends list.

So she says. But you just can't tell with a private list, can you?

-- 
Kent Crispin, PAB Chair				"Do good, and you'll be
kent@songbird.com				lonesome." -- Mark Twain