Hi, Marita

On Thu, 13 May 2021 at 13:00, Marita Moll via At-Large <at-large@atlarge-lists.icann.org> wrote:

I agree, Evan, that most people do not want to be involved in governance -- but I think they would support the notion that there was a group representing their interests at the governance table, that it was not just commercial interests sitting at the table. The extent to which that is important to the end user might be an interesting question.

I agree with you that most people support the idea of having their interests represented in governance, but that is exactly why we're doing the poll in the first place. ALAC already exists, so I'm not sure of the value in asking if it's needed.

I'm all for a public education campaign that dispenses with the "get involved" message and instead provides a better way for ALAC to get public feedback from those who have an opinion but not the ability to participate deeper. Just like ALAC has to respond to calls for comment, perhaps it should issue a few of its own -- but that won't work without significant promotion of the call beyond the usual circles, and the non-trivial task of translating ICANN lingo and concepts into lay language.

- Evan