Jacqueline, Danny is talking about principal things. The fact is that at-large in its current status should be advocating the wide user community, which is over 99% of all people/bodies recognized as Internet stakeholders. The fact that this vast majority has no representative voting seats is simply unacceptable, dishonesting and a failure of the commitment given to the public community. That is, every efforts not targeted this direction is just tacit collaboration in making up this cover-up and an extension of the agony. The fact that you have managed something in the air is, sorry, nearly nothing in comparison to the great loss of real and representative voting power. I am sorry but without this all this are just toothless toys for children playing in the sand. Jacqueline and some others, I don't diminish all the efforts and the sincerity you have invested into it but realize that the basic priorities are upside down. I absolutely cannot understand how the ALAC and the ALS'es can accept such a subordinate and undignified position! Doing this is unfair and unaccountable and just covering the real goals being pursued behind the scenes. We know all what they are like. But have no courage to speak them out loudly. That's the tragedy of the at-large. And the results? The ALAC was not even able to advocate its own position on domain tasting held previously. Is this a proper advisory committee behavior? Isn't it funny? A committee that is first 'advised' what it should advise? Just a masquerade. And the classical bread and circuses. Nothing else yet. That is my pretty honest opinion. Dominik -----Original Message----- From: alac-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org [mailto:alac-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org] On Behalf Of Jacqueline Morris Sent: Friday, June 06, 2008 4:49 PM To: dannyyounger@yahoo.com Cc: At-Large Worldwide Subject: Re: [At-Large] ALAC and AtLarge and france at large Hey Danny I am not ashamed at all. We have successfully managed to get ICANN issues in the air in Trinidad and Tobago and in a large part of the Caribbean that wasn't involved at all, thanks to this current structure. I think you meant to refer to the earlier "part-global" elections, as many many Internet users were left out. We went over this a lot a year ago. Those elections were not at all representative, IMO. So I think your structure was not good as I think it is intrinsically unfair to developing countries, and you think the current one is not good. Makes no sense fighting for a structure that doesn't exist, got scrapped and doesn't have support from at least half of the involved users. The logical thing is to work towards a structure that works for us both, and stop trying to beat a very very dead cow back to life. Jacqueline On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 10:35 AM, Danny Younger <dannyyounger@yahoo.com> wrote:
It's pathetic, and an insult to every At-Large member that voted in the earlier global elections. You should all be ashamed.
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