A lot of this is about trust. Is that what I should demonstrate?
Lack of trust, by one, is something that really hurt me last week.
Heavy all this. And not. Somehow, I feel comfortable. Although haven't
been even waiting for response yet. Perhaps that's why. (do you see the
groove of thoughts in this paragraph?)
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Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1998 20:37:58 +0200 (EET)
Subject: ICANN @ Politics&Internet'99
Hello, having been following the online-europe list and knowing some of
what Jon thought of you I came to this:
Would you do an (e-mail) interview about ICANN and topical DNS issues
soon, in any case before the 6th of January? If you don't think/feel
you're the right person to do it, now that there are the new members and
all, who would? There's not much in the FAQ yet.
I'm presenting some Internet related, political&technical,... issues
around the DNS at the 2nd international Politics&Internet congress in
Finland early next year, http://www.kolumbus.fi/pi99/ that is.
Some personal background and status info follows, lengthy and possibly
irrelevant so go ahead and skip in peace when busy:
Due to strong personal interest in the issue I've been following gTLD-MoU
and later IFWP developments both on-line and present in for example the
ISOC/Inet-conferences in Kuala Lumpur and Geneva. In July '97 I wrote
about it for Helsingin Sanomat, the leading Finnish newspaper, in order to
bring it up a little for the unaware people, like politicians, who should
know about it.
I hope to be able to explain both the background and recent developments,
with several perspectives like technology, politics, social issues and
commerce in mind for the people - EU politicians etc. - but am quite
concerned if I can do in a sober way or not. To be honest, I've lost some
of the track (and interest) in the issue, since in a way it seems to be
doing fine .. or that nothing seems to be happening - which is pretty much
the same if/when stability is the primary goal. Right? We discussed this
once shortly with Steven on the online-europe list. However, it remains an
important issue and as there's no one else bringing it to the conference I
will.
My current job is at the University of Oulu, doing Internet-related
research in yet quite a large area and pretty independently, not having
any projects, and this is the position I'll be having in the conference as
well - except that I'm also in the organizing committee. The possible
material from interviews etc. won't be commercially used without asking
permission separately, if that matters. Otherwise I'm involved in this ISP
called Net People Oy in Oulu and an(-ti?).org(/anisation) activities but
they don't play a role here.
Thank you for your time,
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