Darlene: If I complain about language issues it is on behalf of the community I represent and elected me, it is a big deal for them. I speak enough English to understand and make myself understood. The person elected, whose name is Andres, not José, speaks good English so language barrier shall not be a problem. Just to make it clear, I did not campaigned for Andres Piazza, Carlos did and it seems to have worked pretty good. I just happen to know Andres Piazza and think he is a good working guy. José Ovidio Salgueiro A. jsalgueiro@cantv.net De: at-large-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org [mailto:at-large-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org] En nombre de Thompson, Darlene Enviado el: jueves, 20 de noviembre de 2008 02:56 p.m. Para: At-Large Worldwide Asunto: Re: [At-Large] [NA-Discuss] Letter to the Board Amen, Oh, and just as a personal aside here: I'm really sorry that you didn't get elected for the .mobi thing as it seemed obvious for that to happen. I really just think that ALAC is trying to placate the other regions - which will just get us loaded down with people that don't know the job. I *hope* that Jose does a good job but I just see the two ALCRALO ALAC reps (who championed for him) as constantly complaining about language issues and getting nothing else done. Anyways, I'm just venting here. I just hope that you don't get discouraged and that you keep on with your e-mails. They are appreciated (at least by Evan and myself) even if you don't get much feedback. D _____ From: at-large-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org on behalf of John L Sent: Wed 11/19/2008 5:57 AM To: At-Large Worldwide Subject: Re: [At-Large] [NA-Discuss] Letter to the Board
Have you considered that perhaps ICANN has been beating the new gTLD drum for so long, the local community simply has other concerns?
Well, sure. ICANN's job is to manage the DNS root and to hand out IP space. People have all sorts of other concerns, but they're not what ICANN does. A more relevant question is why, in view of ICANN's extremely narrow job, it costs $100M/yr to do it. Regards, John Levine, johnl@iecc.com, Primary Perpetrator of "The Internet for Dummies", Information Superhighwayman wanna-be, http://www.johnlevine.com <http://www.johnlevine.com/> , ex-Mayor "More Wiener schnitzel, please", said Tom, revealingly. _______________________________________________ At-Large mailing list At-Large@atlarge-lists.icann.org http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/at-large_atlarge-lists.icann .org At-Large Official Site: http://atlarge.icann.org <http://atlarge.icann.org/>