[2360] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: The Membership of FNC Advisory Committee - Minutes Available yet?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Craig Partridge)
Wed Feb 19 14:34:19 1992
To: sean mclinden <sean@dsl.pitt.edu>
Cc: com-priv@psi.com
Reply-To: Craig Partridge <craig@aland.bbn.com>
From: Craig Partridge <craig@aland.bbn.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Feb 92 11:30:34 -0800
> OK, so how do you determine "their ability to advise FNC"? It`s a fair
> question. I elect people to Government, they appoint and hire other
> people who appoint and hire other people and so on, and at some point,
> those "other people" become advisors that help to shape public policy.
> But those "other people" are not accountable to me or the voters or
> the taxpayers. So, how does one determine "their ability to advise FNC"?
Sean:
Actually, those people *are* accountable to you as a voter. I'm
sure if you got enough voters to call their congressmen and suggest that
the advisors to the FNC are not representative, you'd see changes.
Now I tend to dislike that approach because if used too much one
finds the advisory board packed with token figures to appease different
communities. Remember we as consumers buy "brand names" too, so the
right name may appease the right community even if that name person isn't
really a good representative. So if you're going to beat on your congressman,
I suggest you do it carefully, lest you get what they thought you asked for
rather than what you wanted.
Craig
