Dear Co-Chairs, I was in transit so I appreciate having been pre-empted by several others from responding to this nonsense. But then this is ALAC and subject to change without notice. The next thing will be accusing someone of being intelligent. el On 2015-11-25 14:44 , Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond wrote:
Hello Paul, Hello all,
for the record, I don't agree that the community is a much better proxy for the "public as a whole" than a Board that's selected entirely by the community or community representatives. This is akin to say that a self appointed community group is better suited to running a country than a democratically elected government.
I've said it in the past and say it again: if you don't like the Board director that your community has selected, vote for someone else next time.
But I'd like to also call on everyone here to stop the threats, the accusations, the hate - yes, there is actual hate in some of the comments - the complete FUD and full verbal assault of ICANN's structures and Board in the name of making ICANN more accountable. The more I read the allegations on the CCWG mailing list, the more I have doubts that this community is actually able to behave in a rational and measured fashion.
So here's my question to everyone here: did you ever ask yourself why you have so little trust in people your community has voted for? This has been asked before and I have never heard a response that made sense.
Kindest regards,
Olivier [...]