I agree with Dev and Carlton in unhappiness at the Board decision. The ALAC comments to the Board set out good reasons why the change not be made until competent technical advice is regularly available to the Board. Indeed, if you look at the commentor's words - the quote is directly from the ALAC statement. And the need for sound technical advice is spelled out in our statement as well. Indeed, in the TOR session on Monday, Patrik will - in mildest tones - be giving the SSAC concerns about the introduction of the new gTLDs and why the issue of names collision should have been addressed MUCH earlier. In my view, it is a very false 'savings' Holly On 13/02/2014, at 1:06 AM, Carlton Samuels wrote:
On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 8:05 AM, Dev Anand Teelucksingh <devtee@gmail.com>wrote:
This action is anticipated to have a positive fiscal impact on ICANN. The removal of the Liaison to the Board and the NomCom will provide a financial savings to ICANN.
Savings? Do we have a sense of quantity? And how does this match the opportunity loss the ALAC has suggested?
BTW, great work from the - IMHO - two premier researchers in the At-Large.
-CAS
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