No matter which side of the Root Name Server debates you are on, as members of NANOG, it is important that your views are heard by people who make the "real" decisions. Whether you are heard as a group or as individuals your views should be heard. I am sure that people in the U.S. Government and specifically the National Science Foundation will be "doing the right thing" and addressing some of the major issues. Fortunately, there are many checks and balances in the U.S. Government to prevent one person from being the judge, jury, and... There is a Federal Networking Council meeting planned for February 27, 1997. As noted, it is apparently for members only. This should not stop people from "networking" with the people who influence When "networking" is allowed to be redefined as "spam", the entire Internet community is in trouble. This is no different from a sheriff in rural America redefining speeding on a car by car basis, with no judge or jury present and no record of the "fine" that was collected. @@@@ http://www.fnc.gov/calendar.html Feb. 27, 1997 FNC* 1:00-3:00 NSF (* = restricted to members) @@@@@ http://www.fnc.gov/FNC_Members.html Federal Networking Council George Strawn - Chairman GSTRAWN@NSF.GOV Walter Wiebe - Executive Director WWIEBE@NSF.GOV Bruce Almich ALMICH.BRUCE@EPAMAIL.EPA.GOV Bruce Bottomley BBB@ROMULUS.NCSC.MIL Dick desJardins DESJARDI@EOS.NASA.GOV Frank Hartel HARTEL@BOX-H.NIH.GOV Craig Hunt CHUNT@NIST.GOV Pamela G. Kruzic PJK@NRC.GOV Henry Lai HENRY.LAI@GSA.GOV Fred Lee FLEE@NSF.GOV Fred Long FLONG@SUN1.WWB.NOAA.GOV Hilarie Orman HORMAN@DARPA.MIL Camillo J. Pasquariello PASQUARC@NCR.DISA.MIL Alexis Poliakoff ALEX_POLIAKOFF@ED.GOV Ken Roko KROKO@USAID.GOV Elaine Stout ESTOUT@USGS.GOV @@@@@ http://www.fnc.gov/FNCAC.html The Federal Networking Council Advisory Committee (FNCAC) is chartered by the National Science Foundation to provide the FNC with technical, tactical, and strategic advice from the constituencies involved in the NREN Program..." FNCAC Members Dr. Sidney Karin KARIN@SDSC.EDU Dr. George Brandenburg BRANDENBURG@HUHEPL.HARVARD.EDU Dr. Henriette Avram AVRAM@IVORY.EDUCOM.EDU Mr. Jim Beall, Jr. BEALL@VNET.IBM.COM Mr. Alan Blatecky ALANB@MCNC.ORG Mr. Matt Blaze MAB@RESEARCH.ATT.COM Ms. Susan Estrada SESTRADA@ALDEA.COM Dr. Kenneth S. Flamm FLAMM@BROOK.EDU Dr. John Gage JOHN.GAGE@ENG.SUN.COM Ms. Carol Henderson CCH@ALAWASH.ORG Dr. Kenneth J. Klingenstein KJK@SPOT.COLORADO.EDU Mr. Richard Liebhaber 2714743@MCIMAIL.COM Mr. Stu Loken SCLOKEN@LBL.GOV Dr. Paul Mockapetris PVM@SOFTWARE.COM Mr. Robert G. Moskowitz RGM3@IS.CHRYSLER.COM Dr. Ike Nassi NASSI@SCRUZNET.COM Mr. Carl Edward Oliver OLIVERCE@ORNL.GOV Dr. Stewart Personick SDP@BELLCORE.COM Mr. Thomas C. Rindfleisch THOMAS_RINDFLEISCH@MEDMAIL.STANFORD.EDU. Mr. Mike Roberts ROBERTS@EDUCOM.EDU Ms. Connie D. Stout CSTOUT@TENET.EDU Brigadier General Harold Thompson THOMPSON@ICN.STATE.IA.US Dr. Stephen Wolff SWOLFF@CISCO.COM @@@@@ -- Jim Fleming Unir Corporation e-mail: JimFleming@unety.net JimFleming@unety.s0.g0 (EDNS/IPv8)