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 -- ------------------------------------------------------------------- "The best laid plans are written in pencil." -- ThinkingCat Leslie Daigle leslie@thinkingcat.com ------------------------------------------------------------------- =========================================================================