Re: Urgent Call For a Google At-Large Public Ombudsman

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

Begin forwarded message:

From: John Levine <johnl () iecc com>
Date: June 11, 2007 4:32:44 PM EDT
To: dave () farber net
Cc: lauren () vortex com
Subject: Re: [IP] Urgent Call For a Google At-Large Public Ombudsman

> THe idea has much merit but the person/organization must be very
> carefully picked.

As an example of why an Ombudsman is not necessarily a good idea, you
might want to check out ICANN's Ombudsman.  For whatever reasons (I
have a variety of theories) all he does is to act as an apologist for
ICANN's staff.  He has a fine resume, so I was really surprised to
find how poorly it's worked out in practice.

R's,
John



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