-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Danny Younger wrote:
In another fine display of participant zeal, eight ALAC members decided to ignore yet another ALAC vote -- this time on the Overview Report on the ALAC Review. Those listed below (more than half of the ALAC) did not bother to vote:
While I take tiny comfort that (for once) there are no North Americans on the list, it bothers me that counts like this, which are not even meetings (which can conflict) but "do it on your own time" votes, cannot even get a majority.
Kudos to the ALAC Chair for the great results obtained under the new "Remedial" participation policy.
To the Chair's defence, there is a real limit on what she can do. The list of no-shows includes 80% of the NonComm appointees to ALAC, who are not subject to recall, accountable to nobody and are free to flip the bird at Cheryl. I have already spoken to the Chair on attendance issues regarding the tardy ALACers from our region, and some behind-the-scenes followup is being done. To our great credit, the person from our region who owes no accountability to NARALO happens to have one of the best attendance records in ALAC.
At this rate, the ALAC will be dead and buried soon.
Isn't that what you want, Danny? Of a greater overall worry to me is the fact that NARALO's continued pro-activity, combined with a clear lethargy in other regions, will again lead to sentiment that ICANN -- even in its public participation component -- is dominated by Amercians (and to a lesser extent Europeans). Is it our fault that we seem to be the only ones actually initiating anything? It seems as no coincidence that both of the candidates for ALAC Board rep are from our region. Is the creation of two more unaccountable ALAC reps from Asia, as the Westlake report recommend really going to do ANYTHING to solve this? And with ICANN starving At-Large for outreach funding, how are we going to seek out those who actually give a damn but aren't overly assertive about it? - - Evan -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFI3OqHB6WWYxnsgmwRAobzAKClJF7saRtBhEwfoqjFP1nASmkq8QCgk2Ju SnTwzIlqV9nUD+2eEilUlEo= =lEuk -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----