Paul writes:>
I hate to get involved in another CIX-bashing session, and I will try really hard to avoid it. CIX does a lot of work in Washington D.C.,
(condensed) I agree whole heartedly. In my proposal for IPSPA, I have not, bashed the CIX and do not support any CIX bashing. Any work that IPSPA can hope to accomplish fully supports all Internet organizations, including the CIX. Bob Collet is a fine person, we have had the great pleasure to work together, and his work for the Internet community is well respected and appreciated. His love for the Internet is admirable and I honor the work and fellowship we shared at Sprint. The goals and visions that I have tried to forward for an organization like IPSPA.ORG do not include bashing CIX or any other group working for the common good and interest of the Internet Community. It is my quixotic hope, as Gordon so dearly put it, that IPSPA.ORG will move well beyond the traditional and work in an organized, procedural, network based non-profit corporation, working closely with the Internet Community, if the interest is solid. (there are a total of three people on the IPSPA mailing list now.... pretty humble beginnings... but at least majordomo seems to be working) My first goal for IPSPA would be to use our first IPSPA budget to build internet services for the elderly in a location that would benefit many of our elderly citizens. I will contribute $500.00 toward this project as soon as the Corporation is established next week. In addition, I will contribute the domain registration fees and the original fees for incorporating IPSPA. Other contributions to IPSPA are warmly appreciated. A WWW page will be created so all funds will be accounted for in public for full disclosure. Also, my private corporation will provide all accouting services, in the beginning, out of our corporate budget. It is the least we can do, considering how much the Internet has done for us. I think it would be very rewarding for IPSPA members to get into the holiday spirit early and let's work together to bring the Internet to those who need it ... one project, one success story at a time. Tim -- +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Tim Bass | #include<campfire.h> | | Principal Network Systems Engineer | for(beer=100;beer>1;beer++){ | | The Silk Road Group, Ltd. | take_one_down(); | | | pass_it_around(); | | http://www.silkroad.com/ | } | | | back_to_work(); /*never reached */ | +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+