Howdy,
I wasn't there to be disappointed or not, but I agree with Steve
a note, if sent, should be put in a positive light.
Leslie.
"Steven M. Bellovin" wrote:
>
> In message <2.2.32.20010717152905.00d89164@telefonica.es>, Azucena Hernandez wr
> ites:
> >Dear Gerry, dear PSO colleagues,
> >
> >I fully agree to send the letter to the ICANN Director as drafted by Gerry.
> >Kind regards,
> >Azucena
> >At 09:50 AM 17/07/01 +0100, you wrote:
> >>Do we all agree to send the following letter to the ICANN CEO?
> >>
>
> I tend to agree more with Philipp -- given the Board presence, did we
> really need staff members as well? I don't recall any questions that
> they would have been better able to answer.
>
> That said, if the group does feel that something should be said, I'd
> rather it were phrased in a positive sense than a negative one. That
> is, instead of saying "What was disappointing was that no member of the
> ICANN staff attended", I think it would be better to say "It would be
> nice if, in the future, ICANN staff members could attend", and then go
> on to give reasons why, such as questions that they could answer better.
>
> --Steve Bellovin, http://www.research.att.com/~smb
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Leslie Daigle
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