[UA-discuss] Cancelled - This week's UA Discuss list call

[Ram Mohan]

Thanks for your opinion.

How do you want to contribute to the progress you say is lacking?
On Dec 2, 2015 7:24 PM, "Ron Baione via UA-discuss" <ua-discuss at icann.org>
wrote:

> Those initiatives are more about bookkeeping than initiating progress, in
> my opinion, UA and all mailing lists need to be more than about creating
> lists, websites and reviews of past conferences, if no discernable progress
> is occurring at the conferences, then those are just parties. For example,
> if I host a gathering of elites in the name of progress for all humankind,
> and instead of calling it a party I call the gathering of elites a "beer
> convention" it is still just a party until some completion of progress for
> all humankind occurs. The G8 and G20, and most global conventions and
> conferences are not global conferences at all, they are elite parties where
> leaders talk past one another at the podium and then they eat lavish meals.
> But the elites call these parties conferences and conventions because that
> eleviates the "wealth shame" of partying instead of getting things
> accomplished for all humankind. Conferences and conventions eleviate
> "wealth shame" because they tell themselves that progress is occurring, but
> if i am asked to go to buy a pizza and I come back without a pizza and
> everybody says to me, "Where is the pizza?", and my answer is that I didn't
> get the pizza but I met with the manager and leaders of the community,
> people will be wondering if that is progress and where the pizza is. The
> internet community and works are hungry for progress and global elites
> aren't bringing home the pizza, they are eating the pizza with the other
> elites and making a controversial comment or two so their owned media can
> focus on that instead of the lack of progress at their party billed as a
> conference, convention, g8, g20 doesnt matter, they are all excuses for the
> elites to party and pretend to be progressing humankind when they are
> clearly failing. Just my opinion.
>
> Ron
>
> ------------------------------
> * From: * Don Hollander <don.hollander at icann.org>;
> * To: * UA-discuss at icann.org <UA-discuss at icann.org>;
> * Subject: * [UA-discuss] Cancelled - This week's UA Discuss list call
> * Sent: * Wed, Dec 2, 2015 8:43:02 PM
>
> Dear all,
>
> The UA Discuss call, tentatively scheduled for 23:00 UTC today, will not
> occur.
>
> There are, however, still things happening in smaller working groups,
> including:
>
> - Local Community Engagement Model development.  Currently in first draft
> having moved on from an outline
> - Registry/Registrar Guidebook - Dennis & Rich continue to build this out
> - Help Wanted - We’ve had four applications and they are going through
> evaluation and selection
> - Monthly Newsletter - this is being built.  Waiting for the financials
> expected by the 10th.
> - Template formats - expected the end of next week
> - Wiki update - progress expected the end of next week
> - Activities in China -
> - EAI Gathering - working on an agenda and logistics for next year.
>
> Plenty to talk about for a call on the 16th.
>
> Don
>
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