Dear Vittorio, ISOC wants ALAC to be a part of the GNSO. ISOC seems to also want @larges and users out of IPv6 issues (http://isoc-ipv6.org). ICANN does not want ALS with more than one or two activists. IGF makes as if the few "Civil Society" professionals represent us. Politics, management and techies always think "the users, voters and clients are the problem". After we got icannatlarge.org (in spite of you :-)) last election, we incorporated ATLARGE in parallel to your try with ICANN. That try was to be given a chance. You were with Roberto the proper ones to conduct it. So, we stalled ATLARGE. Richard Henderson did the same in holding our domain name until situation clarified. Many tried to help ALAC: they went away. Before deciding it was over, france@large had a last attempt. We know the result. The international White Book agreement, like WSIS saying the information society is people centered, said 50% of the BoD would be @large (.i.e. a never attained minority due to the extra seat of the ICANN President - Joe Sims and Ira Magaziner are good). Now, Paul Twomey sells an "Internet for the Rich" and ALAC will be an NCUCbis. Are we not supposed to only be Google's proletariat (those who do not own information and must sell/give away their privacy to get at it). Since it is now plain that ICANN just want to use ALAC as an alibi and does not want @larges to interface the users' world for them, we can conclude the try is closed. And freely act accordingly. (ISOC is still to clarify). jfc Vittorio Bertola wrote:
Dear ALAC, while you ponder on the correct procedures to produce a comment on the "role of individual users in the GNSO", comment like this one are appearing:
http://forum.icann.org/lists/alac-mid-consult/msg00001.html
I don't want to look like the old guy saying "I told you so", but I told you all since when this GNSO restructuring process began that by pushing for the ALAC to have a direct role in the GNSO, you are shooting yourselves in the foot and possibly also in the head.
That's because you are giving other interest groups a valid reason for saying "but if they are in fact a GNSO constituency, and they so declare themselves, then why should they also have an AC role and Board representatives?"
It's a good thing that you fall in love with the GNSO, and a kiss doesn't harm, but please be sure that she doesn't have HIV or the resulting activities might end with your death.
Regards, -- vb. Vittorio Bertola - vb [a] bertola.eu <-------- --------> finally with a new website at http://bertola.eu/ <--------
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