Dec. 10, 2009
5:39 p.m.
ALAC may need to serve as a coordinating body, but it does not effectively represent individuals. I find it hard to imagine that the other regions' unanimity comes from a discussion involving many Internet end-users.
I'd guess that many Internet end-users will see as a very positive sign if we stop playing the musical chairs game and we take this opportunity to get a real *independent* director that is not an ICANN insider or ex-chair of this, or liaison of that, etc. For sure, an insider will know ICANN's guts and operate better, but I think we have/had enough "operators". BTW, I find hard to believe that all ALSs are actual representatives of a vast majority of "Internet end-users". My .02 Jorge