On 16 Sep 2012, at 16:26, Evan Leibovitch wrote:
Is there anything specific you have in mind when referring to senior staff "governing the activities" of At-Large?
Hi, No nothing specific. And as I said, I am sure that everything will be alright, and that we are entering a new age of cooperative multistakeholder ICANN nirvana. I will repeat, I am very happy for Heidi, who is among the many staff members I trust, respect, and like a bunch. My experience with the senior management staff of ICANN has taught me to be cautious. Building on the two possible vision-types of ICANN: A. a multistakeholder volunteer organization with a professional staff that assists the volunteers with all policy creation and then operationalizes and enforces those policies B. a 100 Million USD non-profit US corporation run like a for profit business where the staff has among its duties, managing large groups of often obstreperous volunteers. When senior management staff has taken a form of View B, often the better attention has been distracting, to put it mildly. I personally have no idea yet whether the new ICANN leadership's view ICANN is closer to pole A or B. Hence I look at everything from both sides now. avri