Avri, as I recall, you weren't in many of the ALAC meetings in Costa Rica. The topic of the statement was brought up early in the week, and several members of the ALAC expressed interest in it, but wanted to see it rewritten for a variety of reasons. It was sent to the ALAC ex com on Thursday. It was discussed all week. Also, you wrote: "As you are one of the leaders of ALAC..." Not really. I have no vote or position in ALAC. I'm not on the executive committee. Haven't had for about a year and a half. -----Original Message-----
From: Avri Doria <avri@acm.org> Sent: Mar 19, 2012 4:31 PM To: ALAC Working List <alac@atlarge-lists.icann.org> Subject: Re: [ALAC] When will ALAC make its conflict of interest statement?
Hi,
I have a question: as the chair of NARALO, has NARALO made such a statement yet?
Also I think it is a long stretch from the evidence that the ALAC did not take an issue that you, and the NYT, think is of primary important to the conclusion that ALAC is incapable of carrying out its mission. As you are one of the leaders of ALAC, I wonder whether taking the journalists approach is the right approach.
avri
On 19 Mar 2012, at 15:14, Beau Brendler wrote:
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Since the ALAC does not consider such issues as those that appear in the New York Times story to be of importanance, then I am forced to conclude that ALAC is not capable in its current construction to carry out its mission to speak for the Internet user. I have been asked by one of the publications I write for to put together a story about what's going on here, and I believe I have no other choice, in fact, am obligated as a journalist to cite ALAC's failure to raise this issue sooner (or at all).
Beau Brendler
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