Carlos,
Can you please point me to the exact sentence in the Bylaws or
other institutional ALAC documents that states that NomCom ALAC members are
different from RALOs ALAC members?
If there is no such sentence, I assume that, as a lawyer, you
would agree that they have to be treated as equal.
I am not native English speaker, and I ask the assistance of
native English speakers to suggest what is the word that defines "giving lesser
rights to people that are legally equal", if "discrimination" is not the right
one.
And I insist that if ALAC does that it will behave differently
than the GNSO and the Board itself.
On the other hand, if ALAC really feels that Chair and Vice-Chair
should come from RALOs and not NomCom, this would be a very legitimate position
(for the reasons explained by Wendy), but I am afraid it would require a change
in the ALAC institutional documents. Absent that, we cannot discriminate, or
differentiate, or whatever an appropriate word would be, one third of the ALAC
members. It would just not be compliant with the rules of the
game.
Cheers,
Roberto
My position in this matter is quite similar than Wendy and
Beau. I consider that "discrimination" is not the proper word to use in this
case.
>
Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2007 12:23:18 -0400
> From: wendy@seltzer.com
>
To: evan@telly.org
> CC: alac@atlarge-lists.icann.org
> Subject:
Re: [At-Large] ALAC Positions open for nominations 2007-2008
>
>
I read Evan's suggestions not as "discrimination" but as a request
that
> the At-Large leadership be accountable to the at-large public. At
the
> moment, the only accountability any of the Committee has is
the
> possibility of recall by its regional structures. So it makes
sense for
> an at-large participant to ask the committee to select its
executive
> from among members who have that connection -- and it sounds
to me like
> a reasonable request.
>
> --Wendy
>
> Evan Leibovitch wrote:
> > Cheryl Langdon-Orr wrote:
>
>> I would like to nominate one of our newly NomCom appointed,
Members
> >> of ALAC, Vanda Scartezini for one of the Vice Chair
positions:-
> >>
> > While I am not a member of ALAC, I
implore you to select, for your
> > executive, from amongst the
members that were sent by RALOs. They have a
> > level of
accountability that does not exist for the NomComm appointees,
> >
and by definition an understanding of the At-Large community culture
>
> that is likely lacking in people brought into ALAC from other
>
> constituencies.
> >
> > The primary goal of ALAC is to
represent the grassroots public interest
> > to ICANN. It can do this
best when its leaders come from within that
> > grassroots.
>
>
> > In any case, how about giving some opportunities to
(relative) ICANN
> > newcomers? The RALO reps already come from
positions of leadership in
> > their respective ALSs, so there are no
complete novices here.
> >
> > Evan Leibovitch
> >
> >
> >
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